If you’re reading this blog post Friday morning, March 17, there is still time to register for today’s free Irish-themed webinars, presented by FamilySearch.
11:00 a.m. EDT – Tracing Irish Roman Catholic Ancestry, Phil Dunn, AG®
This webinar provides you with all the outstanding changes and latest advancements that will transform the way you approach your Roman Catholic research in Ireland. Did you know that two iconic websites in a recent collaborative effort have re-shaped how you conduct your research? Phil will unveil all the wonderful details that will help you trace your elusive Irish Catholic ancestors.
12:00 p.m. EDT – Finding Ancestry in Ireland Civil Registration Records, Joni Kesler, AG®
Hear Joni share new and thrilling details about how to approach research in the two Irelands’ richest record sources. Did you know that millions of new name entries are now available online for researching these records? She will instruct us on the best practices for researching these important vital records.
1:00 p.m. EDT – Ireland Census & Census Substitutes, Joni Kesler, AG®
This webinar provides a unique perspective on the value and use of several in-ordinary and under-utilized Irish records. Come and learn the gamut of these important records, especially their research application in the absence of census records generally. This webinar not only instructs on the direct relationship in how to use these to find critical data in other records, but also she’ll identify other records to be used — such as name lists and indexes—for locating and further identifying your Irish ancestral connections.
3:00 p.m. EDT – The Scots-Irish: Plantation and Settlement of Ulster in the 17th Century, David Rencher, AG®, CG, FUGA, FIGRS
This webinar session outlines events surrounding the plantation schemes and the settlement of Northern Ireland from the London Companies and the large landed Estates in Scotland. Come hear David—the Chief Genealogical Officer at FamilySearch International and world renowned Irish genealogical expert—also walk us through the key sources for tracing the Scots-Irish in Ireland and their specific origins in Scotland.
4:00 p.m. EDT – Key Websites for Tracing Ancestry in Ireland, Mark Gardner, AG®
Ireland is continually afire with new emerging, thrilling online offerings — and for several kinds of key genealogical records. Listen as Mark walks us through all the magnificent resources newly available as there are many, and which will totally change the way you approach researching your Irish ancestors.
Register here. Look for the handouts for three of the webinars.
