[UlsterAncestry] Genealogy News, & events
Hello All Today you will find a list of genealogy news, on-line events, and some web-sites Enjoy! Teena New at Four Courts Press: "Donegal, The Irish Revolution, 1912–23" by Pauric Travers - provides a fascinating study of the political events of the decade of Revolution in County Donegal. Available in all good bookshops and for 10% off via our website. https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/new-year-folder/donegal/ Also in this series is- "Antrim, The Irish Revolution, 1912–23" by Brian Feeney - The book examines the outbreak of intense sectarian violence in Belfast and Lisburn in 1920, the ‘Belfast Pogrom’. https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/new-year-folder/antrim/ 13th Century Manuscript Book of St. Albans Goes Online at Trinity One of the world’s finest medieval manuscripts "The Book of St Albans", has been digitized and the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, has made the 13th-century masterpiece globally accessible. https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/8p58pm63q?locale=en To explore all that is available at Trinity Library https://www.tcd.ie/virtual-trinity-library/ There are 2,508 parishes in Ireland. You can identify the civil parishes of Ireland, along with their associated townlands, at John Grenham's Irish Civil Index https://www.johngrenham.com/places/civil_index.php You can also see a map of Co. Tyrone parishes at our community web-site https://cotyrone.com/maps/parish.html As well as a list of all townlands in Tyrone, with a link to the parish map https://cotyrone.com/places/townlands.html At "Library Ireland" you can find "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" published 1837, by Samuel Lewis. https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/placeindex.php The book is also available at Google Books https://bit.ly/39LL5aC Beyond 2022 - Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury On the centenary of the Four Courts fire on 27 Jun. 2022, the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland will be launched online. https://beyond2022.ie/ Note for The North of Ireland Family History Society's DNA Summer School 2022, on zoom, details of classes and booking arrangements will be available in early July. Registration will open in mid July. Keep watch here https://www.nifhs.org/event/dna-summer-school-2022-day-1/ Misc. Virtual Events (Free) Monday, Aug. 22 - Wed. Aug. 24, 2022 - The Southern California Genealogical Society is offering at its 'Genealogy Jamboree conference', a Virtual, Free, events for the British Isles and the Irish Round Tables. To explore the schedule and to register https://genealogyjamboree.com/jambofree-2022/ ($) Sat. July 9 - Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 - The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) is offering a virtual event called "Celtic Connections Conference, Journey Home" http://www.celtic-connections.org/ For Registration - https://conta.cc/3NiCEkW The Society of Genealogists News (SoG) For anyone who might live in London, the SoG is hiring - Job Title: Executive/Membership Assistant quote "If you or someone you know has an interest in family history and would like to gain experience in a variety of areas, such as events, library and archive services, finance, and data systems, please get in touch." https://www.sog.org.uk/vacancies/executive-membership-assistant-role/ Events On-Line Saturday 9 July, 2pm - "The Victorian Cook – Queen of the Kitchen and Victorian Culinary Delights" A 1-hour talk. cost non-members £10.00 / £6.50 SoG members https://bit.ly/3QXSggO Saturday 16 July, 2-4:30pm - "Getting the Best from the Ancestry Website" A half-day tutorial. cost non-members £20.00 / £16.00 SoG members https://bit.ly/3Ok9HWR Saturday 23 July, 4pm - "Getting the Most from FamilySearch" A 1-hour talk. cost non-members £10.00 / £6.50 SoG members https://bit.ly/3HOOwdk Saturday 30 July – 2-3:30pm - "Ask Me Anything – About Evernote for Family Historians" A 90-minute tutorial/discussion. price non-members £12.00 / £9.60 SoG members https://bit.ly/3OhyISG 20 August 2022 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM BST "Carrying the Can - the UK Cotton Industry and our ancestors' place in it". A 1 hour talk. price non-members £10.00 / £6.50 SoG https://bit.ly/39PsTx0 FamilySearch is presenting RootsTech 2023, March 2–4, 2023, and it will be an in-person event at Salt Lake City, Utah AND an on-line event. https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/home Enslavement to citizenship: African Americans in Irish Slaveholder records 1670-1865 by Martine Brennan M.A., Ireland There is a "live" map at the site which shows on green tags, Irish-born slave-holder with a known place of birth. The blue tags indicate an Irish-born slave-holder with an unknown birth place. https://www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/ -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ ___ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives:
