Solving an Unusual Surname: A Seaman’s Romance, and a Fictional Detective
09 February 2018Two English ladies, a mother and a daughter, visited the Irish Family History Centre (IFHC) [CHQ Building, Dublin] in January 2018 for a consultation regarding a surname mystery – Where did theirs come from? The mother had been born in Ireland but knew she didn’t have an Irish surname. And...
GENEius for Primary Schools – IFHC at IPPN
09 February 2018On the 25th and 26th of January 2018 the Irish Family History Centre and EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum attended the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) Conference in Citywest. The Education Expo at the conference is a fantastic way to connect with principals from schools all across Ireland, and a...
Behind the Scenes: “I Can’t Find Neugle McGuigan – Help!”
09 February 2018Many of us have, lurking in our family bush, an ancestor or a relative with an unusual name. More often than not, this is a very good thing because it allows that person to stand out from the dense thicket of more ‘normal’ names. Tracing such people is usually a...
News Digest: Feb 2018
09 February 2018Digital project to recreate public record office destroyed by fire: A project is under way, in Trinity College Dublin, to digitally recreate the building and contents of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which were destroyed by an explosion and fire at Dublin’s Four Courts in 1922. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0207/939122-records-office/ First Irish...
TRADFEST 2018
09 February 2018TradFest 2018 ran from the 24th – 28th January and is Ireland’s largest festival of traditional music with many events taking place in some of Dublin’s most historic places. The Irish Family History Centre was delighted to be able to run events which could be enjoyed in conjunction with the...
2017: a year in Family History
26 January 2018Last year was a busy year of research, teaching, writing and activism. As soon as one deadline was reached, another one came on the horizon. So even if it’s not quite true what they say (make your hobby your job, and you’ll never work a day in your life), I...
Department of Foreign Affairs Event at EPIC Museum
26 January 2018On the 16th January the Irish Family History Centre was delighted to join with EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in welcoming Irish Ambassadors and Diplomats from the Department of Foreign Affairs to the CHQ building. It was a wonderful occasion with the announcement of EPIC’s partnering with the Department to...
News Digest: Jan 2018
26 January 2018Michigan State University Receives $1.5 Million Grant To Build Slave Trade Database “It will allow scholars and the public to learn about individuals’ lives and to draw new, broad conclusions about processes that had an indelible impact on the world,” says Walter Hawthorne, professor and chair of MSU’s Department of...
Historian in Residence for EPIC Museum
26 January 2018Minister for the Diaspora and International Development, Ciaran Cannon T.D. recently announced a funding partnership with EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum. As part of the partnership the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will fund an historian-in-residence position at EPIC. Commenting on the partnership with EPIC, Minister Cannon said: “EPIC...
Don’t neglect your own Country’s records, in the hunt for Irish ancestors…
12 January 2018Many American clients try to jump directly to Irish records, when often all that is known is a name and possibly a year of birth. To find evidence of the birth of someone in Ireland it is necessary to know the name of at least one of their parents. Rather, in order...
Rootstech 2018
12 January 2018The Irish Family History Centre is delighted to announce that we will be returning to Salt Lake City for Rootstech this year. RootsTech is a family history and technology conference and trade show held annually in the Salt Palace Convention Center. It is the bigggest Genealogy Conference in the world and we can’t wait to join in the...
The Murder of an Irish Revolutionary Ancestor: Killer was a Future Neighbour of the Family!
11 January 2018Many of the visitors to the Irish Family History Centre (CHQ Building, Dublin) have very interesting ancestors. One US gentleman, Michael, wanted to research both sides of his family but he also wanted to prove family lore that one of his ancestors was involved in the Irish revolutionary period (1910s...
