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

Inner Lives and Outer Realities Hosted by the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences & Maynooth University Department of History How does the individual experience history?

The 1916–1921 Club invites you to a special commemoration of Roger Casement on Sunday, August 31st, at 2:00 PM at Glasnevin Cemetery,Dublin.The event will include

Friday 19th September 2025 We are joining in the celebrations for Culture Night 2025 and will be open to visitors throughout the evening of Friday

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 | 3.00pm – 4.00pm. Online via Teams. Free, booking information available here. As part of Heritage Week, join Steven Skeldon, National Library of

There are kits and bundles on offer for the month of August. Summer Sale ends August 31, 2025, at 11:59 pm PDT See pricing for Bundles.

Date: 16 Aug Following a successful year of growth, the NIFHS are holding their AGM on August 16th. . The Guest Speaker is:Chris Paton BA

National Heritage Week celebrates Ireland’s cultural, built and natural heritage. Date: 16 – 24 August 2025 It brings together volunteers, community groups and heritage enthusiasts

The North of Ireland Family History Society’s DNA Summer School is back for the sixth year! And it’s better than ever. This year’s theme is

Spaces are currently available for new students to join the MA History of Family programme at the University of Limerick this September. This unique course

Thanks to the collaboration with our partner archives and libraries in Ireland, Britain and North America, the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland is delighted to

The Ulster Historical Foundation is delighted to announce that the Townland Atlas of Ulster is once again available to purchase from their online bookstore Fundamental to ‘place’

RootsIreland are delighted to announce the addition of almost 9000 new Roman Catholic baptismal and marriage records from South Tipperary to the Roots Ireland database!

Saturday 19th July 2025    9.00 – 17.00 Emo Court Demesne and Ballykilcavan Farm and Brewery, Co Laois This in an “in person” event. John Brennan

Does anyone have family connections to women who were part of the Blueshirts in Ireland? My name is Ryan, and I’m currently producing a one-hour

Ancestry DNA Kits just £49 plus p+p. Offer ends 14 Jun 2025 11:59pm.

Date: Tues 10th June, 6pm Location: The Substation, Port Centre, Alexandra Road, Dublin 1.

Application deadline: 10 June 2025. We are pleased to announce that the RIA Colonial Legacies Fellowship Scheme 2025-2026 is now open for applications. Following a

Registry of Deeds Index Project Update of 01 June 2025 – 629,064 index records from 64,636 memorials of deeds. Thanks again to the continuing tremendous

NIFHS Spring School 2025 Wed 28 May – On Zoom. This is an opportunity to dip your toe in the water regarding the use of

Here’s some News I missed from the start of the month. Ancestry have beta-released an online transcription feature for you to try out on your

Based on the work of Barry Griffin, the list below shows the five most popular surnames in Ireland and in each county in 1901. Overall

For anyone, like me, who has been awaiting the update to Family Tree Maker, this morning Mackiev have emailed all those who prepaid. It has

Roots Ireland are delighted to announce the addition of 20,385 new Kerry records to the Roots Ireland database! They are as follows: Roman Catholic parish

The National Monuments Service World Heritage Scholarship programme has been established in support of the newly proposed National Strategy for World Heritage. A goal of

Celebrating place, connection, and heritage with Leitrim people at home and around the world.  When: May 23rd-25th 2025 The Leitrim Gathering is a celebration of

Speaker: Dr Tim Murtagh, Research FellowDate: Tuesday 29 April, 2025Time: 13:00 – 14:00 (Doors at 12:30)Venue: Bedford Tower, 1st Floor, Upper Yard, Dublin Castle D02

If you are on Facebook it’s worth following this page to hear the latest regarding the indexing of the Registry of Deeds volumes. The Registry

We are delighted to announce the addition of the following Monaghan records to our Roots Ireland database (2410 records altogether): (606 Marriages) Baptisms School Records 

There’s a nice article in this month’s Really Useful Bulletin (no. 56) from the Family History Federation that explains how to research your ancestor’s occupation.

FamilySearch have released 550 million new records this month. This includes expanding their existing Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 collection of 2,048,990 indexed records.

If you have an account with FamilyTreeDNA you should have received an email to update the password on your account. They are doing this in

Venue : Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 The AGM will be followed by a talk by Joseph E.

