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March 2024 Genealogy Event

Donna Bridgeman from Irish Interest Group - Lower North Island

Event by Irish Interest Group - Lower North Island
Collective Community Hub

Join experts Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt from the Ulster Historical Foundation to learn how to get the most out of Irish resources and records, gain strategies for breaking down brick walls, and grasp important historical context that may help fill in gaps in your research.

On Friday there's an opening reception with introductory presentations and on Saturday a full-day seminar. Come along to both, or just one of the days. There'll be something for those just beginning their Irish research and for more experienced researchers.

Dates

Friday 1 March 2024 - Saturday 2 March 2024 (UTC+13)

Tickets
Bookings now available at www.trybooking.co.nz...

$75 Two day seminar ticket - early bird price until 31 December 2023

$30 Friday evening opening reception and presentations

$60 Saturday full-day seminar

FRIDAY 1st March: loaves and Fishes hall, cnr Hill & Molesworth St, Thorndon

5pm: Meet & greet with drinks and nibbles

6pm: Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish family history research

7pm: Using land records: Griffith's Valuation, Tithe and Estate records

8pm: Q&A

Saturday 2nd March: Collective Community hub, 1/33 Johnsonville road, Johnsonville

9am: Registration and tea/coffee

9.30am: Seminar begins

Session times to be finalised. Presentations will include:

- Records related to the Different Churches in Ireland

- Using printed sources for Irish family history

- The Irish Poor Law and local government records: Board of Guardians, workhouse registers and grand jury records

- Census substitutes and other important sources for the 18th century

- Early nineteenth-century land records: tithe applotment books, tithe defaulters, freeholders registers, etc

- Worked examples of successful Irish searches (based on Ulster Historical Foundation research files)

There will be tea/coffee breaks with refreshments provided, and a lunch break where you can bring your own lunch or eat out at one of the local cafes.

4.30pm: Seminar ends

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