Borders Family History Society
What's On - Forthcoming Events
We warmly invite you to attend the talk whether you are a member or not.
Doors open at 2pm. The meeting begins at 2.30pm.
There is no admission charge.
We'll have a range of family history publications available to buy.
Light refreshments available after the talk.
If you have a problem with your family history, please discuss it (no
charge) with one of our volunteers.
Except where otherwise indicated, meetings are held in the Corn Exchange & Ormiston Institute, Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PN.
See this map for directions.
Speakers at meetings occasionally need to be changed at the last minute, due to circumstances beyond our control.
Sunday, 26 May 2013 - Society Meeting AGM & 'Someone to Watch Over Me': Kirk and Community by Margaret Fox,
This talk will examine the role of the Kirk in Scottish society over the centuries, looking at its wide-ranging influence over people's everyday lives - how it looked after the poor at the same time as inflicting punishment on sinners, how it looked out to the wider world at the same time as focussing on local issues - and how its records are easily the best resource for fleshing out the lives of our Scottish ancestors.
See this map for directions.
Sunday, 29 September 2013 - Society Meeting 'Memories and Memory - how good are yours ?' by Mrs Ann Reid,
See this map for directions.
Sunday, 27 October 2013 - Society Meeting The Foul Death of the English by Mary Craig, Stow Town Hall, Earlston Road, Stow, TD1 2QS
See this map for directions.
Sunday, 24 November 2013 - Society Meeting The Caribbean Connection by Professor Geoffrey Palmer,
See this map for directions.
Sunday, 23 February 2014 - Society Meeting The Veitch Archives - the Stories behind the Pictures by Chris Veitch,
See this map for directions.
Sunday, 30 March 2014 - Society Meeting The Heritage Hub and Developments in Archives by Paul Brough, Evergreen Hall, Dovecote Street, Hawick, TD9 9QL
See this map for directions.
Sunday, 27 April 2014 - Society Meeting Berwick’s Victorian Food Heritage by Derek Sharman, Coldingham Village Hall, Coldingham,TD14 5NL
See this map for directions.
Sunday, 25 May 2014 - Society Meeting AGM & the Guild of One Name Studies by Lorna Kinnaird,
See this map for directions.
Other Events that may be of interest
There's a long list of events by members of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies.
Our stand at the Dumfries and Galloway FHS Homecoming Fair on 27th June 2009, Dumfries, Scotland
