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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 an introduction to "The Delights of the of the Causeway Coast and Glens"
AGM Business
Guest Speaker Talk by Fiona McKelvie, of McBurney and Black, "Linen Mills of Northern Ireland"
Day 1 of the DNA Summer School
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Day 2 of the DNA Summer School.
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Day 3 of the DNA Summer School.
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Day 4 of the DNA Summer School.
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Day 5 of the DNA Summer School.
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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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
Members Workshop for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch by Martin McDowell, Elwyn Soutter, Andrew kane & others, Tuesday, 26 November 2024 @ 8 pm.
Quiz & Christmas Members Night for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Tuesday, 10 December 2024 @ 7.30 pm.
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 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 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 Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, TBC, Tuesday, 25 february 2025 @ 8 pm.
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.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, TBC, Tuesday, 25 March 2025 @ 8 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 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.
Members Night & AGM for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, Tuesday, 13 May 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, Townlands of the North Coast by Dr Niall Comer, Tuesday, 27 May 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.
Branch outing for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, June 2025, venue and date TBC. On site event.
Talk for NIFHS Causeway Coast & Glens Branch, The Stewart Family of Ballyhivistock, near Dervock by Bruce Clark, Tuesday, 24 June 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.