[UlsterAncestry] Genealogy News / Events/ Webinars/Updates
Good Day Friends Following is a list of genealogy online events, webinars, and updates, along with some other related news. A new blog post at 'One Irish Rover' is called 'The Legend of Lisnahuncheon' https://bit.ly/36Qb9zO The following are webinars offered by the Irish Genealogical Society International (IGSI) - Saturday, April 9 "Emigration from the north of Ireland to North America - sources for researching emigrant ancestors" 10:30 AM - Noon CDT (UTC-5) Instructor: Fintan Mullan $15 for members (with Discount Code sent in member email); $20 for non-members https://bit.ly/35JY6j3 - Saturday, May 7 "Innovation in Ireland: Creative Resources for Your Irish Research" 10:30 AM - Noon CDT (UTC-5) Instructor: Jen Baldwin $15 members ; $20 non-members Explore a variety of routes through Irish family history and learn more about the collections available on Findmypast and elsewhere. https://bit.ly/3r6r2Jw - Saturday, June 4 "The Power of Names in Irish Family History" 10:30 AM - Noon CDT (UTC-5) Instructor: David Ouimette $15 members ; $20 non-members About this class- Cluster genealogy focuses on researching extended family and Irish neighbors who may have the same origins as your illusive immigrant ancestors. Surname heat maps leverage the idea that your Irish ancestors and their surnames were likely tied to specific parishes over several generations; creating heat maps for multiple surnames reveals where the family names were collocated in Ireland. All three of these techniques capitalize on the power of names in Irish family history. https://bit.ly/3DLECHl - Saturday, July 16 "An Overview of Irish History" 10:30 AM - Noon CDT (UTC-5) Instructor: Paul MacCotter $15 members $20 non-members An overview journey through Irish history. He touches briefly on all the key issues, challenging the many myths and legends and replacing them with the true picture of who are the Irish and what is their history. *Registration will open approximately 90 days before the program. IGSI members will receive a Discount code via email. You can reach the IGSI Education team at educat...@irishgenealogical.org https://irishgenealogical.org/detail/eventDetail.php?er=134 The US National Archives has a few youtube videos to learn about the 1950 census for those seeking their Irish ancestors. https://bit.ly/3j78u7u Wed Apr 13th "Using the FamilySearch Community" Presented by FamilySearch Family History Library 10:00 AM MDT Free and open to the public. https://bit.ly/3KhAl0D The Family History Library has an extensive list of Free Library Classes and Webinars for the month of April, including a DNA Day at the Family History Library! https://bit.ly/3j5XUhb At the North of Ireland Family History Society - 23 Apr 11am-12noon BST "DNA Day – Free Beginner’s Talk" presented by (Free) to book please email education.z...@nifhs.org Class Code: DNA - Tuesday 3 May 7pm-8pm BST "Five Top Tips for Analysing your DNA Results" Cost £10 Class Code: FTT *Book before 1 May* You will find a link to paypal to book your spot- https://www.nifhs.org/courses/ The IGP (Ireland Genealogical Project) has added 47 images of headstone photos at St. Peter's Graveyard, Templeport, Co. Cavan https://bit.ly/3Jby2uL "Scottish Indexes - Criminal database " has released an index to a further 43,000 historical Scottish Prison records and I did a search with only the birthplace 'Tyrone' entered and received a number of hits. The latest prison records are mainly from the prisons of Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Paisley, with some updates to other prisons in and around Scotland. Scotland's Criminal Database now includes over 30 prisons from across Scotland.(Scottish Indexes is a family run business based in central Scotland by Graham and Emma Maxwell.) https://bit.ly/3DIuJdk A reminder that FamilySearch has the searchable index of the Ireland, Prison Registers, 1798-1928. To view the images you can access the records in person at one of the FamilySearch libraries. (or with a paid subscription to FindmyPast) At the PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland ) - Wed. 13 Apr. 11:00 – 12:00 PDT " A Blitz Spirit in Blitzed Belfast?" Online event The Antrim and Down branch of the Western Front Association and the PRONI host this presentation by Dr Tom Thorpe to mark the Belfast Blitz of 1941 https://bit.ly/3ubQ7oa - Thur. Apr 14 6:00 – 07:00 PDT "Lost Presbyterian Meeting Houses Belfast" Online event https://bit.ly/3NV6HRk - Thur. Apr. 28 11:00 – 12:00 PDT "A story of slavery from eighteenth-century Ulster" Online event. The Ulster Society of Irish Historical Studies and the PRONI host this presentation by Dr Jonathan Wright of Maynooth University. https://bit.ly/3Jr9xKp Have Fun! Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ ___ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives:
[UlsterAncestry] Genealogy News
