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Displaying 51 - 60 of 2530 items… – one for male and one for female lineage. The project provides a database of test results useful for personal and … gathering DNA by taking simple mouth swabs, rather than blood samples as was sometimes presumed. Several commercial companies offer testing services, but …
… meeting in Castle Douglas Parish Church Hall on Saturday, 26 March 2016, around 50 members and guests of the Society gathered to hear a lecture by Ivor Waddell, retired Principal Teacher of History at Kirkcudbright … gathered and recorded information on Galloway’s gypsy community at that time, including tales of Billy Marshall. …
… evening, when one of the members of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society takes the floor, was academic historian, David Dutton. He chose to retire to … and chronic depression. British democracy was not at risk, compared to the situation on the continent of Europe where …
Meeting: Scottish Birds in Mongolia
… The annual meeting of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society held in … 2014–2015 took place in Castle Douglas. Illness of the intended speaker at the eleventh hour meant that the membership … nowhere in fine weather". On a map, to locate Mongolia, a Communist country till the 1990s, find Lake Baikal and move …
… Mark Nixon, an independent historian from Blackford, Perthshire, was invited … results with particular relation to Dumfriesshire and Galloway. This was held at a well attended meeting in the … the Kings Arms Hotel with guest speaker Lord Salisbury accompanied by his daughter. This was a ticketed event and was …
… The last meeting of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society for the season … to one of the earliest reports of what has been considered to be a most successful and exciting period of study, … Warren presented a series of excellent slides to accompany a very informative talk, thus making it difficult, …
… subject of David Fleetwood's talk to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society at their … year was held in Kirkcudbright. Its sub-title was Two Dam Deer in reference to the coat of arms of the North of … Williamson saved on using expensive materials by using composite materials. Though unadorned, its smooth arches …
… Nic Card of the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology addressed a joint meeting of Dumfriesshire and Galloway … of Scotland, which numbered 73 people altogether. Delivered by an expert in his field, it proved to be a very … the Rising Tide Project set up in 2005 and the Royal Commission's aerial surveying, which brought to light the …
… on a journey to celebrate and record the history of pedestrian, road, and rail bridges in Scotland. Assisting him … 1717. It survived the “muckle spate” in 1829, a great flood that devastated and destroyed many bridges. The first … four obelisks. By 1740 Major William Caulfeild had become responsible for continuing the building of military …
Meeting: Mary Timney, The Road to the Gallows, the story of Scotland's last public execution of a woman
… The Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society recently met … hanged in Scotland. Members of the Society, who attended, agreed that they were treated to a tale told by a … book, 'Mary Timney, The Road To The Gallows', which is recommended reading to anyone wishing to learn more of the …