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Genealogy events & courses

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Full details of the IGRS Open Day now online.

    20/05 in Pearse St library.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 14 MAGZERFLOOD


    Irish Family History Society's Talks in Dublin City Library and Archive this Sat:

    2.15 Thomas MacDonagh's Family History: Muriel McAuley
    3.15 Westland Row School and the Six Past Pupils Who Died in 1916: Margaret Loftus


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭Waitsian


    http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2017/05/pronis-archives-unlocked-lunchtime.html

    Thursday 14 September: Drawn from our land: revealing maps from the collections, with Dr Glynn Kelso
    Thursday 21 September: Prison records at PRONI, with Graham Jackson
    Thursday 28 September: Sport in the Archives, with Andrew Toland
    Thursday 5 October: Capturing the past ? photographic collections and digitisation at PRONI, with Joy Carey & Lorraine Bourke

    Admission free but booking essential.

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pronis-archives-unlocked-tickets-34720473872


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Social event:

    UCD's long term course in genealogy run by Sean Murphy finished up this year. He's obviously still working as a genealogist, just no longer teaching there.

    A few alumni decided to have a few drinks for him on Friday 16th June in McDaids on Harry St from 7pm onwards.
    Hoping to make contact with his former students - there must be a lot over 25 years.

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Northern Ireland Family History Society is having its first genealogy fair next Saturday in Ballymena.

    Anyone thinking of going?

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  • Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭KildareFan


    pinkypinky wrote: »
    Social event:

    UCD's long term course in genealogy run by Sean Murphy finished up this year. He's obviously still working as a genealogist, just no longer teaching there.

    .

    I see Sean's still spreading the word - he's teaching an eight week course in the NLI http://www.nli.ie/en/genealogy_events.aspx


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Yes - it was very successful last time around and they had to turned people away, so I'm not surprised the NLI is giving him another go.

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Small plug: I'm also teaching a class in the evenings in Malahide starting at the end of September.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭BowWow


    pinkypinky wrote: »
    Small plug: I'm also teaching a class in the evenings in Malahide starting at the end of September.

    I did this course last year - highly recommend it to anyone thinking of tracing their roots. My family and my wife's have loved the info I've recovered over the past year. I'm having to provide them with regular updates or I start getting emails or calls!


  • Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭blue banana


    Introduction to Family History – Evening course at Ashton School, Blackrock Road, Cork

    Beginners course with both theory and lots of practical.

    http://ashton.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ashton-nightclass-brochure-autumn-2017-web.pdf

    Enrolment Night Wednesday 13th September 7pm-8pm

    Classes will commence on Monday 25th September 2017

    Monday 7.00-9.00pm | Duration: 8 Weeks | Fee: €95 | Tutor: Karen O’Riordan


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    The ‘Back to our Past’ expo starts this year on Friday 20th Oct.and runs until Sunday 22nd in the RDS.
    The programme for the lectures on DNA/Genealogy is HERE


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭leck


    For free admission to Back to our Past (€10 on door) go here and click on Book Event. Ticket(s) will be emailed to you.
    http://seniortimes.ie/2017-50-plus-expo-list-exhibitors/


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭dubhthach


    With regards to BTOP DNA lectures, several of them can be watched on the 'Genetic Genealogy Ireland' Facebook group:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/geneticgenealogyireland/

    Presentations which will contain data from unpublished academic studies (eg. Irish DNA atlas presentation on Sunday) won't be streamed. One interesting caveat from a historic point from Bradley (TCD) presentation yesterday is that we now have our first Mesolithic (Hunter/gather) ancient DNA genome from Ireland, it's unpublished so I imagine there will be a paper in the next year or so.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    The IGRS has a lecture tonight in the RSAI on Merrion Square.

    Paddy Waldron of the Clare Roots Society will talk about getting the most from your autosomal DNA results, something we discuss a lot on the forum!

    Starts: 18:45

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Just a last minute promotion: new term of my beginner's class starts tomorrow night in Malahide Community School. You can enrol online here: http://malahidecsadulted.ie/irish-genealogy/

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Everyone knows about the Cork Genealogical Society's one day conference next Saturday right?

    Let me know if anyone round here will be there. Impromptu boards meetup possible!

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  • Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭Meursault


    pinkypinky wrote: »
    Everyone knows about the Cork Genealogical Society's one day conference next Saturday right?

