Researching your Irish Family History

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General Public (Non-members) click here 

 

Sunday 18 February 2024 - 9.00 am - Docklands Library 

  • Irish resources at the GSV & FHC
  • Understanding Irish townlands
  • Sources for famine research
  • Importance of gravestone inscriptions
  • Newspapers for Irish research
  • Plantation & 17th century records
  • Examples of successful searches
  • Q&A and solving brick walls

Monday 19 February 2024 – 9.30 am - Blackburn RSL

  • Irish archives & their websites
  • Records for churches in Ireland
  • Using landed estate records
  • Census substitutes and other sources
  • Using wills & testamentary records
  • Using the Registry of Deeds
  • Q&A and solving brick walls