Irish Family History Society

Connecting People With Their Irish Roots

Calendar

Nov
1
Sat
2025
IFHS Conference: Record Collections – The Long Tail
Nov 1 all-day
Record Collections: The Long Tail – Alternative Sources for Family History Research
Saturday 1st November 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
The Fumbally Stables, Fumbally Lane Dublin 8
Lunch, Spot Prizes (including DNA tests, membership subscription etc.) included in price. Speakers will have copies of their most recent publications for sale (cash only)
9.30 am – 10 am Registration (tea & coffee available to purchase in adjoining cafe)
10 am Welcome by our chairperson Melanie Howes
10.15 Dr Declan Brady: Landed Estate Records as a source
11.30 Mr Andrew Martin: The Irish Newspaper Archives
1pm Lunch (included in admission)
2pm Comdt Daniel Ayiotis: The Irish Military Archive
3pm Dublin City Library: What’s on Offer
4pm Mr Roy Atkinson: Dublin directories and their uses
4.45pm Closing remarks & Distribution of spot prizes

Please note, all participants must pay to attend the conference. Tickets are available in our Shop. Please ensure you choose the appropriate ticket as there are different prices for Zoom attendance and non-members.

 

Nov
18
Tue
2025
IFHS Talk: Putting faces to your Family history story #1
Nov 18 @ 19:30 – 20:30

Got your family old photos in a shoebox? And your siblings and cousins have some that you don’t have? It’s time you copied them all so that everyone in the family can have them. Next year, in part 2, Michael Foley will give a presentation on how to bring all of your family research – the records, the stories, the family trees, and the photos together into a beautiful book – the story of your family that you can hold in your hand and share with your family. It’s easier and cheaper than you think, made with standard Word and PowerPoint software, and printed in your local print shop. If you can type with two fingers you can do it!

But first, in this part 1, you need to gather the photos and copy them. How to do that will be covered by Michael in this preliminary session in November. This session will also include tips on how to take individual and group portraits of living family members, simply using your mobile phone and the natural light from your window, nothing more. No prior photographic knowledge or fancy equipment will be needed, and you never know, but you may become the family photographer as well as the historian. If you are uncomfortable with your ability in all of this we suggest that you invite a more tech savvy relative or friend to join you in the two sessions.

Jan
20
Tue
2026
IFHS Talk: DNA Next Steps – Confirming your DNA matches using your chromosomes
Jan 20 @ 19:30 – 20:30

We will welcome back Martin McDowell, the chairperson of the North of Ireland Family History Society, to present a follow up talk from his hugely popular introductory talk last June. Now you have your DNA results, what tools can you use to help interpret them? This talk will focus on the use of chromosome browsers.

Feb
7
Sat
2026
IFHS Roadshow: Wexford
Feb 7 @ 11:00 – 13:30

Date and details to be confirmed. The IFHS will be on the road visiting Wexford County Library.

Mar
21
Sat
2026
IFHS AGM
Mar 21 @ 14:00 – 16:00

Date and time to be confirmed. Speaker: Noel Carolan.

Apr
21
Tue
2026
IFHS Talk: Putting faces to your Family history story #2
Apr 21 @ 19:30 – 20:30

Got your family old photos in a shoebox? And your siblings and cousins have some that you don’t have? It’s time you copied them all so that everyone in the family can have them. Following on from his November talk (part 1), Michael Foley will give a presentation on how to bring all of your family research – the records, the stories, the family trees, and the photos together into a beautiful book – the story of your family that you can hold in your hand and share with your family. It’s easier and cheaper than you think, made with standard Word and PowerPoint software, and printed in your local print shop. If you can type with two fingers you can do it!

May
16
Sat
2026
IFHS Roadshow: Cork
May 16 @ 11:00 – 14:00

Date to be confirmed.