Surname Certificates at the Irish Family History Centre
11 January 2019Show off your Irish roots with an Irish Family History Centre surname poster – also the perfect gift idea for friends and family interested in family history! The poster can be ordered in digital format (PDF), or as a high-quality A4 print-out. Poster includes birth and household statistics from...
Gaisce Celebrations for the Central Remedial Clinic
21 December 2018I was very lucky to have been able to work with the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf, Dublin, who contacted me in early summer 2018 to arrange a family history workshop for some of their students.The workshop would contribute to credits required for the Gaisce Award. As quoted from the...
Seasons Greetings!
21 December 2018Eneclann and the Irish Family History Centre want to wish you all a very happy festive season! Thank you to all our friends who came to visit us throughout the year, read Irish Lives Remebered or enjoyed our tips, expert workshops and courses. Here, we’re planning on putting our feet up,...
Student Showcase (Trinity College Dublin)
21 December 2018Since 2017, I’ve developed a course in Irish Family and Social History in Trinity College, Dublin. The course gives students a good grounding in sources, research methods and a historical framework to interpret what is being said/ done/ transacted in the source-evidence. One of the recurring themes in class...
The value of Headstones
20 December 2018In some families, it is customary to visit graveyards at Christmas time, in remembrance of lost loved ones. Of course, for genealogists, graveyards with their carved headstones are part of our stock in trade. It becomes second nature to photograph headstones and they can prove invaluable in a research project. One...
Behind the Scenes: Absolute Beginners Find a Trove of Ancestral Gold for Christmas!
19 December 2018It was the week before Christmas, when all through the Centre. Not a creature was stirring, not even a … wait a moment … two very cheery looking people heading my way! They were a fantastically friendly married couple named Tony and Alison (Fig. 1). I asked if they...
Christmas Opening Hours at the Irish Family History Centre
13 December 2018Just reminding everyone of our opening hours as Christmas draws closer! The Irish Family History Centre will close on Sunday, December 23rd @ 5pm, and reopen again on Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 @ 10am. Before then, get someone the perfect Christmas gift by helping them to unlock their Irish family...
Double Trouble – Not Always.
30 November 2018As genealogists we often face situations where there is a lack of documentary evidence to prove a familial connection. Therefore, we are always seeking innovative ways of building a case for probability of a record being of relevance. One of the more unusual pointers is multiple births (i.e. twins, triplets,...
What’s in a Surname?
30 November 2018Recently, I had an online consultation with a lady whose family ancestor was born circa 1868 in Donegal. Given the time frame, it seemed a straightforward case. There should be church records, as many are online up to c.1880, and civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1864 for Roman...
Coast guard records
09 November 2018We recently completed a report where a client’s ancestors were employed in the Coast guard service on the eastern seaboard of Ireland. The Coast guard service was established in Ireland in 1822. A large proportion of their records are held in the Public Records Office in Kew, London. Some of...
Baptismal Records can hold hidden clues
26 October 2018It is always useful to view each and every baptismal record for your ancestor’s family. A recent case gained enormously from such an examination of the baptismal records. The case concerned a family who emigrated to Canada. It was believed that the date for their departure could be narrowed to a four year...
EXPERT WORKSHOP: A History of Germs and Public Health in Dublin with Dr Juliana Adelman
26 October 2018On Friday 19th October, Dr Juliana Adelman gave a fascinating talk on the history of disease and public health in Dublin and its impact on the 19th century population. Dr Adelman looked at how “dear, dirty Dublin” coped with the diseases that stalked its streets, and how sanitation and public health played a critical role...
