History talks and events 26 February - 4 March 2018

Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 26 February - 4 March 2018

Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.

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Monday, February 26 2018, 7.30 pm

Phoebe Anna Traquair

Morag Austin, the Mansfield Trust

Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall

Cramond Heritage Trust

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Wednesday, February 28 2018, 1 pm - 2 pm

Assessing the resourcefulness of Scottish immigrants during California's gold rush: San Francisco and Sacramento, 1850-1860

Devin Grier (University of Edinburgh)

Venue: G16 in the William Robertson Wing of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Doorway 4 of the Old Medical School)

University of Edinburgh

The Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.

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Wednesday, February 28 2018, 7.30pm

School Log Books

Dr Graham Clark

Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness

Highland Family History Society

Non-members will be charged £2

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Thursday, March 1 2018, 5.15 pm

The "Rough Wooing" and the governance of Scotland

Dr Amy Blakeway (University of Kent)

Venue: Room G.13, Doorway 4, Old Medical School

University of Edinburgh

The Scottish History research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.

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Thursday, March 1 2018, 7 pm

Petticoats and Plants – the rise of female gardeners

Debbie Reid

Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch

Markinch Heritage Group

Free to members and £2 for non members

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Thursday, March 1 2018, 7pm - 9pm

"A fair field, and no favour" - Edinburgh Medical Women c. 1869 – 1920.

Dr Elaine Thomson

Venue: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Museum

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

£2. Celebrating the history of medical woman in Edinburgh for International Women’s Day, this talk discusses the careers of Edinburgh’s Medical women through the first fifty years of their acceptance into the profession. Women’s entry to medicine, and their right to train and practice as doctors, was one of the great success stories of first wave feminism. Much of the fight for women’s medical education took place in Edinburgh, here at Surgeons Hall. But once the dust had settled and women had gained the right to qualify and practice, what happened? What were the terms of women’s access to the profession, and in what ways have those terms influenced the direction of women’s work in medicine – in Edinburgh and elsewhere - ever since? Elaine Thomson has a PhD in medical history, focussing on the Edinburgh Hospital for Woman and Children, the first hospital in Britain founded and run by women, for women. She has published widely on the subject. As E.S. Thomson she also writes medical-historical fiction.

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Saturday, March 3 2018, 10 am - 12 pm

Irish Records

Jill Williams, FIGRS

Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL

Scottish Genealogy Society

Irish Records: an introductory class “Irish records? - They all went up in smoke . . . or did they?” This workshop will be given by Jill Williams, FIGRS, who has many years’ experience researching Irish family history.

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Saturday, March 3 2018, 2pm

Alexander Galloway- a remarkable Aberdeen Cleric with a Taste for Heraldry

Charles Burnett, FHSS

Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh

The Heraldry Society of Scotland

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