Member Organisations

The Scottish Local History Forum is an umbrella group for a wide variety of organisations involved in local history in Scotland. Member organisations come from all parts of Scotland as well as overseas and include historical groups and societies, and heritage organisations such as libraries, archives and museums, including (but not limited to) those listed below.

If your organisation is a member and is not listed here, please submit or update your details.

Please note that this does not create a listing in the SLH Directory which is open to member and non-member organisations holding Scottish local history resources. You can add your Organisation to the Directory here: Create Directory Organisation

You can also publicise your Organisation's events.

If your organisation is not a member, do please consider joining the Forum.

Member Organisation Locationsort ascending
West Lothian History and Amenity Society West Lothian
Torrance Heritage and History Group Torrance
Cromar History Group Tarland
Strachur & District Local History Society Strachur
R W Thomson Memorial Fellowship Stonehaven
Stirling Local History Society Stirling
Scottish Association of Family History Societies See website to contact
Scottish Pottery Society Scotland
Lennox Heritage Society Renton
Prestoungrange Arts Festival PRESTONPANS
Appin Historical Society Port Appin
Culture Perth & Kinross - Local & Family History Perth
Tweeddale Society Peebles
Fala, Soutra & District History and Heritage Society Pathhead
Renfrewshire Local History Forum Paisley
University of the West of Scotland, Special Collections Paisley
Renfrewshire Heritage Centre Paisley
Aberdeenshire Libraries Local Studies Oldmeldrum
North Kessock & District Local History Society North Kessock
Mearns History Group Newton Mearns
Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association Neilston
West Stormont Historical Society Murthly
Moulin & Pitlochry History Circle Moulin
Melrose Historical and Archaeological Association Melrose
Carrick History Society Maybole
The 1745 Association Lochearnhead
West Lothian Local History Library Linlithgow
South Lanarkshire Libraries - Clydesdale Lanark
East Dunbartonshire Archives (EDLC) Kirkintilloch
Forth and Clyde Canal Society Kirkintilloch
East Dunbartonshire Heritage & History Forum Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch and District Society of Antiquaries Kirkintilloch
Kirkcudbright History Society Kirkcudbright
Kinross-shire Historical Society Kinross
Loch Ard Local History Group Kinlochard
Banffshire Field Club Keith
Inveraray and District History Society Inveraray
Highland Archive Service Highland
Hawick Reivers Association Hawick
Hawick Archaeological Society Hawick
Gullane and Dirleton History Society Gullane and Dirleton
Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists GREENOCK
The Grantown Society Grantown-On-Spey
Langside Community Heritage Glasgow
Croy Historical Society Glasgow
Friends of Thomas Muir Glasgow
Northlight Heritage Glasgow
The Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society Glasgow
Strathblane Heritage Society Glasgow
East Renfrewshire Heritage Service Giffnock
Gartmore Heritage Society Gartmore
The Falkland Society Falkland
Elie & Earlsferry History Society Elie
The Corstorphine Trust. Edinburgh
Scottish Historic Buildings Trust Edinburgh
National Museums Scotland Library Edinburgh
Old Edinburgh Club Edinburgh
Cramond Heritage Trust Edinburgh
Corstorphine Trust Edinburgh
National Records of Scotland Edinburgh
Colinton Local History Society Edinburgh
Scottish Council On Archives Edinburgh
National Library of Scotland Edinburgh
Scottish Genealogy Society Edinburgh
Morningside Heritage Association Edinburgh
Broughton History Society Edinburgh
Queensferry History Group Edinburgh
Scottish Printing Archival Trust Edinburgh
Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society Edinburgh
East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Society East Lothian
Fife Cultural Trust Dunfermline
Dunfermline Historical Society Dunfermline
Friends of Dundee City Archives Dundee
Abertay Historical Society Dundee
Centre for Archive & Information Studies - University of Dundee Dundee
Dunbar and District History Society DUNBAR
Drymen & District Local History Society Drymen, Near Glasgow
Dollar History Society Dollar
Dalkeith History Society Dalkeith
Currie & District Local History Society Currie
Cupar Library Cupar
SCHR , Scottish Church Heritage Research CUPAR
Cupar Heritage Centre Cupar
Scottish Church Heritage Research Cupar
Cumnock History Group Cumnock
Cumbernauld Historical Society Cumbernauld
Library of Innerpeffray Crieff
Clydebank Local History Society Clydebank
The Gellet Society Charlestown
Bothwell Historical Society Bothwell
The Friends of Kinneil BO'NESS
Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society Bearsden
Balfron Heritage Group Balfron
Baldernock Local History Group Baldernock
Ayton Local History Society Ayton
Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Ayrshire
Ayrshire Federation of Historical Societies Ayr
Auchterarder & District Local History Association Auchterarder
Carmyllie Heritage Society Arbroath
Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society Alloa
Falkirk Made Friends Airth
Breadalbane Heritage Society Aberfeldy
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives Aberdeen
Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen Museums & Special Collections Aberdeen
Aberdeen City Local Studies Service Aberdeen
Kilmarnock & District History Group Kilmarnock