Good Day Friends One Irish Rover has a new post published called 'The Armstrong Letter from America' https://bit.ly/3FQLi6s The National Library of Ireland (NLI) have launched ‘Revealing Histories’, a new digital campaign highlighting material that relates to the political and social upheaval of 1922. Letters, photographs, diaries, political posters and much more, reveal the life, times and personal stories of Kathleen Clarke, Arthur Griffith, Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington and Austin Stack, allowing online visitors to experience the Ireland of their day through their eyes. https://bit.ly/3u1358R Upcoming conferences Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Online Zoom event presented by Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt 'Irish research with the Ulster Historical Foundation' - All Day Conference Saturday, February 19, 2022 – 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Agenda - Understanding the Irish Townlands: the importance of identity and administrative divisions in Irish research - Records related to different churches in Ireland - Using land records: Griffith’s Valuation, tithe and records - Emigration from the north of Ireland to North America sources for researching emigrant ancestors - The Great Famine in Ireland: sources for research GSP members- $35 Non-members-$40 https://genpa.org/events/ Presented by FamilySearch RootsTech Connect Thu. Mar 3rd - Sat 5th Online event, Free. https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/next/ Fairfax Genealogical Society members and other researchers for a return to an in-person spring fair on March 12th, 2022, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, to “Celebrate Your Shamrock Roots: Irish and Scots-Irish Research.” We will be welcoming the return of the Ulster Historical Foundation (UHF). Registration fees are $60 FxGS members/$70 non-members, with $70 FxGS members/$80 non-members after February 19, 2022. For those choosing the virtual option, we will email a Zoom link to the presentations and presentation handouts close to but before the March 12, 2022 presentation date. In-person attendees will receive presentation handouts by email before March 12, 2022. Agenda 9:00 a.m. - Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Records 10:00 a.m. - Census substitutes and other important sources for the 18th and 19th centuries 11:00 a.m. - Using land records: Griffith's Valuation, Title, and Estate Records 11:50 a.m. - Lunch 12:45 p.m. - Records Related to the Different Churches in Ireland 1:45 p.m. - The Ulster Plantation and sources for finding 17th century families in Ireland (not just Ulster) 2:45 p.m. - Emigration from the north of Ireland to North America - sources for researching emigrant ancestors 3:45 p.m. - Q and solving brick walls https://www.fxgs.org/cpage.php?pt=21 All the Best~ Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ ___ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ https://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
[UlsterAncestry] Genealogy news
Good Day All The PRONI has a a couple upcoming on-line events On Thurs. 27 Jan. 2022 at 13:00 - "Launch of Belfast Workhouse Indexes". https://bit.ly/3GuYcbr And on Wed, 9 Feb. 2022 11:00 – 12:00 PST "Antrim - the Irish Revolution, 1912-23" https://bit.ly/3I4sdit At Ireland, Reaching Out, article on "Migration from Derry to Canada" https://bit.ly/33AMfSS The Periodical Source Index or PERSI, is now available on-line for everyone to search. (vs: only being available at FindMyPast). For those unaware, PERSI is a subject index for genealogy and local history periodicals and magazines. Once you locate an article you are interested in, with the information provided by PERSI you can order a copy, for a fee, through the Allen County Public Library (ACPL). Samples of two articles are "Caroline Browne's unusual burial requests, d. 1842, County Tyrone, Ireland" which was published in the 'Irish Genealogical Research Society Newsletter', Vol. 3, Issue 10, and in Apr 2003. "County Monaghan immigrants in Consett, Eng., 1842+" which was published in the 'Clogher Record' Vol. 16, Issue 1, and in the year 1997. https://genealogycenter.info/persi/ Cheers~ Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ ___ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ https://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
Re: [UlsterAncestry] Genealogy news
