Our quarterly conference events are scheduled!
19 March - Emigration/Immigration
Speakers & Topics:
Dr Marjory Harper - Voices of the Diaspora
Dr Keir Strickland - Excavating the Highland Clearances
Jessica Evershed - The Highland & Island Emigration Scheme Database
Christine Woodcock - Scots in Atlantic Canada
18 June - Crime and Punishment
Speakers & Topics
Donna Moore - The Lock Trilogy: historical crime fiction novellas
Chris Paton - The Mount Stewart Murder
Robert Howie - The Story of Jekyll & Hide (Deacon Brodie)
Roddy Greig - Fife FHS Kalendar of Convicts
10 Sept - Industry/Occupations
Speakers & Topics
Stephen Clancy - Paisley Weavers
Justin Parkes - Scottish Steelworks and the Coal-fired Ironworks Industry
Irene O'Brien - My Ancestors Was... Researching Ancestor Occupations
Neil Fraser - Historic Scotland's Industry Collections
10 December - Uniquely Scottish
Speakers and Topics
Paula Duncan - Kilt Making as a Heritage Craft
Nick Fiddes of DC Dalgleish - All About Tartan
Carol Jackson - Ellis Gin
Chef Gary MacLean - Scotland's Larder