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History talks and events 6 - 12 November 2017

31/10/2017

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 6 - 12 November 2017

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 6 2017

The Watermills of North Ayrshire

Alastair Weir

Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton

Stewarton and District Historical Society

Mr Weir has surveyed all of the watermills of North Ayrshire and provides a fascinating history of what was the primary power supply until the advent of the steam engine and was still used into the last century


Tuesday, November 7 2017, 7 pm - 9 pm

Regular meeting

Venue: Lanthorn Community Education Complex, Kenilworth Rise, Livingston EH54 6JL

West Lothian Family History Society

Gie's a haun' night - looking at website to help - ScotlandsPeople, Ancestry, Find My Past, Family Search and our own website


Tuesday, November 7 2017, 7.30 pm

Glasgow: Mapping the City

John Moore

Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB

Mearns History Group

An account of the changing geography of Glasgow from the 1500’s to the present day.


Tuesday, November 7 2017, 7.30 pm

Stobs Camp: Past, Present and Future

Andrew Jepson, Stobs Camp Project Officer, Archaeology Scotland

Venue: Lecture Hall, Hawick High School

Hawick Archaeological Society

Everybody Welcome. Voluntary Collection.


Wednesday, November 8 2017, 10 am - 11 am

Standing Stones of Stenness Walk

Venue: Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge

Historic Environment Scotland

Join the Orkney Ranger Service for a free guided tour of our oldest stone circle, and explore the fascinating links with the nearby Neolithic village of Barnhouse.


Wednesday, November 8 2017, 6.30 pm, refreshments available from 6 pm

Computer art and the influence of D'Arcy Thompson

Catherine Mason

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society

Free but donations requested from non-members.


Wednesday, November 8 2017, 7 pm

Bannockburn Lecture Series :The nature of government in the Middle Ages

Dauvit Broun & Joanna Tucker (University of Glasgow)

Venue: Bannockburn, FK7 0LJ

National Trust for Scotland

Was life fair and just under a King of Scots? We warmly welcome Dauvit Broun to his first Bannockburn Talk.He will be examining the rise of government in the Middle Ages and discusses life under Royal authority. For further information and ticket reservation call 01786 812664 email [email protected]


Wednesday, November 8 2017, 7.30 pm

A–pulling and a-pushing: a railway town at work

Jim Summers

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery

Central Scotland Family History Society


Wednesday, November 8 2017, 7.30 pm

The Soutra Plateau: Part 1, west of the A68

Henry Borthwick

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club


Wednesday, November 8 2017, 7.30 pm

Burke and Hare’s Edinburgh

Gordon Findlater

Venue: Gullane Village Hall

Gullane and Dirleton History Society

The story of Burke and Hare in the days of body snatching for medical dissection purposes.


Wednesday, November 8 2017, 7.45 pm

National Amnesia, Sugar & Slaves

Anne Williams

Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock

Inverclyde Historical Society


Thursday, November 9 2017, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm

‘“No Love Lost”: The Scots in Ireland under the Union’

Stuart Clark (University of Edinburgh)

Venue: Room 1.434 (Teaching Room 7), Doorway 3, Old Medical School

University of Edinburgh

Scottish history research seminar. See here for more details.


Thursday, November 9 2017, 5.30 pm

‘Places of memory: The role of locality in 19th and 20th century commemorations of the Wars of Independence’

Ms Laura Harrison (University of Edinburgh)

Venue: New Seminar Room, St John’s House, 71 South Street, St Andrews

Institute of Scottish Historical Research

See here for more details.


Thursday, November 9 2017, 7 pm - 9 pm

Women Munitions Workers in WW1

Barbara Graham

Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, November 9 2017, 7.30 pm

White, Black and Grey: recent discoveries of medieval friaries

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Recent excavations at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen have revealed 30 burials from the medieval Dominican (Black) friary as well as hints at remains of the buildings. This talk will present the latest evidence from this site and look at the other excavated medieval friaries, Franciscan (Grey) and Carmelite (White).


Thursday, November 9 2017, 7.30 pm

The Lowland Clearances

Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell, University of Glasgow

Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society


Thursday, November 9 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Brains' Trust

Venue: Elie Church Hall

Elie & Earlsferry History Society

A panel of local experts will try their best to answer your questions on local history.


Friday, November 10 2017, 9.15 am - 4.45 pm

Putting on the Writs: Scottish Court and Legal Records

Venue: National Records of Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh

Scottish Records Association

Annual conference of the Scottish Records Association. Sessions on Civil and Ecclesiastical Courts, Sheriff and Franchise courts, Burgh Records. Plenary talk by Professor Hector MacQueen. Conference website


Saturday, November 11 2017, 10 am - 12 pm

WWI

Ken Nisbet

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

Scottish Genealogy Society

WWI: Ken Nisbet, our resident expert on all things military, will give a more focussed talk than in previous workshops.


Saturday, November 11 2017, 2 pm - 4 pm

Irish records and research: a modern overview

Jill Williams, FIGRS

Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, November 11 2017, 9 am - 4.45 pm

The Inner Forth: New connections for nature, history and people

Venue: Lecture Theatre Cottrell A3, Stirling University

Forth Naturalist and Historian

9:00 – 10:00 Registration – Cottrell Lecture Theatre A3 Foyer
9:30 – 10:00 Refreshments, Displays & Book Sales - The Atrium
10.00 Welcome and Introduction (Richard Tipping: Chair FNH)

Morning
10.05 Anne McCall (RSPB Scotland) Overview and Reflections on IFLI 2014 - 2018
10.15 Ellie Graham-Allsop (SCAPE Trust) The Hunt for a Royal Dockyard at Higgin's Neuk
10.40 Murray Dickie (Clacks Field Studies Society) A Tale of Two Estates
11.05 Refreshments, Displays & Book Sales - The Atrium
11.45 Suzanne Burgess (Buglife) Green Roofs and Meadows
12.10 Sophie McDonald (IFLI Bursary Student) Conserving Communities
12.35 FNH Annual General Meeting and Launch of the FNH Journal v 40

12.50 Lunch: Displays & Book Sales - The Atrium

Afternoon
14.00 Geoff Bailey (Falkirk Community Trust) Investigating Zetland Park
14.25 Emilie Wadsworth (Central Scotland Green Network Trust) Orchard Creation and Learning
14.50 Kate Fuller (IFLI) Forth Nature Counts
15.10 Refreshments, Displays & Book Sales - The Atrium
15.40 David Hill (Butterfly Conservation) Habitat Restoration at Wester Moss
16.05 Tom Churchyard (IFLI) Interpretation, Legacy and Lessons
16.30 Discussion

16.45 Conclusion and Thanks: Conference Ends


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