Irish Family History Centre are looking forward to exhibiting at, Who Do You Think You Are ? Live 2017 at the NEC Birmingham from the 6th -8th of April 2017.
You will find us at stand 272, where we will be waiting to show you our new website and some new online resources we have to offer. We also want to fill you in and let you know all about our new Visitor Centre in Dublin. We will have our experts there to help you get past any brick walls you may have.
Enter our Draw and be in with a chance of winning a years free memebrship on our new website.
Over the three days there will also be a number of talks including:
Fiona Fitzsimons
Explorations in Irish Genealogy
Thursday April 6th: 13:15 - 14:00 Theatre 3
Genealogy touches on related disciplines, including archaeology and genetics. Using a recent case-study, the speaker sets out key skills, strategies and some insider tips, and shows how to break down research brick-walls. Learn how how one remarkable Irish family was traced over 7 generations across Europe, Britain and Ireland.
And how the successful resolution led to a ground-breaking collaboration with medical geneticists. (Topics discussed include: skills/ Problem-solving/ breaking down research brick walls)
Aoife O Connor
Making the Most of The British Newspaper Archive
Thursday April 6th: 15:15 - 16:00 Theatre 3
Newspapers are a crucial source for family historians. Alongside basic genealogical information they provide context to your family’s story. The British Newspaper Archive offers over 20 million pages of historic newspapers from all over the UK and Ireland. In this talk Aoife O Connor explores this vast resource and shows you how to make the most of it. This talk will give you an overview of the newspapers available on the BNA website. You will also learn search tips and tricks and discover all of the features offered by the website.
Brian Donovan
The Digital Revolution in Irish Genealogy
Saturday April 8th: 14:15 - 15:00 Theatre 3
Once upon a time Irish genealogy was considered impossible, but all that has changed. True, its still difficult, but thanks to the work of archives, libraries, commercial companies and volunteer groups there are now over 140 million records online. They include traditional sources like BMDs, census and church records. But also census substitutes like the land valuation and tax records. Entirely new classes of records have been trail-blazed in Ireland, like magistrate court registers, rebel and poverty records, and much more. This session will describe what is now online and tell the story of how it happened
We hope to see you there!
Go to the,Who Do You Think You Are ? Live website,for more information and to purchase your tickets.
