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. Looking at various Ulster American family stories using the song by Mary Chapin Carpenter and the legacy of Mary Snoddy Black in South Carolina. Black collected all the family quilts over generations to help tell the story of their family history. David looks at a goodly number of other family stories under this umbrella,surnames including Donelson, McDowell, Lyle, Witherspoon, Brice and Gilliland among others. Dr David Hume is a well-known local historian, radio and television broadcaster and author of several books including those tracing emigrant histories. He is a prominent figure within the Ulster Scots community and is an Honorary Citizen of Clover, South Carolina. His Knox and Hume ancestors came to Ulster from Scotland in the 17th...
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. On-site...
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...
Talk for NIFHS Ballymena Branch, The Story of Tea by Robert Bell, Wednesday, 2 April 2025 @ 7.15 pm. Hybrid event. Those wishing to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Ballymena@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link. Founded in 1877, S.D. Bell’s is an importer of quality coffees and teas, Robert Bell, fourth generation descendant, will share the story of the birth of the family business, the hardships and achievements along the...
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...
Talk for NIFHS Belfast Branch, Unlocking Legal Histories: Exploring Crown and Peace, Land Records, and Civil Court Archives by Graham Jackson (Records Management, Cataloguing and Access, PRONI), Tuesday, 25 March 2025 at 7.30 pm. Zoom event. Zoom event. Those wishing to attend should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Belfast@nifhs.org and they will be sent the...
Talk for NIFHS Larne Branch William McCalmont : Poet of Larne and Demerara Slave Plantation Agent (1790s to 1840s) by Des McCabe (PRONI), 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...
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. This talk considers the life and career of ‘Bill’ McCutcheon who grew up in the Smithfield area of Lisburn. He served in the 1st (Airborne battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles during the second world war. Gliding into France by air on D-Day,he later won the Military Medal for Bravery in the Normandy Campaign. He died in March 1945 during Operation Varsity,the crossing of the River Rhine which was a key barrier into Germany. Dr James Frazer is the Research Officer at the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn...
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...
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. Those wishing to attend on Zoom should e-mail the Branch Secretary at Ballymena@nifhs.org and they will be sent the link. Valerie Adams is the archivist and librarian of the Presbyterian Historical Society. She will share details about the range of family research resources available through the...
Talk for NIFHS Killyleagh Branch, Murder Most Foul! by Chris Scott, on Monday, 3 March 2025 @ 7.30 pm. On-site event.
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...
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