 Aileen Crean O’Brien, granddaughter of the Antarctic explorer Tom Crean, and her husband Bill are organizing a festival, celebrating the life of her grandfather –

Join the National Museum of Ireland for a weekend of tours and interactive object handling in commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising, and learn about

Tailte Éireann is delighted to host the launch of Vol. 29 of Irish Archives at 18:00, Thursday 20 Feb 2025, at the Registry of Deeds, Henrietta Street,

Ireland’s Catholic Records is a platform dedicated to 18th-century Catholic family and historical records, featuring interactive visualizations, databases, and a blog to foster community engagement.

It has been announced that the 1926 Census of Ireland will be released on 18 April 2026. Great news for all who are interested in

The General Register Office (GRO) has announced on its website that its walk-in-service is suspended and its Research Room closed until further notice. Here is

Running from November 6th to 10th at various venues across Dublin, the festival offers a rich lineup of over 100 events, celebrating literature, creativity, and

Did you know that the Irish Familiy History Society is a member of the Family History Federation and the Irish Genealogical Research Society? Both organisations

The IHO was established in 2003 with the aim to provide a free online bibliographic catalogue focused on the broad area of the history of Ireland.

Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) are really the only ones doing a full Y-DNA test. They have a summer sale on for August. Still expensive unfortunately

Are you planning a research visit to Dublin?  In the August ’24 edition of the UK magazine “Who Do You Think You Are?” the genealogist

https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/. The Genealogist, a leading resource for online genealogy and family history research, has just added over 20,000 obituary records from the Index Society, Musgrave’s

These small newspaper announcements hold a wealth of information for genealogists eager to document births in their family trees. This new searchable archive contains over 70 million birth announcements,

Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from below, 1917–1923 Visit the website to fine our more and purchase the book.

To celebrate our 40 year anniversary, the Irish Family History Society is now offering all older journals (2016 and before) for FREE!. You only pay

Members have access to the Members Area of this website. One of the resources we share in that section is bulletins from organisations that IFHS

Ministers Martin and Humphreys welcome release of additional Birth, Marriage and Death Records. An additional year of historic Births, Marriages and Deaths, including births in

FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in the month of October 2023 with 26 million new indexed family history records from 50 separate countries and

Check out the Family History Books Sale, there’s big savings to be had across the range. Link to website.

ANCESTRY is providing free access to certain military records until midnight 13 November. You need to register for free with its associated website uk.forceswarrecords.com with

The Irish Family History Society is delighted to present to its members a series of six online lectures on making the best use of key

THIS IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF IFHS ONLY Your IFHS Committee is pleased to invite you to visit the National Mapping Division, Tailte Éireann (formerly

The IGRS are delighted to host a talk from Nick Reddan, the backbone of the Registry of Deeds Index project, in Dublin this month. All

This organisation has lots of interesting articles on its website. We selected just two below, but there are many, many more. HOW TO USE HISTORICAL

The Ulster Settlers Database, an exciting biographical and historical resource, is now available to researchers. Making innovative use of historical data relating to the English and Scottish

Want to improve your skills?   We would like to draw your attention to the Diploma in Genealogy.  The Diploma is an on-line, level 7,

Available in all good Book Shops now “This superb book shows that there is much to be proud of in the history of the Irish

Recently a society in Northern Ireland published an interesting book. It is a transcription of the Workhouse records for Magherafelt Workhouse Indoor Relief Register 1847.

The 38th Edition of our Irish Family History Magazine is out, and as usual, it is full of interesting articles. Members receive a copy free

The February edition of 200 Magazine, which reports the news from two centuries ago as if it was happening now and in the language of 2023,

The Decade of Centenaries bursary scheme was established to encourage and support new local research and local history studies in a meaningful examination of local,

The Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council is inviting everyone to attend an international online lecture series titled, “Rippling Effects of The Great Irish

Starts: 21.Nov.2022  – Ends: 27.Nov.2022 The Historic Black Friday Sale will start on the 21st of November and for a limited time INA will have

Newly Digitised Material Added To New Irish Labour History WebsiteThe newly re-designed Irish Labour History Society website, www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com, includes a number of newly digitised items

The October edition of the online history magazine, 200, takes us back to the autumn of 1822, reporting the news then but in the language