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Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch, Donaghadee Lifeboats and the Men Who Served by Shirley Cochrane, Monday 17 June 2024 @ 7:15 pm.
Hybrid event: on site & on Zoom.
NIFHS Volunteers will be at the Armed Forces Day event being held in the Jordanstown Loughshore Park.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, Townlands of the North Coast by Dr Niall Comer, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 @ 8:00 pm.
This class will provide some simple tips and tricks for people not yet too far down the research
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The North of Ireland Family History Society is organising the Really Useful Family History Show to be held in the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Saturday, 10th August 2024.
The Show is sponsored by the Family History Federation. 10 Exhibitors are expected to be present with a free Prize Draw in the morning and an afternoon Presentation of "We Know Who You Are, Tim McGarry" during which we will be revealing to this much loved comedian and actor what DNA tests have uncovered about his ancestry.
Annual General Meeting - Virtual - On Zoom
Hosted by the Causeway Coast and Glens Branch
2.00pm Welcome and Introduction "The Delights of the of the Causeway Coast and Glens"
AGM Business
Talk "Linen Mills of Northern Ireland" by Guest Speaker Fiona McKelvie, of McBurney and Black
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Pre-Registration for Zoom Required
Monday, Day 1 of the DNA Summer School.
2.00pm Class - Step by Step Guide to Analysing your autosomal DNA, Part 1
7.00pm Class - Step by Step Guide to Analysing your autosomal DNA, Part 2
Full details at Classes and Courses - Book your place Now!
Tuesday, Day 2 of the DNA Summer School.
2.00pm Class - SNPs vs STRs
7.00pm Class - The Highs and Lows of Y-DNA
Full details at Classes and Courses - Book your place Now!
September talk for NIFHS Killyleagh Branch, TBC on Tuesday, 3 September 2024 @ 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.
Wednesday, Day 3 of the DNA Summer School.
2.00pm Class - Maximise your Maternal Research
7.00pm Class - Mt-DNA Case Studies
Full details at Classes and Courses - Book your place Now!
Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, County Antrim Immigrants Impacting the New World by Alister McReynolds, Wednesday, 4 September 2024 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event. Click the title for more info.
Day 4 of the DNA Summer School.
2.00pm Class - Climbing Over Brickwalls
7.00pm Class - Using a Chromosome Browser Effectively
Full details at Classes and Courses - Book your place Now!
Friday, Day 5 of the DNA Summer School.
2.00pm Class - DNA Proof Standards
7.00pm Class - Ancient DNA
Full details at Classes and Courses - Book your place Now!
Talk for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Hidden Histories: Advanced Methods for Investigating Northern Irish Criminal Ancestry by Mary McKee, Tuesday, 10 September 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
On-site event. Click the title for more info.
Belfast City Cemetery Open Day with NIFHS Belfast Branch, Sunday, 15 September 2024 from 10.30am to 5pm.
On-site event.
Members’ Night for NIFHS Antrim & Newtownabbey Branch
Hybrid event: On-site & on Zoom.
Note the change of venue location to Mossley Mill.
Those wishing to attend on Zoom should book here and they will be sent the link by noon on Monday: https://forms.gle/5h83xJfBnn3GeTvR7
Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, The Franklin Expedition’s Amazing Derry Connections by Ken McCormack, Monday 16 September 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.
Visit to the Windmill, Lumen Christie College, with Stephen Doherty and Peter Hamilton for the NIFHS Foyle Branch, Wednesday 18 September 2024 at 4.00 pm.
Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch Discover Your Scottish Ancestors by Chris Paton, on Thursday, 19 September 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.
Outing of NIFHS Killyleagh Branch to Ulster Aviation Society Monday, 23 September 2024 @ 12:00-16:30 pm. Includes lunch at Café VicRyn.
Talk for NIFHS Belfast Branch, From Peel to the PSNI : The History of Policing in Ireland by Roy Black, Tuesday, 24 September 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.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, The Big Wind (1839) by Peter Carr, Tuesday, 24 September 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.
Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, Making Sense of the Census by Roddy Hegarty, Wednesday, 2 October 2024 @ 7.15 pm.
Hybrid event. Click the title for more info.
Outing to NIFHS Research Centre, Saturday, 5 October 2024, 10:30-14:30.
On-site event
Talk for NIFHS Foyle Branch, Latest Archaeological Discoveries in the Clooney Dig by Katy McMonagle, Monday 7 October 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, The Mountstewart Tragedy on Strangford Lough by Clive Scoular on Monday, 7 October 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
Talk for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Land: From Tenancy To Ownership by Dr Des McCabe (PRONI), Tuesday, 8 October 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
On-site event. Click the title for more info.
Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch Using Military Records & Photographs in Family History Research by Tommy McClimonds, on Thursday, 10 October 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 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.
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.