How the Browse Census button linked my Great Aunt Rose to Samuel Beckett
02 March 2017This is a curiously ironic tale of how bad handwriting on an Irish census resulted in a family link to Samuel Beckett, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature. My father always spoke fondly about his Aunt Rose – Rose Flood – so I felt I already knew...
Saint Patricks Cathedral: March Events
02 March 2017March Events A live orchestra playing an original score accompanies Ireland’s earliest drama films on the Saint Patrick’s Day weekend. The Kalem Films Sunday, 19 March at 20.00 Join us for a special programme in association with the Irish Film Institute for the Saint Patrick’s Day Weekend, featuring films made by...
How we got on at Rootstech 2017
02 March 2017Each year we travel to Salt Lake City to what is the largest family history gathering in the world. Rootstech! where hundreds of classes, demos, presentations, workshops, and other events are delivered to over 25,000 attendees. At the same time, we try to create awareness about who we are...
Latest News Digest: March 2017
01 March 2017Michael Viney discusses ancient Irish shipwrecks dotted around the Irish coast. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/michael-viney-how-ancient-is-the-thallabawn-shipwreck-1.2976468 “My colourful past”: Irish Artist’s work highlights the origins of today’s Americans, many of whose ancestors passed through Ellis Island. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/irish-artist-s-ellis-island-photos-highlight-origins-of-today-s-americans-1.2988282 Beauty lessons as you might have learned from your granny! Natural skincare from flowers, bark,...
Latest News Digest: Feb 2017
16 February 2017Chinese family of 500 reunite for supersize group photo Members of the Ren clan gather in eastern china for portrait to commemorate the completion of detailed family tree https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/08/chinese-family-500-reunite-supersize-group-photo IHTA towns of Early Modern, Gaelic and Plantation origins are now available online https://www.ria.ie/news/irish-historic-towns-atlas/ihta-towns-early-modern-gaelic-and-plantation-origins-are-now We welcome Limerick woman Ruth...
Behind the scenes at The IFHC: Lady Luck
15 February 2017Some walk-in clients to the Irish Family History Centre want a very specific question answered. Solving such problems can be difficult in a short time, sometimes impossible. However, there are those happy times when the answer just pops out. This is one of those. A lady (who wishes to...
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10 February 2017
Census Records: Bless Them! Curse Them! Fight the Dark Side.
06 February 2017A census record is arguably the most single useful source in genealogy. One gets the name, age (thereby inferring rough date of birth), marital status, profession, and where born for not just one family member: One gets this, and more, for the whole family. And, if there are elderly...
From The Legion of The Lost Ones
02 February 2017Commissioned and Presented by Meath County Council Arts Office supported by the Irish Arts Center New York. Come join us at the Heritage Centre Kells on February 8th and 9th 2017 to support the collaboration of two celebrated Meath artists, Michael Brunnock and Deirdre Kinahan and view the very beginnings...
Behind the scenes stories at the Irish Family History Centre.
26 January 2017Sometimes there are other records…and even more. When Judy Harper from Australia visited the Irish Family History Centre, she had quite a bit of family research already completed. She had traced her family back through a number of generations in South Africa to Dublin, to the Pittar family in...
News Digest: January 2017
26 January 2017http://www.prestoncitizen.com/news/local/genealogy-gems-what-s-in-your-attic/article_e2d0406a-e263-11e6-800c-87afbd67883c.htmlThe Kalem Films With Live Orchestration. Sunday, 19 March at 20.00 https://stpatrickscathedral.digitickets.co.uk/event/2057801?catID=6441&_ga=1.159884349.1826997384.1479723036&mc_cid=45d934dd67&mc_eid=b958478a72 It’s a record! Six Galway siblings all reach 100 https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/it-s-a-record-six-galway-siblings-all-reach-100 Tracing genealogical links through DNA https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/88785934/tracing-genealogical-links-through-dna Genealogy Gems: What’s in your attic? http://www.prestoncitizen.com/news/local/genealogy-gems-what-s-in-your-attic/article_e2d0406a-e263-11e6-800c-87afbd67883c.html
Google Maps Helps Solve a 19th-Century Placenames Mystery
25 January 2017I was in a dilemma. I literally did not know where I was. I had found the key birth certificate for a family member I had been researching, but the townland in North Tipperary that was listed as their place of residence did not seem to exist. I...
