The Kinship Calendar
Upcoming Genealogy and History Events in Scotland or Online

Latha na Bainnse: A Celebration of Weddings Through the Years

Saturday

14th

February 2026

Ballalan, Isle of Lewis

Bishops, Butter and Beer Cellars: The Role of Caithness in the Demise of the Northern Scottish Jarldoms

Monday

16th

February 2026

Wick

Dr Behind the Wire – POW in Singapore – Jackie Sutherland

Monday

16th

February 2026

Online

Tracing your Scottish Ancestors: Research Skills

Tuesday

17th

February 2026

Online

Introduction to Scottish Church Records

Tuesday

17th

February 2026

Online

Scottish Heraldry

Tuesday

17th

February 2026

Kirkcaldy

Dr Behind the Wire - POW in Singapore

Wednesday

18th

February 2026

Online

James VI and The Legacy of Witchcraft Panics

Wednesday

18th

February 2026

Ecclesmachan

Scottish History & Nature Family Quiz

Wednesday

18th

February 2026

Stornoway

Vikings in the Hebrides

Thursday

19th

February 2026

Online

Launched into Eternity: Aberdeen, Scotland and the Spectacle of Execution 1560-1963

Friday

20th

February 2026

Aberdeen

Glasgow, Royal Events and Empire Public Workshop

Friday

20th

February 2026

Glasgow

The Monastery of Paisley Series 1: Foundation of the Monastery

Saturday

21st

February 2026

Paisley

Royal Renfrew

Tuesday

24th

February 2026

Paisley

Tracing your Scottish Ancestors: Searching the Records

Tuesday

24th

February 2026

Online

Exile & Embroidery: The Final Years of Mary Queen of Scots

Thursday

26th

February 2026

Perth

New Lanark's Gaelic History

Friday

27th

February 2026

New Lanark

Crime Through Time

Tuesday

3rd

March 2026

Ellon

Family History Cafe: Using Trade Directories for Family History Research

Saturday

7th

March 2026

Paisley

Scots Emigrants to East New Jersey in the 1860s

Monday

9th

March 2026

Online

Mavesy, Wimbledon and Ramming U-Boats

Tuesday

10th

March 2026

Wick

The Stone of Destiny: Rethinking Medieval Kingship, Heritage and Education

Saturday

14th

March 2026

Perth

From the Cottage to the Castle: the Coats Dynasty of Paisley – Stephen Clancy

Monday

16th

March 2026

Online

Mary Queen of Scots

Wednesday

18th

March 2026

Mid Calder

The Monastery of Paisley Series 2: The Priors of the Monastery

Saturday

21st

March 2026

Paisley

Paisley Abbey: An Introduction

Tuesday

24th

March 2026

Paisley

Legacies of Rome: Roman Silver and its impact in Scotland

Wednesday

25th

March 2026

Perth

Audio Descriptive Tour: The Last Letter of Mary Queen of Scots

Thursday

26th

March 2026

Perth

240 Years of History - New Lanark

Friday

27th

March 2026

New Lanark

Mary and Her World: Royal Connection Unravelled

Saturday

28th

March 2026

Perth

Royal Secrets: Fashion, Letters and Language with Mary Queen of Scots

Saturday

11th

April 2026

Perth

The Atomics: The Story of Dounreays People

Tuesday

14th

April 2026

Online

Scotland Beneath the Surface

Wednesday

15th

April 2026

Bathgate

The Monastery of Paisley Series 3: The ABBOTS of the Monastery

Saturday

18th

April 2026

Paisley

One night with Venus, a lifetime of mercury: sex and syphilis – Cat Irving

Monday

20th

April 2026

Online

Decoding Mary: An Evening with Historian Dr. Jade Scott, Perth Museum

Thursday

23rd

April 2026

Perth

Scottish Genealogy Society AGM

Thursday

23rd

April 2026

Edinburgh

Mary Queen of Scots: Escape from the Castle

Saturday

25th

April 2026

Perth

Black Peter & The West Relief Kirk

Tuesday

28th

April 2026

Paisley

Family History Cafe: Early Tax Records in Renfrewshire

Saturday

2nd

May 2026

Paisley

The Monastery of Paisley Series 4: The Priors of the Monastery

Saturday

16th

May 2026

Paisley

Harvie's Dyke: The People's Struggle for the Liberty of the Banks of the Clyde

Wednesday

20th

May 2026

Linlithgow

The Parish of Neilston: A History

Tuesday

26th

May 2026

Paisley

The Monastery of Paisley Series 5: The Abbey after the Reformation

Saturday

20th

June 2026

Paisley

Family History Cafe: The Poll Tax in Renfrewshire (1695)

Saturday

26th

June 2026

Paisley

The Early Graveyards and Churches of Renfrewshire

Tuesday

30th

June 2026

Paisley

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