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.
Monday, November 28 2016, 3 pm
Early Irish Migrations to Scotland - Difficulties, Debates and DNA
Dr Catherine Swift (Mary Immaculate College, Limerick)
Venue: Room 208, 2 University Gardens, Glasgow
Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies
Monday, November 28 2016, 7.30 pm
Rossie: The Loch That Disappeared
Prof David Munro
Venue: Age Concern Building, Provost Wynd, Cupar
Monday, November 28 2016, 7.30 pm
Migrants, Benefits and Tax-Avoidance in Glenalmond, 1700-1900
Robin Urquhart, National Records of Scotland
Venue: Pitcairngreen Village Hall
West Stormont Historical Society
Monday, November 28 2016, 7.30 pm
The Pentland Way, a Walk with History
Bob Paterson
Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie
Currie & District Local History Society
Monday, November 28 2016, 7.30 pm
21st Century Archaeology: Trowels, Tourism and High-Tech Trends
Dr Jeff Sanders
Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall
Dr Jeff Sanders, DigIt 2017, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, on why the past is good for our future and providing a sneak peek ahead of Scotland’s Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology
Tuesday, November 29 2016, 1 pm
Franciszek Smuglewicz’s James Byres of Tonley and His Family: A Scottish Antiquarian Network in Eighteenth-Century Rome
Dr Lucinda Lax (Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Venue: Room G16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School
Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies
Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop Series
Tuesday, November 29 2016, 7.30 pm
Fundamentalisms Kilmarnock Origins - Thomas Whitelaw 1840-1917
Mark Nixon
Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock & District History Group
£2 donation for non-members
Wednesday, November 30 2016, 4 pm
Textiles of the Viking Age
Eva Anderson Strand, Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen
Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building
University of Glasgow
Wednesday, November 30 2016, 6 pm
Improvement and Landscape: Landownership in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
Micky Gibbard, PhD student, University of Dundee
Venue: Burghfield House, Cnoc an Lobht, Dornoch
University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History
This seminar is being given as part of the relaunch of the Centre for Scotland’s Land Futures. The evening will commence at 6pm with a wine reception and will be followed by the relaunch and the seminar. More details will follow and booking is essential.
Thursday, December 1 2016, 6 pm - 7.30 pm
Fashion and Function: Costume and textiles from the Dalrymple family collection
Emma Inglis, Curator, NTS
Venue: Newhailes House, Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, EH21 6RY
£8, including complimentary glass of wine. Limited space, book online
Thursday, December 1 2016, 7 pm
The History of Scottish Gold and Silversmiths & their marks
George Dalgleish
Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch
Free to members and £2 for non members
Thursday, December 1 2016, 7.30 pm
Wark Castle
Eric Grounds
Coldstream and District Local History Society
Saturday, December 3 2016, 10 am - 12 pm
Health and history: Using medical records in genealogical research.
Louise Williams
Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Health records can be another source of information to help further your family’s history but they are not found on the usual websites, etc. Louise Williams, Archivist will show what these records contain and where to find them.
Saturday, December 3 2016, 2 pm
To Prove their kindred here The Irish Office of Arms in the 18th Century
Colette O'Flaherty - Chief Herald of Ireland
Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh
The Heraldry Society of Scotland
Saturday, December 3 2016, 7:00pm for 7:45pm
St Andrew Dinner
Elizabeth Roads, LVO - Snawdoun Herald, Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records
Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh
The Heraldry Society of Scotland
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