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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.
Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, Exploring the City Archives and the New DNA Museum by Bernadette Walsh, Brian Mitchell and Margaret Edwards, Monday 2 December 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.
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.
Fireside Chat and Christmas Fayre for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch, Monday, 9 December 2024 @ 7 pm.
Hybrid event: on-site & on Zoom.Those wishing to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at AntrimNewtownabbey@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Quiz & Christmas Members Night for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Tuesday, 10 December 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
Christmas Party and Entertainment for NIFHS Belfast Branch, Tuesday, 10 December 2024 at 7.30 pm.
On-site event.
Talk for NIFHS Killyleagh Branch, Family History Networking by Alison Tait, on Monday, 6 January 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Zoom event. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Killyleagh@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, Where to Find Irish Church Records by Natalie Bodle, Wednesday, 8 January 2025 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event. Click the title for more info.
Talk for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch, War Museum and Artifacts by Michael Fryer, Monday, 13 January 2025 @ 7 pm.
Hybrid event: on-site & on Zoom. 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 Foyle Branch, TBC, Monday 13 January 2025 at 7.00 pm.
Zoom event. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Foyle@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Talk for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Are you sitting comfortably? Writing up your Family History by Janet Few, Tuesday, 14 January 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Zoom event. Click the title for more information.
Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch Mabel Glass: East Antrim Spitfire Pilot by Steve Diamond, on Thursday, 16 January 2025 @ 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 Belfast Branch, Belfast City Cemetery by Tom Hartley, on Tuesday, 28 January 2025 from 7.30pm.
Zoom event. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Belfast@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, Townland Atlas of Ulster – by Andrew Kane, Published by UHF by Andrew Kane, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 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.
Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, TBC, Monday 3 February 2025 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, PRONI & records most relevant to NIFHS members by Wesley Geddis, on Monday, 3 February 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, The Belfast Blitz by Henry Wilson, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event. Click the title for more info.
NIFHS Belfast Branch visit to NIFHS Research Centre, Thursday 6 February 2025, 10.30am-2.30pm.
On-site event.
Talk for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch, The History of the Barron Hall and Old Glengormley by Kathy Wolff, Monday, 10 February 2025 @ 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.
Talk for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Strange and Unusual Sources for Irish Family History by Dr James Ryan, Tuesday, 11 February 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Zoom event. Click the title for more information.
Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch Rev William Martin's Five Ships for Carolina 1772 by Dr David Hume, on Thursday, 20 February 2025 @ 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.
Visit to the NIFHS Rsearch Centre in Newtownabbey for NIFHS Foyle Branch, Saturday 22 February 2025. TBC
Talk for NIFHS Belfast Branch, OS200: Digitally Remapping Ireland's Ordnance Survey Heritage by Dr Catherine Porter, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 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.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, Northern Ireland Film Archive by Bronagh McAtasney, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 @ 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.
Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, TBC, Monday 3 March 2025 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, Murder Most Foul! by Chris Scott, on Monday, 3 March 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, Resources in the Presbyterian Historical Society for Family Research by Valerie Adams, Wednesday, 5 March 2025 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event. Click the title for more info.
Talk for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch, OS200 Project – Townlands by Dr Frances Kane, Monday, 10 March 2025 @ 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.
Talk for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, CSM William J. McCutcheon MM (1917-45): a Lisburn soldier and the liberation of Europe by Dr James Frazer (Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum), Tuesday, 11 March 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
On-site event. Click the title for more info.
Visit to the Public Record Office (PRONI) in Belfast, Wednesday 12 March 2025, time TBC.
On-site event.
Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch William McCalmont : Poet of Larne and Demerara Slave Plantation Agent (1790s to 1840s) by Des McCabe, on Thursday, 20 March 2025 @ 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 Belfast Branch, Court Records by PRONI, Tuesday, 25 March 2025 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.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, Cunningham's Shop, by Elaine Wilson, Tuesday, 25 March 2025 @ 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.
Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, The Story of Tea by Robert Bell, Wednesday, 2 April 2025 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event. Click the title for more info.
Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, TBC, Monday 7 April 2025 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, The IRA Attack at Killyleagh Castle and other Sites in East Down in the 1920s by Chris Hagan, on Monday, 7 April 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
Talk for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Family Hands. Looking at various Ulster American family stories using the song by Mary Chapin Carpenter by Dr David Hume, Tuesday, 8 April 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
On-site event. Click the title for more info.
Talk for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch, A Dress for Kathleen. Remembering an Aunt through Stitching and Creative Writing by Heather Richardson, Monday, 14 April 2024 @ 7 pm.
Hybrid event: on-site & on Zoom. Those wishing to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at AntrimNewtownabbey@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
DNA Project Night for NIFHS Killyleagh Branch by Martin McDowell, on Tuesday, 15 April 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Hybrid event. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Killyleagh@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
AGM and general meeting for NIFHS Larne Branch The Ancestor I Would Most Like To Meet and Why by branch members, on Thursday, 17 April 2025 @ 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 Belfast Branch, Other NIFHS DNA Projects by Anne Johnston, Tuesday, 29 April 2025 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.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, My life and family. by Graham Kane, Tuesday, 29 April 2025 @ 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.
NIFHS Belfast Branch outing to NIFHS Research Centre, Saturday, 3 May 2025, 10:30am-2.30pm.
On-site event.
AGM and Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, Northern Ireland, Enigma and the Radio Security Service by Ron Bishop, Wednesday, 7 May 2025 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event. Click the title for more info.
AGM & Talk for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch, OS200 Website by Cat Porter, Monday, 12 May 2025 @ 7 pm.
Zoom meeting. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at AntrimNewtownabbey@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
AGM & talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, TBC, Monday 12 May 2025 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.
AGM & Talk for NIFHS Killyleagh Branch, Krannenburg by Leona Thomas, on Monday 12 May 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Zoom event. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Killyleagh@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link.
Members Night & AGM for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Tuesday, 13 May 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch The Life and Career of Henry McNeill (1836-1904): Father of Irish Tourism by Anne Casement, on Thursday, 15 May 2025 @ 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.