We're rolling out an exciting line-up of events throughout 2026 focusing on Scottish and American ties, history, culture and family connections.
These are in a variety of formats - from short talks to multi-week courses - both in-person and online. Speakers and educators include academics from Scottish Universities and expert Scottish genealogists.
From Scotland to Mississippi: The Crofter’s Son.
A journey of discovery, from a DNA surprise to an eminent citizen of the Deep South. This presentation showcases the wide range of sources available online that can help to identify Scots emigrants after they arrived in the USA. This talk will be held online and a recording will be available to participants for two weeks post-event.
Date & Time: 5 November, 18.00-19.15 GMT
Speaker: Alison Spring is a professional genealogist, speaker, and writer specialising in the records of Scotland. With over 40 years’ experience of family history research, she has a Masters Degree in Family & Local History from the University of Dundee and is a member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists. Based near Glasgow, she is passionate about tracing your family tree on a budget and blogs as the “Frugal Family Historian”. She has also taught college and university genealogy courses and written for the UK’s “Family Tree” magazine. She has delivered presentations for events including the Virtual Genealogical Association, RootsTech, and Scottish Indexes, as well as family history societies in the UK and overseas.
Cost: £10.00
From Culloden to Concord: The Jacobite Rising and the American Revolution
Many Jacobite exiles, British army veterans, and political ideas crossed the Atlantic in the aftermath of the 1745 rising. This talk will explore how these individuals and ideas shaped colonial identities and understandings of loyalty and resistance during the American Revolution. This talk will be held online and a recording will be available to participants for two weeks post-event.
Date & Time: 11 November, 18.30 – 20.00 GMT
Speaker: Dr Nicola Martin is a lecturer in history at the University of the Highlands and Islands. She specialises in the eighteenth-century and is particularly interested in both Jacobitism and in North America during the revolutionary era.
Cost: £10.00