AGM Saturday 16th May 2026This is a Zoom event for which you must book your place. It will be followed by the online lecture:“Pre-1800 Sources

The launch of Dr Bernadette Cunningham’s new book, English Countess, Irish Earl: The Social World of Frances, Countess of Clanricard, 1567–1632. The book will be officially launched at 6:00pm

The census was released exactly on schedule at midnight on the 18th April. You can access it here. I’m sure you’ve been tuned into all

FamilySearch Roots Ireland Nothing new this month.  Find My Past Ancestry New collections: Updated: See: Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry Virtual Record Treasury of

We’re nearly there! The census will be released in the early hours of Saturday 18th April. It will be available from the revamped census site

The AGM of the IGRS will take place online (via Zoom) on Saturday, 16th May, 2026. Booking (which is free) is now open, so secure your place

We are now advertising all our events on the global genealogy event calendar site called Conference Keeper. Take a look: Conference Keeper Calendar Of course

Conservation Internship  The National Library of Ireland is delighted to announce its 2026 Conservation Internship. The internship is part of the Heritage Council’s commitment to

ICHS 2026 Symposium: Peasant Movements and Land Agitation in ModernIreland,  Institute of Irish Studies, QUB, Saturday 11 April 2026,9.30-4.00pm For much of the modern period,

Atlantic Technological University, Castlebar, Mayo Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 10:00 to Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 17:00 Conference Fee: €40 plus €3.87 Eventbrite fee.

FamilySearch Roots Ireland Nothing new this month.  Celebrate St Patrick’s Day by taking out a 12-month subscription for RootsIreland with 25% off from 4th March

Anna Francis Levins: 150 Years Trailblazing photographer, publisher, artist and Irish independence activist Anna Francis Levins (1876-1941) has fallen into undeserved obscurity, which independent scholar Eve M.

The Female Convicts Research Centrewill be presenting its annual Female Convicts Research Centre Seminar on Sunday 3 May 2026 at the University of Tasmania’s Sandy Bay Campus in Hobart.

On behalf of author John Crotty, publishers The History Press and Hodges Figgis bookstore, I am delighted to invite you to join us on Monday 16

The Western Family History Association (Cumann Stair Teaghlaigh an Iarthair) is a genealogy group based in County Galway. They are a self-help group for members

The Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates are delighted to announce that tickets for this year’s 24th Annual Conference,  Life Cycles and

This year, 2026, heralds the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) in 1936. This milestone anniversary will be marked

The Irish Genealogical Society International (IGSI) are presenting a free webinar on RootsIreland. Date: Saturday, March 7 Brendan Scott will present from Ireland on the

The North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) is taking part in Heritage Week which returns to libraries across Northern Ireland from 9 to 14

The Society of Genealogists is hosting a day on the topic of The London Irish. Parts are available online as well as in-person with Claire

Starting Thurs 5th March.

The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) is honoured to present the inaugural event in an international lecture series to celebrate the 90th anniversary of

Irish Genealogy Every year an additional year of Birth, Marriage and Death entries is added to the website, which is free to use, and no

Wednesday 18th February 2026 ”Exploring the making of Irish Food History: A Companion”, Speaker: Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Venue: The Royal Marine Hotel, Marine

Find My Past have free access to their newspaper archives until February 16th.

Trace Your Irish Roots from Home! Are you uncovering your Irish family history? Join the QFHS Irish Research Group for our first online meeting of

Making the most of your DNA results isn’t exactly straightforward, but we’re here to help. In fact, that’s what our annual DNA Discoveries event is

Lectures take place at 6 p.m. on the below dates in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library &Archive, 139-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Admission

I’m re-surfacing a nice article from Irish Heritage News Feb 1 2024 to celebrate St Brigid. St Brigid has long been one of Ireland’s most

Cork Public Museum invite you as key contributors to celebrate the launch of the newly acquired Cork Jewish Community Digital Archive on Thursday 12th February 2026

Maynooth University Department of History, in collaboration with St Patrick’s Pontifical College and Maynooth University Library, are hosting the Fourth Annual Maynooth Through the Ages

FamilySearch Roots Ireland The addition of 8278 nineteenth-century census substitute records have been added for County Kildare to the Roots Ireland database! They are as

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY Federation of Local History Societies, 2026 UK Trip to North West England “A Tale of Three Cities”Liverpool, Manchester and Chester Date:  Sunday

