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Talk for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch, Family History Using Irish Newspaper by Natalie Bodle, Monday, 14 October 2024 @ 7 pm. Zoom event.
Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at AntrimNewtownabbey@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Visit to the Public Record Office (PRONI) in Belfast, Wednesday 16 October 2024, time TBC.
On-site event.
Talk for NIFHS Belfast Branch, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors in County Donegal by Una Matthewson, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 at 7.30 pm.
Zoom event. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Belfast@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
The aim of this talk is to give an overview of the family history resources available to the family history researcher and to introduce some of the gems of the Donegal Studies Collection.
Donegal County Library holds a valuable and diverse collection of family and local history resources relating to the history and heritage of the county.
Irish family history research can be challenging due to the lack of census returns and the relatively late introduction of civil registration. However, there is a wealth of alterative records available that can help piece together your family history, ranging from the very early Muster Rolls of 1630 to Griffith’s Valuation of the mid-1850s and may more. The Donegal Studies Collection holds many of these resources, as well as more general materials relating to the history of the province. Local history books that can often contain information that can round off your dedicated years of research, by situating your family members in a time and place.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, Mills of Ulster, with a focus on the CCG area by Sebastian Graham, Tuesday, 29 October 2024 @ 8 pm.
Hybrid event: on-site & on Zoom.
Those wishing to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Causeway@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
We are celebrating the reopening of the Research Centre on Thursdays. From 31st October the Research Centre will be open from 2.00pm – 8.00pm. Halloween Goodies from 5pm. Special DNA Talk at 7pm - Raising The Dead - when you can learn how to how to reconstruct the DNA of deceased ancestors!
Part of the Halloween festivities for the launch of Thursday openings of the NIFHS Research Centre.
Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, Captain Kokeritz – a Forgotten Hero in the City Cemetery by David Jenkins, Monday 4 November 2024 at 7.00 pm.
Hybrid event: on-site & on Zoom. Branch & Society members who wish to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Foyle@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Talk for NIFHS Killyleagh Branch, Killyleagh Remembers The Great War by Cheevers, on Monday, 4 November 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, DNA Focus by Martin McDowell, Wednesday, 6 November 2024 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event. Click the title for more info.
Talk by NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Using Military Records and Photographs in Family History Research, Saturday, 9 November 2024 @ 10.30 pm. Kindly hosted by Libraries NI.
On-site event. Click the title for more info.
Zoom Talk for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch, The Russian Tailor in Belfast by Neill Cranston, Monday, 11 November 2024 @ 7 pm.
Zoom Only event. Those wishing to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at AntrimNewtownabbey@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Talk for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Women In Irish Society In The Late 19th, early 20th Century by Dr Myrtle Hil, Tuesday, 12 November 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
On-site event. Click the title for more info.
Workshop for NIFHS Belfast Branch, Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 13:00-16:00. Postponed from 17 September.
On-site event.
Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch on DNA by Martin McDowell, on Thursday, 21 November 2024 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event: on-site & on Zoom. Branch & Society members who wish to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Larne@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Talk for NIFHS Killyleagh Branch, History of Denvir's Hotel by Stephen Megorrian, plus pre-Christmas dinner, Monday 25 November @ 7:00 pm. Date TBC
Talk for NIFHS Belfast Branch, Mother and Baby Institutions, by Prof. Sean O'Connell (Queen's University Belfast), on Tuesday, 26 November 2024 at 7.30 pm.
Zoom event. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Belfast@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Members Workshop for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch by Martin McDowell, Elwyn Soutter, Andrew Kane & others, Tuesday, 26 November 2024 @ 8 pm.
*TO BE RE-SCHEDULED* Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, Exploring the City Archives and the New DNA Museum by Bernadette Walsh, Brian Mitchell and Margaret Edwards,
Hybrid event: on-site & on Zoom. Branch & Society members who wish to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Foyle@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
* REPLACEMENT TALK* Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, History from Headstones : Stories from the City Cemetery by Seamus Breslin, Monday 2 December.
Hybrid event: on-site & on Zoom. Branch & Society members who wish to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Foyle@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
NIFHS Killyleagh Branch Members’ Night, on Monday, 2 December 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
Trip by NIFHS Ballymena Branch to NIFHS Research Centre, Wednesday, 4 December 2024 @ 7.15 pm.
Christmas at NIFHS
Book Fair and DNA Sale
Saturday, 7th December 2024
10am - 4pm