Christmas at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin
28 November 2016CHRISTMAS at SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL DUBLIN THE SNOWMAN Howard Blake The Choristers of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral invite you attend a special performance of seasonal favourite “The Snowman” with Morgan Crowley (narrator) in aid of LAURALYNN Children’s Hospice. Friday 23rd December at 4.00pm – Admission Free* retiring collection in aid of LauraLynn...
Summer Talks in the National Library of Ireland 2016: Fiona Fitzsimons, Explorations in Irish Genealogy
25 November 2016Title: Explorations in Irish Genealogy The idea for this talk came from a conversation with a first time visitor to the genealogy service in the National Library. He took up history late in life because he thought “it wasn’t for the likes of us.” Genealogy is not a luxury reserved...
Highway 61 Revisited
24 November 2016Much has been written in this space, and others, about the revolution in the availability of genealogical records online in the past decade. There are more records available now, to anyone with a computer and reasonable internet connection, than at any time previous, and these records grow on literally a...
Behind the scenes in the National Library’s Genealogy Room: Genetics
24 November 2016Visitors to the Library’s Genealogy Advisory Service have different motivations for tracing their families. For many, it’s an absorbing hobby, for overseas visitors it is an attempt to locate their Irish origins or, as one person memorably described it to me, it’s an itch they just must scratch! But for...
News Digest: November 2016
24 November 2016How the Irish saved Thanksgiving https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/how-the-irish-saved-thanksgiving-134201303-237789251 Were your grandparents born close to you? You could be eligible to take part in new genetic project. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/were-your-grandparents-born-close-to-you-you-could-be-eligible-to-take-part-in-new-genetic-project-35190672.html Genealogist found living Irish relatives of first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island https://www.irishcentral.com/news/genealogist-finds-living-irish-relatives-of-first-immigrant-to-pass-through-ellis-island Adopted siblings travel to Ireland to sadly discover their...
Back to Basics
11 November 2016If you have been researching for a very long time and have made good progress, then this research tip is not for you. This week, I thought I would go back to basics to look at one of the building blocks of family research, the census. For many, the starting...
1916 Galway and The Battle of the Somme at Loughrea Hotel
11 November 20161916 Conference Galway and The Battle of the Somme at Loughrea Hotel & Spa, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Thursday 17th November 2016. This conference has been organised by Galway County Council in partnership with Loughrea Memorial Group. It is an action of Galway County Council’s 1916 Centenary Programme for the...
News Digest: Nov 2016
10 November 2016The fighting Irish – Ireland’s national roll of honor from 1914 to 1921 https://www.irishcentral.com/homepage/the-fighting-irish-irelands-national-roll-of-honour-1914-1921 Were your grandparents born close to you? You could be eligible to take part in new genetic project https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/were-your-grandparents-born-close-to-you-you-could-be-eligible-to-take-part-in-new-genetic-project-35190672.html Diary of Dubliner who lived through 1916 and World War One online...
Summer Talks in the National Library of Ireland 2016: Ambassador O’Malley, How do we sustain the people to people links between Ireland and the United States?
09 November 2016Kevin F. O’Malley was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland on September 30, 2014 and presented his credentials to President Michael D. Higgins on October 8, 2014. Kevin F. O’Malley, an attorney, was a partner at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., in St. Louis, Missouri, whose trial skills...
Familiarising yourself with words no longer in everyday use
27 October 2016As our vast lexicon expands to include new words such as ‘upspeak’ and ‘emoji’ so it also contracts and any person researching their ancestors has to familiarise themselves with words no longer in everyday use. This struck me the other day when I was searching through the baptismal registers for...
2017 British Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah.
27 October 2016The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History takes great pelasure in announcing the 2017 British Institute to be conducted in Salt Lake City, Utah from 18-22 September 2017 at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel. There will be four tracks of instruction by prominent genealogists focused on Ireland and...
News Digest: Oct 2016
27 October 2016Society of Genealogists events in November Else Churchill speaking on “20th Century Perspectives – Sources and Techniques for Family Historians” – on Weds 30 Nov. Wednesday, 30 November 14:00 – 20th Century Perspectives – Sources and Techniques for Family Historians It feels like it should be easier to find ancestors living...
