Hello Friends I do hope that you will forgive my lack of participation these last four months. I was immersed with my grandson, while his Mom attended a continuing education program. My time caring for my grandson full-time has now ended, so that I can now return to genealogy 100%.
The following is some news, updates, zoom meetings etc. for your information. DNA + A Mother's Day Special is being offered by Ancestry for US & Canadian residents, with up to $50 on DNA, (prices exclude shipping). There are also savings on Gift Memberships, and if you buy a DNA test you can get a 3 month membership for just $1 more, which ends 8th May 2022. https://www.ancestry.com/dna/ https://www.ancestry.ca/ A reminder for those who have yet, or recently, had their DNA done, the NIFHS (North of Ireland Family History Society) established a DNA project to use DNA testing as an aid to making genealogical connections within and between families whose roots are in the North of Ireland. Discounts are available from FTDNA (FamilyTreeDNA) if orders are placed through the DNA project. https://www.nifhs.org/dna/ Magazine offer Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine has an offer of 63% off, on hard copy subscriptions which are deliver 13 issues per year. https://bit.ly/3MFZ2Vp Pre-Order a Reprinted 2012 Book The Ulster Historical Foundation is reprinting the book titled "Friends in High Places: Ulster's Resistance to Irish Home Rule, 1912-14". by Alan F. Parkinson. To preorder - https://bit.ly/3KzUPAY Latest books of the Foundation include - Dr Henry Jones’ Account of the 1641 Rising: Plantation and War in County Cavan by Brendan Scott - Wonders and Legends of Lough Neagh by Matthew Donnelly, Sharon Arbuthnot - The Catholic Community in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Patrick J. Corish For these and more - https://bit.ly/3vRl94q Classes, Courses, Zoom Meetings- At the NLI (National Library of Ireland) Tuesday, 10th May at 1.10pm, Zoom in for a free "Introduction to the Library Archives". The talk will discuss the Library’s collections, how to search the catalogues and showcase the NLI’s online sources. https://bit.ly/3LPK5QN Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is offering "From the Ashes: Creation of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland" on Tue, 10 May 2022 11:00 – 12:00 PDT https://bit.ly/3F4LzDT For videos to watch that are available at the PRONI on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3ksT8ej I had forgotten about their online exhibition of the "Plantations in Ulster, 1600-1641", so I am resharing for others who may have forgotten. https://bit.ly/3y4QGT4 Updated The Irishgenealogy.ie site which has the B/M/D certificates online has added an additional year of historic Births, Marriages and Deaths. What that year is, I'm afraid I do not know. However the database now includes - Birth register records – 1864 to 1921 Marriage register records – 1845 to 1946 Death register records – 1871 to 1971 If anyone lives in London, or York, in the UK, (or should care to visit), a live, in-person "Family History Show" event is taking place. In York it is being held at the York Racecourse Sat 25th Jun. 2022, 10:00-16:30 and London is at the Kempton Park Racecourse Sat 24th Sept. 2022, 10:00-16:30 On offer are free talks, an opportunity to book a session with 'Ask the Experts' and to visit exhibitors from all over the UK and Ireland. They also have an on-line event coming Sat 18th February 2023, 10:00-16:30 For more info- https://thefamilyhistoryshow.com/ The Ottawa, Ontario Genealogical Society's Virtual Conference is being held June 24 – 26 2022 https://bit.ly/3kvIkw4 The Campbell River Genealogy Society in British Columbia will host a free virtual presentation, "FamilySearch Be a Power User" Sat. May 7 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time (12:30 p.m. Eastern time). FamilySearch is always changing, and always adding new records and features. To register, send an email by May 5 to crgs.semi...@gmail.com, including your name and email address. Registration is limited to 100 people. A blog post on "Adding Library Digital collections to your genealogy search list", led me to a discovery which I post after this link. https://bit.ly/3Ky62SP Using the example of the Alberta Heritage Digitization Project in the post, I found at their site the "Golden jubilee of St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum (Montreal Canada): the work of Fathers Dowd, O'Brien and Quinlivan: with biographies and illustrations". It turns out Father Michael O'Brien was born in County Tyrone 6 May 1810. The Orphan Asylum was located in Montreal Quebec, Canada. https://bit.ly/3Kx9Jbd Also found there is "The origin and meaning of place names in Canada" which returns 45 search results of locations named from Ireland. Legacy has extended an offer of 1 daily free webinar through the month of May. For a list of available webinars - https://bit.ly/3y7cEFk John Grenham's newest Youtube video "Neglected Irish sources: Betham's Will Abstracts" (a database available at Find My Past.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjdA2JxIcac The Irish Registry of Deeds Index Project https://irishdeedsindex.net/index.php FamilySearch has added a new collection to the U.K. section titled "Prisoners of War, 1715-1947" A newer database at the Library and Archives of Canada is "Immigrants Before 1865". A keyword search for 'Ireland' returns 1,771 results. If anyone knows of an event, class, updated web-sites etc. that may be of interest, please do not hesitate to post an announcement. Thank-you. Cheers! 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