The importance of cross-checking your information
26 August 2016It is so important to cross check our information at all times, to use every available source in our quest to learn more about our ancestors. A recent search for a marriage of Anne to Edward prior to 1917 proved, frustratingly, negative. Anne gave birth to a son, Patrick, in 1917...
The Board of Certified Genealogists offer a free day of genealogy education.
26 August 2016MARK YOUR CALENDAR: BCG OFFERS A FREE DAY OF QUALITY GENEALOGY EDUCATION OCTOBER 7, 2016 IN SALT LAKE CITY Top genealogists Ann Staley, David McDonald, Elizabeth Shown Mills, Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, Judy Russell, and Pamela Sayer will present six one-hour lectures in Salt Lake City, Friday, October 7, between 9...
Events in the Society of Genealogists September 2016.
26 August 2016There are still spaces on the following Society of Genealogists events taking place in September, further information about each event is listed below. All events with a charge must be pre-booked and paid. Events can be booked through the website or by telephone (Tuesday-Thursdays & Saturdays) at the number listed below. SoG...
Expert advice at Blanchardstown library
26 August 2016Our Summer Sessions in Genealogy, at Blanchardstown Library were a big hit with the public! This Autumn 2016 Blanch Library has decided to continue the monthly genealogy sessions, and to extend the hours from 10:30am to 14:30pm. The Irish Family History Centre’s Carmel Gilbride returns to Blanch Library in November...
News Digest: Aug 2016
26 August 2016There has been barely a pip of protest against the suggestion that the National Museum of Ireland building on Kildare Street should be given over to the Senate while restoration work is carried out on the latter. http://bit.ly/2c9aTz2 The Heart of the City presents a startling contrast to the...
Sinead McCool: Mna- 25 years of searching- lesson and leads
25 August 2016As part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme Sinead McCoole has Curated a travelling exhibition on the role of women Mna 1916:2016. This exhibition covers the island of Ireland and looks at the role of women in the Rising and other political movements in 1916. In an illustrated lecture Curator Sinead McCoole discusses the search...
Summer Talks in the National Library of Ireland, 2016. Dermot Bolger – Finding inspiration in Family History
25 August 2016Outline: Dermot Bolger describes how he found inspiration as a creative artist in his own family history. Bolger’s most recent book, The Lonely Sea and Sky is based on incidents from his father’s life as a merchant sailor out of Wexford. In December 1943 the most extraordinary rescue in Irish...
Summer Talks in the National Library of Ireland, 2016. Sinead McCoole – Researching Revolutionary Ancestors
25 August 2016Outline: As part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme Sinead McCoole has Curated a travelling exhibition on the role of women Mna 1916:2016. This exhibition covers the island of Ireland and looks at the role of women in the Rising and other political movements in 1916. In an illustrated lecture Curator Sinead McCoole discusses the...
Expert Q&A Facebook Session
25 August 2016Time to get those questions ready for the National Library of Ireland Genealogy Advisory Service expert session on Friday the 26thy on The Ireland Family History Facebook page. Brought to you by the Irish Family History Centre and Ancestor Network,the team that powers the National Library of Ireland’s Genealogy Advisory Service. Read the guide to...
Free Lunch Time Talk: The Forgotten Irish
17 August 2016The Summer Talks at lunchtime will take place every Tuesday and Thursday 1-2pm in the National Library of Ireland. The Forgotten Irish: Revealing the Personal Stories of 19th Century Irish Emigrants through American Civil War Pension Files Thursday August 18th During the American Civil War of 1861-65 some 180,000 Irish emigrants...
Legislation, and how to use it to gain access to records you’re legally entitled to see.
12 August 2016The Dail [Irish parliament] has passed legislation to protect the privacy of Irish citizens. An unintended consequence, is to sometimes set limits to tracing exempt records: military records, but also records relating to children raised in care. Many researchers who are genuinely trying to trace their own family history have...
HARP Society Interdenominational Service
11 August 2016The HARP Society invite you to attend this year’s Interdenominational Service at the Church St Paul of the Cross, Mount Argus, Dublin 6W, at 2.30pm on Saturday 27 August 2016. The ceremony will consist of Old and New Testament readings and some appropriate liturgical music provided by the Garda Ladies Choir directed by Mr Rodney Baldwin and...
