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, March 5 2018
Tea and Coffee
Ewan Reid
Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton
Stewarton and District Historical Society
The technical director of Matthew Algie tells the exciting history of the journey of tea and coffee from plantation to cup.
Tuesday, March 6 2018, 6 pm
Living on Water: Early Iron Age crannog research in Loch Tay
Derek Hamilton (SUERC) & Michael Stratigos (SUERC)
Venue: Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Place
University of Edinburgh
The First Millennia Studies Group is a discussion forum for all aspects of archaeology in the first millennia BC and AD. There is no geographical limit but the majority of discussions centre around Scotland, although one of the major contributions of the group is the ability to provide the wider context for more focused investigations.
Tuesday, March 6 2018, 7 pm - 9 pm
Exploring ScotlandsPlaces
Kim Beasley, Historic Environment Scotland
Venue: Lanthorn Community Education Complex, Kenilworth Rise, Livingston EH54 6JL
West Lothian Family History Society
Tuesday, March 6 2018, 7.30 pm
Fleapits and Palaces
Gary Painter
Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB
A whirlwind tour of the varied peculiarities of Scottish cinema architecture with particular emphasis on Glasgow - discover long forgotten enclaves of Spain, Egypt and Turkey on the mean streets of Govanhill, Finnieston and Muirend!
Tuesday, March 6 2018, 7.30 pm
Slaves and Highlanders: Highland Scots in the Slave Trade and on Caribbean Plantations
David Alston
Venue: Gairloch Community Hall Annexe
Entry free, donations welcome, refreshments provided.
Tuesday, March 6 2018, 7.30 pm
Langholm Stories
Jamie Telford
Venue: Lecture Hall, Hawick High School
Everybody Welcome. Voluntary Collection.
Thursday, March 8 2018, 5.15 pm
Disability, charity and the boundaries of reformed discipline in Early-Modern Scotland
Dr Chris Langley (Newman University)
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.
Thursday, March 8 2018, 7 pm - 9 pm
Life in the Miners Raws
Bobby Grierson
Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock
East Ayrshire Family History Society
Thursday, March 8 2018, 7.30 pm
Place Names, Statistics and Hair Powder
Ruaraidh Wishart
Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland
Ruaraidh Wishart is the Archivist for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. CHG members have been assisting him in his project to transcribe local tax records from the nineteenth century. He will tell us about the taxes levied in Aberdeenshire during the Napoleonic wars and the information we can get from the tax records of that time.
Thursday, March 8 2018, 7.30 pm
The King under the Care Home: James I and the Perth Charterhouse Project
Professor Richard Oram, University of Stirling
Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr
Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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