AGM of the Western Family History Association, Wednesday, 21st January 2026, The Western Family History Association (WFHA), based in County Galway, is a self-help genealogy group

Writing Family Memories That Engage and Inspire the Next Generation Co-ordinator/Facilitator: Audrey McKeown, Editor of North Irish Roots Journal Start Date: Thursdays starting on 29th January until June.  Time

Our friends over in the Irish Genealogical Research Society are celebrating their 90th Anniversary this year. They have a global schedule of events planned, keep

Registration is now open for the 2026 Legacy Family Tree Webinars series — and this year has one clear theme: 2026 is the Year of

Save the dates: PALM BEACHSunday, March 15, 2026Dinner at Club Colette in conversation with Arthur Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh speaking about his new

We are delighted to announce that the website: orourkesofleitrim.ie is now live. This website is an initiative of Leitrim County Council Heritage Office and is an output

Here’s a selection of new books that might be of interest. New Books from County Longford Historical Society County Longford Historical Society recently co-published, with

The following archives and institutions are advertising their opening hours over the Christmas period. National Library of Ireland All NLI locations will be closed on

FamilySearch Nothing publicised since the last update. I will update this section if anything is released in December. Roots Ireland Nothing publicised since the last

SUNDAY 7th DECEMBER 2025  14.30 – 16.00 via ZOOM Rachel Fehily is a barrister, lecturer in literature and justice at UCD and is engaged in

2025 Annual Fund Appeal For any US-based folks. As we look ahead, we invite you to support our 2025 Annual Fund, which sustains the Society’s

Here’s a selection of sales news that has come into my inbox so far, most deals are for this week only: Redbubble Redbubble have a

Hit a brick wall when analyzing your DNA Matches? We’ve got you covered! We’ve updated the data for Theory of Family Relativity™, adding 103 million new theories to

An overview of the record sources created by parishes and churches in Ireland, as part of Explore Your Archives Week. Date: Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Information curtesy of the Federation of Local History Societies, here are some upcoming talks that might be of interest to family historians. Foxrock History Club:

Following an ambitious programme of conservation, cataloguing, and digitisation, over 166,000 pages of material, dating back to the early 19th century, have been digitised, and

SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER  14.30 – 16.00 via ZOOM Marguerite Fletcher will discuss, Using the Irish Naming Tradition to Build your Family Tree. The title is

The Irish Georgian Society E-Zine is out now listing upcoming talks and activities. Talk 6Ireland’s Lighthouses: Two centuries of architecture and art by David Hare6pm, Tuesday

FamilySearch Nothing of note for Ireland. Some additional Essex Parish Registers digitised for the United Kingdom, plus many more collections for Italy, among other locales.

Holocaust Education Ireland (HEI) have their annual lecture Thursday 6th November in Trinity College Dublin. This is a free event, but you must register in

Men and women born before April 18th, 1926, have been invited to become centenarian ambassadors and they and their families are being asked to share

Firstly, the MyHeritage DNA test has been upgraded to use Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), the most comprehensive method for reading DNA available today. Powered by

Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty. Discover the history of our beautiful Victorian building on Kildare Street and meet the

A new guide to Ireland’s 1901 census, published by Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI), introduces family historians to one of the country’s most important historical record

Recent updates relevant to Irish family history research at Ancestry (.com, .co.uk etc) include:

Takes place on 18 and 19 October. Nine speakers will explore the dark times when many British citizens struggled with little or no income, inferior housing,

See: Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives [IGP Free Irish Genealogy]

New collection released by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland in partnership with the National Archives of Ireland presents a series of documents that capture

Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 3.00 p.m. Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 HH58 A lecture by Dr. Sarah Hendriks, curator of

Update of 21 September 2025 – 636,519 index records from 65,322 memorials of deeds. Thanks to the wonderful work of our great volunteers we now

Katie Hannon delves into the secrets held in Ireland’s National Archives in a new series of The Records Show Sundays on RTÉ One and RTÉ

Irish Bigamy: New Insights into Colonial New South Wales (Colonial Press, Goulburn, NSW, 2025) Author: Damian Gleeson PhD (UNSW), PhD (UNE) Drawing on a large

Webtember 2025 is the annual online conference dedicated to family history and genealogy delivered by Legacy Family Tree Webinars. For four Wednesdays in September, they’ll