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IRISH GENEALOGY SEMINAR
9 am - 5 pm, Sunday, March 11, 2012
Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St (in Ballard), Seattle  

 

Genealogists
Fintan Mullan, Brian Trainor
Fintan Mullan, Executive Director of AncestryIreland.com, aka The Ulster Historical Foundation (UHF), and Dr. Brian Trainor, former Director of Northern Ireland's Public Records Office.
Fintan Mullan has lectured extensively in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand on Irish family history research, while Dr. Trainor, the UHF's Research Director, is also a former Chair of the Irish Manuscripts Commission.

 

Seminar Outline 

  9.00 am: Registration & Welcome

  9.20 am: Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Research, Part I

10:20 am: Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Research, Part II

11:20 am: 18th Century Emigration from Ireland to America: Sources for its Study

  1:15 pm: Records Relating to the Different Churches in Ireland

  2:30 pm: Researching the Farming Community in 18th & 19th Century

  3:45 pm: The Ulster Plantation: Sources for 17th Century Families

  4:45 pm: Question and Answer Session 

Click for a more detailed Seminar Outline.

 

SEMINAR COST PER PERSON: $45 which includes a box lunch.  REGISTER HERE via credit card or check, and see the lunch choices.

PERSONAL RESEARCH ASSESSMENT SERVICE: See HERE FOR DETAILS on an Ulster Foundation service which assesses the family genealogy information you already have and which will provide individualized pointers for possible avenues of research. To allow time for research and to receive a response prior to the seminar, requests for this service should be submitted ASAP. A limited number of such consultations will also be provided during the day at the seminar. The cost of this service for seminar participants is $20 (normally $48).

GENEALOGY BOOKS: A limited number of books on genealogy will also be available for sale at the seminar. Special requests for specific areas of interest should be emailed to heather@uhf.org.uk.

 

Please note: Daylight Savings time starts March 11

Spoonsored by the Irish Heritage Club and the Seattle Galway Sister City Association

www.IrishClub.org