Genealogy Advocate Catherine Murphy (TD) visits the Irish Family History Centre
08 September 2017Catherine Murphy (TD) with IFHC staff member Gerard Leen, Photo: Patrick Roycroft. Being at the forefront of public-oriented walk-in genealogical services in Ireland, the Irish Family History Centre (CHQ Building, Dublin) attracts both curious professional genealogists and those with an eye on the bigger picture of genealogy in Ireland. Among...
Heritage Week: Exploring Genealogy and more
08 September 2017National Heritage Week is growing in popularity every year and after dipping our toes in the water last year, the Irish Family History Centre took its 2017 theme ‘It’s In Your Nature’, and formulated a plan. We celebrated the week with our ‘GENEius Project’, a programme that encourages children and...
PDST TY Co-Ordinator Picnic
08 September 2017This Thursday we were invited by the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) to spend the day at Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone at the Transition Year Coordinators PICNIC (Planning, Integrating, Coordinating, Networking, Inventing, and Collaborating). The Transition Year Programme is a unique one year programme, in secondary schools across...
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08 September 2017We want to know what works for you! To help us better understand this, we’re conducting research on how our website meets your needs. We would love to hear from you about what works, what doesn’t and what you might benefit from in the future. This will help us make...
Publications Update
25 August 2017We are delighted to bring you one new publication and important information on one old publication for annual and montly subscribers. The Scotch-Irish in America, Proceedings and Addresses of the Tenth Congress May – June 1901 First the new. We are publishing the final volume of the The Scotch-Irish...
October 2018 – American Genealogy Research Trip to Dublin or Belfast, Ireland
25 August 2017October 2018 – American Genealogy Research Trip to Dublin or Belfast, Ireland Our colleague, Donna Moughty, a professional genealogist and specialist in Irish research based in USA, will again be taking a group of researchers to Ireland in October of 2018. The Belfast Research Tour from Oct 7-13 will visit...
Meath Beo, 4th September, Hill of Tara
25 August 2017Meath Beo celebrates the rich cultural traditions alive in Co. Meath. Launching in the stunning St. Patricks Church at the Hill of Tara, Monday, September 4th, 7pm. Limited seating available. Celebrating the recent solo recordings of 3 Meath musicians. Brenda Castles from Summerhill, is from a rich tradition of music,...
Behind the scenes at The IFHC: Pronunciation
25 August 2017“He Came From Par Knocknet Murky in County Down, Ireland” (Where!?) For those not familiar with Irish place names, the pronunciation, the spelling, and even the correct placements of syllable accents are all barriers to finding where an ancestor came from. Add to these difficulties the complication of a document...
The Irish Family History Centre at Milwaukee Irish Fest
25 August 2017Both Brian Donovan and Fiona Fitzsimons (with their 3 boys) travelled to Milwaukee last week for the annual IrishFest, reputed to be the biggest Irish festival in North America. IrishFest attracts more than 150,000 visitors every year to the shores of Lake Michigan. The festival is first and foremost...
September Expert Workshop with Lar Joye, National Museum of Ireland
25 August 2017Weapons in Irish History Lar Joye, National Museum of Ireland Date: Friday 8th of September Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm Venue: Members Room, Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St. The decisive battles of Ireland’s history were won not only by men or ideas, but by an ever-evolving arms race of weaponry....
Context is key
24 August 2017One of the most pleasing aspects of the surge of interest in family history and genealogy is that is has put historical research and learning to the forefront of the minds of people who otherwise might have said they had no interest in history. One of the greatest challenges facing...
Read documents carefully to extract all internal evidence and compare all your sources
11 August 2017Vital records are set out to a standard template, devised by bureaucrats. Even so, every civil record is an original document, and can sometimes contain surprising non-standardised details. Recently I called up the death record of a young married woman. At first glance, the death seemed straight-forward enough. Mary Christina...
