Interview: Professor Amy Harris of Brigham Young University
30 June 2017Professor Amy Harris of Brigham Young University, will be teaching the English track in the British Institute in September. Her research interests centre on families, women and gender in early modern Britain. She uses both her historical and genealogical training to study family relationships of the past. Earlier this summer,...
Exploring GENEius at the Irish Family History Centre
30 June 2017By Claire Murray, Education & Outreach Officer We were thrilled to welcome our Irish Independent competition winners, St. Brigid’s G.N.S, Glasnevin, to the Irish Family History Centre last week! The sixth class pupils submitted their answers to the question: ‘why would you like to research your family history?’ Answers...
News Digest: Jun 2017
02 June 2017Fingal County Council has released a new interactive guide, Buried in Fingal https://buried.fingal.ie/ The free database includes searchable details of more than 65,000 people interred between 1905 and 2005 in 33 of the burial grounds in the council’s care in North County Dublin. The site is searchable by name and...
FREE Genealogy DNA Workshop
02 June 2017Are you interested in doing a DNA test and want to know which one is best for you? Have you already done one and want help understanding the results? Come along to this free DNA Workshop to get the answers. Irish genealogist Maurice Gleeson will facilitate this question and answer...
Behind the scenes at The IFHC: DNA and Genealogy
31 May 2017DNA and Genealogy Solved a ‘Lost Relative’ Mystery One of the regular clients of the Irish Family History Centre (IFHC) has a free travel pass and regularly comes up from Kilkenny to get help with his tree. His name is William and he diligently buys a ticket for the IFHC...
News Digest: May 31 2017
31 May 2017This weeks news digest FindmyPast – latest additions http://britishgenes.blogspot.com/2017/05/findmypast-latest-additions.html 30 Tips for Using Family Photos for Genealogy https://www.findmypast.ie/blog/help/30-tips-for-analysing-old-photos-genealogy-deciphering-clues
Digital Marketing Executive Required
31 May 2017Job Title: Digital Marketing Executive The following position has been created to find a candidate with strong digital marketing skills to help create awareness of the Irish Family History Centre brand. This will require the candidate using their marketing skills to increase footfall to the brand’s visitor centre, as well...
Actor John Cusack, The Afternoon Show, and the Irish Family History Centre
31 May 2017The actor John Cusack was invited to visit Belfast (Northern Ireland) in early April 2017 to participate in the Belfast Film Festival. Wanting a good reason to interview the actor, Ireland’s national radio and television broadcaster Raidió Teilefis Éireann (RTÉ) encouraged their flagship daily afternoon chat and variety show, called,...
Sponsor A Track with Saint Patricks Cathedral
31 May 2017
The Afternoon Show with Actor John Cusack
31 May 2017The actor John Cusack was invited to visit Belfast (Northern Ireland) in early April 2017 to participate in the Belfast Film Festival. Wanting a good reason to interview the actor, Ireland’s national radio and television broadcaster Raidió Teilefis Éireann (RTÉ) encouraged their flagship daily afternoon chat and variety show, called,...
Smiths, Marrying Smiths …. Marrying Even More Smiths
19 May 2017By Irish Family History Centre Expert Patrick Roycroft When doing Irish genealogy, and especially when dealing with families in rural communities, one can encounter a bride and groom marrying, each of whom have exactly the same surname. There can be all kinds of reasons for this, of course, and it...
News Digest: May 2017
18 May 2017Rescue Old Data before it’s too late! To model the future, we need to be able to examine the past. Few forms of ‘heritage data’ — whether stored on glass plates, paper, old tapes or floppy disks — are easily available for today’s research, so the information on them is...
