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

The Irish Family History Society publishes News Sheets with lots of information and tips to help you in your genealogical research. The latest issue has

The is an interesting lecture by Duchas Heritage, Clonakilty, which took place recently,  as part of the Michael Collins Centenary Commemoration Events 2022. It is a presentation

Were you adopted at birth or as a young child? Are you trying to find out details about your birth?  A new law, the “Birth Information

The National Archives’ Genealogy Advisory Service is now available as a face-to-face service and will also continue to operate via email. Assistance will be available

30 June 2022 new section in member’s area The IFHS is regularly getting bulletins, newsletters, announcements, etc. from organisations it is affiliated with. And other

24 May, 2 PM, Online About this Event John Montague is giving a talk online next Tuesday 24th May at 14.00 hrs about the recent

Just outside Castlepollard in Westmeath, this magnificent Gothic revival Castle has been home to the Pakenhams, Earls of Longford, for over 370 years. The family

28 April, 6 PM, via Zoom About this Event The National Archives is delighted to announce the third talk in our evening lecture series for

Apr 20 @ 13:10 The online talk is aimed at novice users of its facilities. The talk is free, but places must be booked in

The Irish Family History Magazine, Volume 37 has just been printed. With lots of articles covering various topics, as you can see below. Members will

Mar 26 @ 14:00 – 16:30 We are pleased to announce the date for the next IFHS AGM, followed by a lecture on “The Registry

The National Archives is starting its evening lecture series for 2022 on 27th January, at 6 PM. Entitled ‘Researching your Roman Catholic ancestors’, this online

In partnership with The National Archives, the 1921 Census of England & Wales will be published exclusively online at Findmypast early next year.

We wish our members all the best for Christmas and the New Year and hope that some element of normality will soon return to our

Find my past https://www.findmypast.ie/ is offering 25% discounts on selected memberships. Offer end date: Sunday 28th November 2021 Log into the members’ section or become

The IFHS will hold its next Zoom lecture on 20 November. The lecture will be given by John Grenham. John Grenham is a very well-known

The Genealogy and Family History experience is back in the RDS! The show will provide access to 30 presentations on both genetic & general genealogy

“Family Tree Memory Keeper” is a paperback from the editors of “Family Tree Magazine”. Produced in 2013, it is a workbook which makes it easy

RootsTech 2022, the annual Genealogy Conference will take place from 3 – 5 March, 2022.  As in 2021, it will be fully virtual and free

One of the objectives of the Irish Family History Society is to promote communication amongst its members, to enable them to exchange ideas, share advice,

Our members have just received the second IFHS News Sheet of 2021. It contains a Chairperson’s Report, an update on the re-opening of Irish Archives

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Hello to all our members from Noel chairperson IFHS and the members of the IFHS committee- Lucinda, Joan, Roy and Dan. Hope you are keeping

There is a social history project currently being undertaken on the Volkswagen Beetle. A book is being written that will encompass not just the historical

FMP have introduced three new subscriptions.  There will be three types of subscriptions – Starter, Plus and Pro.  These will cater for the different stages

All talks are free to attend and places offered on a first-come-first-served basis Friday 19 October 12 noon Delving into Northern Ireland family and local

FREE EVENT but booking essential on eventbrite.ie. Search Local Studies & Local History Societies. 10.30am Registration. Tea and Coffee 11.00am Welcome to dlr LexIcon. Marian

FindMyPast is a British company with an Irish website which holds more Irish records than any other website.  Living DNA is also a British company

Blaine Bettinger has launched a website to aid interpretation of DNA results.  This will include webinars and courses and also educational material.  There is a

University College Cork (UCC) hosted the National Famine Commemoration on the 12 May 2018 attended by President Higgins and hosted by An Tánaiste and Minister

MyHeritage has launched a new pro bono initiative to help adoptees and their birth families reunite through genetic testing. MyHeritage are providing 15,000 MyHeritage DNA

The RCBL has issued new guidelines for copying and transcribing Church of Ireland parish records and headstone inscriptions.  Please refer to their guidelines here

Duty Librarian can be contacted at info@nli.ie and the Duty Archivist on mqueries@nli.ie , Tuesday–Friday, from 9.30-5pm. Opening Hours The Main and Manuscripts Reading Rooms

FindMyPast have put up indexes of townlands and parishes in Ireland from 1851 to 1911. In addition to townlands and parishes, details of baronies and

A series of digitally restored photographs of Ireland from the late 1800s to the 1950s has been released online by Ancestry as part of the