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CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THEIR IRISH ROOTS

NEXT EVENT: IFHS COURSE SERIES 2025

Coming up in September and October, our Hands-On Guides series of practical, hands-on short courses covering topics such as civil and church records, land records, census records and subscription sites.

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Some Recent Activities

Mel and Louise attended the Really Useful Family History Show in Belfast in August 2025.

Mel with Desmond McCabe of PRONI presenting him with some recent copies of our journal for their collection. They have expressed interest in having them so we are delighted to be able to supply a copy of each journal in the future.

The Really Useful Family History Show, Belfast, August 2025

Why not join us?

The Irish Family History Society (IFHS) is a voluntary non-profit making organisation, established in 1984. We are based in Ireland, but open to anyone who is interested in looking to trace their Irish roots, wherever in the world they are based.

We organise a range of activities across the year, so our members feel part of a community, including:

Talks delivered over Zoom by local experts
Outings to archives and places of interest to family historians
Meet-Ups – community-based informal Zoom sessions to chat about our research and ask questions of society experts
Conference Day in November

We deliver unique content via email in the form of periodic News Sheets and publish the Irish Family History Journal annually.

The News and Events sections of this site are maintained daily.

The Members’ Area of the site includes additional content such as lecture handouts, event reports, newsletters from associated societies, along with training courses and documentation to help you progress your own Irish family history research.

For only €25 you can become a member and get access to our Lectures, Outings, Lecture Handouts, News Sheets, Journals archive as well as useful information and links. And you can avail of a 25% discount on an Irish Newspaper Archives subscription, normally €149 per year.

€ 12.50 Half Year

Access to Members' Area
25% Discount to the Irish Newspaper Archives

More Recent Events

Flavours of Fingal, July 2025 - Special guest appearance

Listen to Mel and Louise being interviewed at Flavours of Fingal by Carmelle Keane of 92.5 Phoenix FM community radio station.

In 2024, the Irish Family History Society celebrated its 40th Anniversary. On Sunday 23rd November we held our anniversary conference in the Croke Park Hotel in Dublin. Joan Sharkey, MAGI and longtime society member, provided the keynote speech detailing her own genealogical journey alongside that of the society’s.