Thanks Teena. Some wonderful resources here! Dorothy, NZ Sent from my iPad > On 29/08/2021, at 9:35 PM, Teena <4theloveoftyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello All > > Webinars (online) > > Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) > The Boer War and its Legacy Wed, 13th October 2021 > 12:00 – 13:00 PDT (free) > https://bit.ly/2Wrlttb > > National Archives UK > Recovery from the Black Death in late-medieval Britain and Ireland - > 3rd September - 14:00 > https://bit.ly/3gGF0g6 > > The North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) > DNA summer school (Starts early Sept.) - via Zoom > various dates & topics of DNA £10 for ea. class > https://www.nifhs.org/courses/ > > It is also that time of year to either join, or renew, your > Membership with the NIFHS for the year is from 1st September to 31st > August, so now is a perfect time to join or renew. > https://bit.ly/3BiQ2jp > > FamilySearch has added 2 Irish collections to their database (you will > need to create a Free account- no charge card required!) > > Ireland, Index to Prison Registers, 1798-1928 > https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4279963 > > Ireland, index to Merchant Navy Crew Lists, 1857-1922 > https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4316495 > > The National Archives of Ireland (NAI) also has images available for > this collection on their site > http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/cl/home.jsp > > The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History’s > (ISBGFH) Winter Webinars (Webinars are free to watch during the live > presentation at 11am EST.) > > 'Researching Ulster Scots Ancestors' with William Roulston. November > 20th 2021 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) > https://bit.ly/2WzfOBc > > 'Irish Workhouses' with Clare Doyle Jan 29, 2022 11:00 AM in Eastern > Time (US and Canada) > https://bit.ly/3zqIavF > > 'Understanding Old Handwriting' with Margaret Fox > Mar 12, 2022 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) > https://bit.ly/3zrRcIR > > "Titanic: Honour and Glory' with Sean Szmalc > Mar 26, 2022 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) > https://bit.ly/2Wzgmae > > New at Cavantownlands - > Census of 1821 > The earliest census of Cavan to be completed and c.80,000 individual > records, listing entire families are available to search. > https://cavantownlands.com/census-of-1821/ > > The Church of Ireland Gazette Digital Archive is complete. All > editions of the newspaper, from its foundation in 1856 up to and > including 2010. > https://bit.ly/3BoX8TE > > Cheers~ > Teena > -- > www.cotyrone.com > http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry > https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ > ___ > UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com > UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: > https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ > https://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry > Website: https://cotyrone.com > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ ___ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ https://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
[UlsterAncestry] Genealogy news
Hello All Webinars (online) Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) The Boer War and its Legacy Wed, 13th October 2021 12:00 – 13:00 PDT (free) https://bit.ly/2Wrlttb National Archives UK Recovery from the Black Death in late-medieval Britain and Ireland - 3rd September - 14:00 https://bit.ly/3gGF0g6 The North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) DNA summer school (Starts early Sept.) - via Zoom various dates & topics of DNA £10 for ea. class https://www.nifhs.org/courses/ It is also that time of year to either join, or renew, your Membership with the NIFHS for the year is from 1st September to 31st August, so now is a perfect time to join or renew. https://bit.ly/3BiQ2jp FamilySearch has added 2 Irish collections to their database (you will need to create a Free account- no charge card required!) Ireland, Index to Prison Registers, 1798-1928 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4279963 Ireland, index to Merchant Navy Crew Lists, 1857-1922 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4316495 The National Archives of Ireland (NAI) also has images available for this collection on their site http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/cl/home.jsp The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History’s (ISBGFH) Winter Webinars (Webinars are free to watch during the live presentation at 11am EST.) 'Researching Ulster Scots Ancestors' with William Roulston. November 20th 2021 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) https://bit.ly/2WzfOBc 'Irish Workhouses' with Clare Doyle Jan 29, 2022 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) https://bit.ly/3zqIavF 'Understanding Old Handwriting' with Margaret Fox Mar 12, 2022 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) https://bit.ly/3zrRcIR "Titanic: Honour and Glory' with Sean Szmalc Mar 26, 2022 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) https://bit.ly/2Wzgmae New at Cavantownlands - Census of 1821 The earliest census of Cavan to be completed and c.80,000 individual records, listing entire families are available to search. https://cavantownlands.com/census-of-1821/ The Church of Ireland Gazette Digital Archive is complete. All editions of the newspaper, from its foundation in 1856 up to and including 2010. https://bit.ly/3BoX8TE Cheers~ Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ ___ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ https://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
