Borders Family History Society

Excellent local publications now available from Borders FHS Gala Remembers - selection of WWI photographs from the Old Gala Club archive and listing of the names on the Galashiels War Memorial - priced at £10 plus p&p
Gala Water and the First World War - a timeline of WWI, telling the stories of those who went off to the war and those who stayed behind - priced at £5 plus p&p
... The Soldiers Remember - Nurse May Speedie of Reedyloch collected drawings and recollections of the soldiers who stayed at Southfield Auxiliary Military Hospital, Duns - priced at £10 plus p&p
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Any Irish ancestors? On Sun 25th Nov, Jill Williams of the Irish Genealogical Research Society will be showing us where to find your ancestors in Irish records - St Peters Church, Parsonage Road, Galashiels 2.30pm

Our website is having some problems - you can reach us using facebook or twitter @bordersfhs or phone 01896750387 or our mail address 52 Overhaugh Street, Galashiels, TD1 1DP any time

Not Borders related but a very interesting project. Lots of folks will have been affected by the overspill and will have memories to share

Part of the Gala Remembers programme

Foulden & Mordington Monumental Inscriptions recorded by volunteers of the Society. Most common surname is Murray, followed by Wilson, Renton, Purves, Scott, Jeffrey, Smith, Wood, Johnston, Cowe, Paterson, Darling, Brown, Thompson, Anderson, Davidson, Miller, Craig, Cockburn. We have photographs of the memorial stones. Placenames - Mordington, Starchhouse, Clappers, Burnhouses, Lamberton, Lamberton Shiels, Ross, Catchapenny, Edrington, Edrington Mill, Edrington Castle,Foulden, Burnbank, Foulden Lone, Foulden Newton, Foulden Mill, Foulden Bastle, West Mains, New Mains, Hagg, Moorpark, Nunlands, Newfarm, Foulden Hill, St. Johns Greenfield, Deans, Greenlaw.

Free access to WWI records on Ancestry until Nov 12th

Thankyou to all Galashiels Remembers team

Real treat for anyone interested in heraldry. You could go to this and go to the Armistice Day in Berwick-ipon-Tweed on Sunday.

Talks programme for Berwick-upon-Tweed's Armistice Weekend (10/11 November)

Armistice Weekend On Saturday 10th November (10 - 4) and Sunday 11th ( 12 - 4). there will be displays, family activities and talks in the Guildhall, Marygate, Berwick-upon-Tweed about Berwick and the surrounding area during the First World War.
It's not quite the Scottish Borders but of relevant family history interest to lots of people with ancestry in the Scottish Borders.

Heritage Hub Hawick on Sat 3 Nov 9.30am - the launch of the Internment Research Centre - tickets are limited. http://www.stobscamp.org/events/irclaunch / Followed by the opening of the refurbished War Memorial Room in Hawick museum

Another beautiful autumn day in the Borders. Our Research room is open on Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am to 4pm - closed on Fridays for the winter months (Nov - Feb) but appointments are available.

Lovely morning at Motherwell c/o Lanarkshire Fhs. So many interesting local societies

There were no seats available this morning - book ahead if you can

Lovely old photo from the collection of the Old Gala Club.

The Royal Scots Regimental Trust have launched an online Roll of Honour in tribute to the 11,313 lost in the Great War. Has links to the CWGC website http://straylight.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/roy alscots/

Galashiels Remembers 2018 talks War Hospitals Sat 20th Oct, Old Gala House at 2.30pm - BOOK at EventBrite Scottish Rugby Int who fell in Great War Fri 26th Oct, Gala RFC, Netherdale, 12.30pm BOOK at Gala RFC office First Nation Canadians Wed 7th Nov, Old Gala Club, Vol Hall at 7.30pm. Fee for non-Old Gala Club members https://issuu.com/…/docs/gala_remembers _a5_programme_14sept2