HISTORICAL SOCIETY Hon President : J. Murray Cook Newsletter 16 ! Summer, 2002

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THE LOCAL AND LOCAL & FAMILY HISTORY Summer CENTRE WILL BE FAMILY OFFICIALLY OPENED Outings BY CATHY JAMIESON th MSP ON WEDNESDAY Saturday 27 HISTORY th 10 JULY 2002 July CENTRE AND THIS WILL BE A guided tour of FOLLOWED BY AN Dalquharron Thanks to a generous offer of space within the OPEN DAY Castle Maybole Community AT THE CENTRE FROM with Development Group office David Hunter at 48/50 High Street in 1.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. Meet at the main Maybole and to the grant MEMBERSHIP given from the Heritage Membership is only £10.00 and gates at 2 p.m. Lottery Fund that provided covers individuals or couples Anyone requiring the equipment, we are staying in the same household. transport should contact pleased to announce that Anyone in full time education can Helen McAdam or Dave we will be opening a small join the society free of charge. Killicoat. Membership for all new members Local & Family History st th joining after 1 February 2002 is Centre on July 11 . The valid until the end of August 2003. SATURDAY facilities will be available Please send all membership th at all times the applications (with the appropriate 25 AUGUST Community Development fee) to Group office is open. The The Honorary Treasurer, centre will be open to all Maybole Historical Society, Mr Jack Boyd, 9 Kincraig including visitors to Court, Maybole, KA19 8AQ. Maybole, local residents and society members.

The facilities include a Maybole Historical Society microfiche/film reader with Committee microfiche of the Hon. President – DAY OUTING TO International Genealogical J. Murray Cook Index, an index to the 1861 Chair - Helen McAdam STIRLING census for and (Tel. O1655 884255) early OS maps of Ayrshire, Vice Chair - Dave Killicoat CASTLE AND and microfilms of the 1851 (Tel. 07713 309450) census of Maybole and the Secretary - Margaret Dick ARGYLL Maybole Old Parish Treasurer - Jack Boyd Members Registers, a laptop computer with Family History software, Willy Connelly LODGINGS the 1881 Census of Great Alex Davidson WITH A FREE Britain on CD-Rom, a David Kiltie AFTERNOON TO gazetteer of and We are always looking for members EXPLORE THE REST OF much more, and a small to join the committee. If you are THE HISTORIC CENTRE library of books. willing to help please let us know. OF STIRLING. 1 MAYBOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Newsletter 15 ! April, 2002

STILL A FEW PLACES LEFT – PLEASE CONTACT HELEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO McADAM

WE TOOK A STEP BACK IN TIME History Week 2002 Wed. 8th – Sun. 12th May

Co-ordinated By Maybole Historical Society

SUPPORTED BY

THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE Castle of Maybole, engraving by W. W. Bartlett BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE From “Scotland Illustrated” by W. Beattie, 1838 thank you to Liz Kwasnik The societies first efforts during this first ever history week and Jilly Boid of the were acknowledged to have been a great success by Museums and Galleries organisers and participants alike. Although the history fair Service of South on the Saturday was not as well attended as we had hoped Ayrshire Council who not due to competition from the weather, the Show and a only provided an excellent swimming gala it was still a worthwhile event. display of the Maybole Our thanks go to Fred Wescott for his excellent illustrated Regalia but manned the talks on the natural history of Carrick which never fail to display throughout the delight his audience, to David Hunter for his historic tour of four days. Maybole, to Murray Cook for providing a comprehensive display of photographs in the lesser town hall, to David The Historical Society Kiltie for photographs of the events and the outstanding have provisionally press coverage which we received, to announced that History Council and Tom Barclay for events and displays in the Week will be a bi-annual library, and to Family History Society, the event, with the next one Kilmarnock Family History Centre of the Curch of Jesus happening in 2004. Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Rev. David Whiteman for their participation in the history fair, and to Mrs Whiteman et CALENDAR FOR 2002/3 all for providing the refreshments. Monday 2nd September 2002 Audrey Deakin – Prerservation of Carved Stones Monday 7th October 2002

Left : Liz Kwasnik, South Ayrshiire Council’s Museum and Galleries Arnold Breingan – Officer shows some of the Maybole artefacts to Fred Wscott. Centre: Culzean & Numismatics Dave Killicoat shows his family history to Yvonne Symester, Peter Monday 4th November 2002 Walker and ….. in the new Local and Family History Centre. Right: Bob McSporran – Dunaskin Jilly Boid, Collections and Acquisition Officer for the Museums and Herotage Centre Galleries with Murray Cook a the Ayrshire Archives Display. nd Thank you to Kevin Wilbraham and Ayrshire Archives for Monday 2 December 2002 setting up a special display with good examples of the Xmas Get Together extant archives relating to Maybole and an especially big Spring 2003 – Ayrshire Poor Relief, Scottish Mining Museum, Researching Army 2 History and Dane Love on Covenanters,