Schedule of Presentations
The presentation program below is from 2012 and shows the range and variety of talks on offer each year. The 2013 presentation schedule will be posted up in due course.
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FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER
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Presentation Area 1
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Time
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Presentation Area 2
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In the Beginning … first steps in tracing a family tree
Ann McVeigh, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
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12.30pm
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TIARA (The Irish Ancestral Research Association) and the Foresters Project
Janis Duffy & Susan Steele, TIARA
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Exploring US Records on Ancestry.com, and how they impact on Irish family history research
Echo King, Ancestry.com
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1.30pm
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Resources for Family History at Dublin City Library & Archive
Máire Kennedy, Special Collections, Dublin City Library
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Finding your past: An introduction to findmypast.ie
Cliona Weldon, findmypast.ie
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2.30pm
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Historic Graves – a community genealogy project
John Tierney, www.historicgraves.ie
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Murderers, drunkards and rebels: Your ancestors and the law
Brian Donovan, findmypast.ie
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3.30pm
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The Irish Community Archive Network – Sharing our local history on-line
Lorna Elms, Education & Outreach Department, National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
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Ancestry DNA - How will it help your family history research? Eric Booth & Angela Crouch, Ancestry.com |
4.30pm
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Find Your Place Now and in the Past on askaboutireland.ie
Annette Kelly, The Library Council
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Sources for Researching the Irish in Victorian London
Else Churchill, Society of Genealogists
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5.30pm
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History Ireland Hedge School
Genealogy: ‘what does it think it is?’
Panel discussion conducted by Tommy Graham
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SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER
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Presentation Area 1
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Time
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Presentation Area 2
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Irish Landmark Trust – bringing history to life
Mary O’Brien, Executive Director, Irish Landmark Trust
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11.30am
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IrishAncestors@The Irish Times: what’s new?
John Grenham, MAPGI
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Work & Prayer: the Cistercians in Medieval Ireland
Breda Lynch, author of A Monastic Landscape
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12.30pm
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How DNA Can Help Your Family History Research
Maurice Gleeson, Spearin Surname Project
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Top Tips for Irish Family & Local History Research on Ancestry.com
Paul Gorry, MAPGI
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1.30pm
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Researching on Rootsireland.ie
Mary Flood, Irish Family History Foundation
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Online Sources for Irish Genealogy
Mary Beglan, FCII, in association with findmypast.ie
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2.30pm
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Glasnevin Cemetery – Ireland’s Necropolis
Shane MacThomáis, resident historian, Glasnevin Trust
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Where next for WDYTYA?
Fiona Fitzsimons, findmypast.ie
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3.30pm
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Sources at the Society of Genealogists, London
Else Churchill, Society of Genealogists
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Finding Irish Relations in British Records
Miriam Silverman, Ancestry.com
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4.30pm
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Tracing Your Family History Using Griffith’s Valuation and askaboutireland.ie
Ruth Collier, The Library Council
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History at Local Level – local history is your history
Larry Breen, PRO, Federation of Local History Societies
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5.30pm
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Researching the Irish in Boston Record Repositories
Janis Duffy, TIARA
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SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER
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Presentation Area 1
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Time
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Presentation Area 2
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“Billy Pitt had them built” – the Martello Towers of Dublin
Rob Goodbody, historic bilding consultant & co-author of The Martello Towers of Dublin
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11.30am
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Finding Irish Emigrants in On-line U.S. Records
Donna Moughty, professional genealogist
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Estate Papers as a Source for Family & Local History
Nicola Morris, MAPGI
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12.30pm
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Letters, Lives & Liberty – seeing the past through the post
Stephen Ferguson, Curator, An Post Museum
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The Morpeth Testimonial Roll: an extraordinary journey
Miriam Silverman, Ancestry.com
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1.30pm
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Irish Emigration and Irish Passenger Lists
Brian Mitchell, MAPGI, Irish Family History Foundation
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Finding your past: An introduction to findmypast.ie
Cliona Weldon, findmypast.ie
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2.30pm
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Retrace the ancestral footsteps through land / property records in preparation for ‘The Gathering’
Helen Kelly, MAPGI
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Griffith’s Valuation and the Landed Estates Court Rentals – the ‘unsung heroes’ of Irish genealogy
Brian Donovan, findmypast.ie
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3.30pm
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Uncovering Family Secrets in Your Local Library
Anne Marie O’Dwyer, The Library Council
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Exploring Canadian Records on Ancestry.com, and how they impact on Irish family history research
Lesley Anderson, Ancestry.com
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4.30pm
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Villains of Irish History
Joe O’Shea, author of Murder, Mutiny & Mayhem – The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish History
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Dead Money – a behind the scenes look at probate research
Steven C. Smyrl, MAPGI
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5.30pm
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The Care of Books, Documents & Photographs
Erica Devine, museum conservator
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