    Let me know if anyone round here will be there. Impromptu boards meetup possible!

    Hi pinkypinky,

    have you attended these events before? is it worth attending? do they provide access to records at the events?

    i havent attended these before, but i would be interested to know exactly what to expect from it.

    i have been trying to put together a family tree. my parents have little or no knowledge of their family, beyond their own parents. i have been trying to access some records online but they are all fee paying and again i am not sure whether they are any good.

    any advice would be great.

    thanks


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    All the details of CGS's conference are on the link I posted. It's not an event where there will be free access to records. There'll be several lectures and some stands of genealogy organisations, but not the big commercials. I think they are worth attending. I've heard most of these lecturers speak before and they're all experts.

    Also read our beginner's sticky for lots of advice.

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,291 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Meursault wrote: »
    ...i have been trying to put together a family tree. my parents have little or no knowledge of their family, beyond their own parents. i have been trying to access some records online but they are all fee paying and again i am not sure whether they are any good...

    Why not start a new thread giving some details of what you know and what you're trying to find out and I'm sure one of us will be able to point you in the right direction.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭Meursault


    Hermy wrote: »
    Why not start a new thread giving some details of what you know and what you're trying to find out and I'm sure one of us will be able to point you in the right direction.

    Thanks all for the advice. I am in the middle of trying to gather as much details as possible first and then i might look for further advice.

    I recently did the DNA test with Ancestry.com. interesting results and it automatically connected me to 2nd - 6th cousins. those dna tests are incredible.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,088 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Meursault wrote: »
    I recently did the DNA test with Ancestry.com. interesting results and it automatically connected me to 2nd - 6th cousins. those dna tests are incredible.

    Don't forget to upload your raw DNA to gedmatch.com to match with people who took the test with other companies.
    There is also an Irish DNA Registry group on Facebook as well as multiple 'county' DNA groups.


  • Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭cobham


    I have just received results from 23&me but I cannot see where to proceed to create a GEDCOM to enable information to be exported to Gedmatch site.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    cobham wrote: »
    I have just received results from 23&me but I cannot see where to proceed to create a GEDCOM to enable information to be exported to Gedmatch site.

    Please keep the DNA postsfor that thread. This one is just for events.

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    If people are interested in taking a course and learning how to trace your ancestry, my bi-annual one in Malahide is starting again soon.

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    I might have to rename this thread as I seem to be the only regular poster!

    My beginner's Irish genealogy course is now enrolling to start mid-September in Malahide.
    All the basics covered plus DNA testing.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,990 ✭✭✭Be right back


    pinkypinky wrote: »
    I might have to rename this thread as I seem to be the only regular poster!

    My beginner's Irish genealogy course is now enrolling to start mid-September in Malahide.
    All the basics covered plus DNA testing.

    Any courses in the South of the country?


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    There's a list on www.cigo.ie but it's a few years old. UCC runs some.

    ETA: that list for Dublin is quite out of date now. At least 3 of the places don't seem to run it anymore.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 37 cat_r


    pinkypinky wrote: »
    I might have to rename this thread as I seem to be the only regular poster!

    My beginner's Irish genealogy course is now enrolling to start mid-September in Malahide.
    All the basics covered plus DNA testing.

    Awh, don't rename it just yet! :D

    There should be some courses near Belfast soon. Think their DNA summer school is nearly full. https://www.nifhs.org/resources/courses/


  • Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭MunsterM


    Evening class in St Colmans College, Midleton. Starting in October.

    https://www.dcsnet.ie/web_aeccorketb/WEBBOOK2/webbookcourse_cetb_225.asp

    I haven't done this course - just enrolled for the October presentation - but I hope it'll be interesting.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭MunsterM


    DEDs, PLUs .. ?

    A talk about land divisions in Cork County Library :
    https://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event/land-divisions-in-family-history


    Family tree research assistance at Fermoy Community centre :
    https://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event/family-tree-research-assistance

    Tracing you police ancestors , a talk in Castletownbere :
    https://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event/tracing-your-police-ancestors

    Genealogy and local archives day at Cork City and County archives :
    https://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event/genealogy-local-archives-day


    I've just picked out a few events in Cork that look interesting. Have a look at www.heritageweek.ie for lots more around the country.

    Hope this is useful to someone.
    M


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