MARK 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...
There 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...
Our 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...
There 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...
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 search...
Outline: 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...
Outline: 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...
Time 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...
The 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...
The 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...
The 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...
Tuesday 2nd August was a busy busy day in the Genealogy Advisory Service at the NLI. As well as the usual complement of visitors from home and abroad, we also had a group of students from New York University booked for 3.30pm in to meet and get advice from our...