Good Day Friends One Irish Rover has a new post published called 'The Armstrong Letter from America' https://bit.ly/3FQLi6s
The National Library of Ireland (NLI) have launched ‘Revealing Histories’, a new digital campaign highlighting material that relates to the political and social upheaval of 1922. Letters, photographs, diaries, political posters and much more, reveal the life, times and personal stories of Kathleen Clarke, Arthur Griffith, Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington and Austin Stack, allowing online visitors to experience the Ireland of their day through their eyes. https://bit.ly/3u1358R Upcoming conferences Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Online Zoom event presented by Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt 'Irish research with the Ulster Historical Foundation' - All Day Conference Saturday, February 19, 2022 – 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Agenda - Understanding the Irish Townlands: the importance of identity and administrative divisions in Irish research - Records related to different churches in Ireland - Using land records: Griffith’s Valuation, tithe and records - Emigration from the north of Ireland to North America sources for researching emigrant ancestors - The Great Famine in Ireland: sources for research GSP members- $35 Non-members-$40 https://genpa.org/events/ Presented by FamilySearch RootsTech Connect Thu. Mar 3rd - Sat 5th Online event, Free. https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/next/ Fairfax Genealogical Society members and other researchers for a return to an in-person spring fair on March 12th, 2022, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, to “Celebrate Your Shamrock Roots: Irish and Scots-Irish Research.” We will be welcoming the return of the Ulster Historical Foundation (UHF). Registration fees are $60 FxGS members/$70 non-members, with $70 FxGS members/$80 non-members after February 19, 2022. For those choosing the virtual option, we will email a Zoom link to the presentations and presentation handouts close to but before the March 12, 2022 presentation date. In-person attendees will receive presentation handouts by email before March 12, 2022. Agenda 9:00 a.m. - Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Records 10:00 a.m. - Census substitutes and other important sources for the 18th and 19th centuries 11:00 a.m. - Using land records: Griffith's Valuation, Title, and Estate Records 11:50 a.m. - Lunch 12:45 p.m. - Records Related to the Different Churches in Ireland 1:45 p.m. - The Ulster Plantation and sources for finding 17th century families in Ireland (not just Ulster) 2:45 p.m. - Emigration from the north of Ireland to North America - sources for researching emigrant ancestors 3:45 p.m. - Q&A and solving brick walls https://www.fxgs.org/cpage.php?pt=21 All the Best~ Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ _______________________________________________ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ https://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
