A New TY Term for GENEius Pathways
31 August 2018While it is hard to believe we have another academic year kicking here in Ireland, the cogs are already turning over here at the Irish Family History Centre for another round of GENEius Pathways. Pathways is our extended Transition Year programme, and it introduces students of both Irish and international...
Rootstech is coming across the pond!!
31 August 2018The organisers of Rootstech have announced recently that they are planning to bring the show to the UK – with the Conference coming to London for 24–26 OCTOBER, 2019. _ _ _ Discovering your family history has never been easier, and Rootstech are bringing it all together for 3 exciting days of...
Events on at PRONI
31 August 2018The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the official archive for Northern Ireland. PRONI regularly hosts talks and events which are open to the public. Some interesting upcoming events are: Inez McCormack Civil Rights Women’s Conference 8th September, 10am to 4.30pm Celebrating the life of Inez McCormack and...
Executors, Ors. and the Registry of Deeds
10 August 2018The records of the Registry of Deeds hold a wealth of genealogical information. If your ancestors are fortunate enough to appear in these records, and more do than is commonly believed, they can provide vital familial connections and clues, or bookend years for when persons were resident in a given...
Heritage Week at EPIC! The Irish Emigration Museum
10 August 2018To celebrate Heritage Week this year (18 – 26 August 2018), EPIC! The Irish Emigration Museum are hosting several events: Art Dock at EPIC: Build-A-Book Storytelling is a huge part of the EPIC! experience – the museum tells some fascinating stories about the Irish across the world – and...
Client Testimonial: New Online Consultation Service
10 August 2018Patricia Potter (Canada) is the first customer to avail of our new Online Consultation Service The Irish Family History Centre (IFHC) has officially launched its new, innovative, genealogy service by which anyone across the globe who needs personal help in tracing their Irish family history and genealogy can now do...
The Value of a Busman’s Holiday
20 July 2018An ongoing joke in the research department is that we all ‘need to get out more’ and we’ve all been guilty of indulging in what some would call a Busman’s Holiday. Photos will often fly back and forth of someone investigating a local graveyard, when they should be sunning themselves...
EPIC participates in NYC launch for UN Security Council seat
20 July 2018We were delighted that our friends in EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum were part of the official launch of Ireland’s campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2021-2022 term, which took place at United Nations headquarters in New York. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney...
Stick Your Nose into Rachmaninoff’s Business! Or Whoever.
20 July 2018There is an oddly thrilling power when one is a genealogist. Yes, we can dig around databases and records and put together our own family trees, sometimes unearthing a family secret in the process. And we use that power to help clients and friends (if they allow us). But hang...
Why Family History Matters
20 July 2018Meghan Markle received research from the Irish Family History Centre while visiting Dublin last week. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times John FitzGerald Kennedy was raised to take pride in his Irish roots. In August 1947, the newly elected congressman stayed at Lismore Castle in Co Waterford, and visited cousins in...
Expert Workshop: Heritage Collections of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
06 July 2018On Friday, 8th June, Susan Leyden took over the Royal Irish Academy for an expert workshop, introducing the archives of the Royal Irish College of Surgeons to a full house of medical professionals and interested laypeople. After a gruesome glimpse into the medieval history of surgery, when no distinction was drawn...
Heritage Week Events with Fiona Fitzsimons
06 July 2018Love and death, and everything in between. Whitechurch Library; Tallaght Library; Balbriggan Library; Blanchardstown Library. As most people leave a light “paper trail”, the moment of marriage or death may provide family history sleuths with their only evidence of their ancestors’ existence. What can these records tell us? Behind the facts...
