Hello Friends! The following are a few upcoming online events, and some news for your information. I've included a few links to some helpful web-sites.
I hope that all members will please feel free to send along any questions, or information you'd like to share with the list. It is only with participation that any mailing list can be successful. Thank you. The Ulster American Folk park in Omagh, Co. Tyrone is open Tuesday - Sunday (times vary so check with them), and has introduced "The Bad Bridget" exhibition, which tells the stories of thousands of women who left Ireland for North America between 1838 and 1918. Some of these women found themselves in trouble with the authorities as they struggled to survive. This exhibition (the first new one in 4 years) runs from Friday 15 April 2022 to Friday 26 April 2024. Book your tickets - https://www.nmni.com/whats-on/bad-bridget The Ulster Folk Museum in Cultra, Holywood, about 6.8 miles east of Belfast), has introduced "Languages of Ulster" an educational, self-guided tour exploring the story of the Irish language through the places and people of the and runs from Tue. 22 Feb. 2022 to Wed. 22 Feb. 2023 Book your tickets https://www.tickettailor.com/events/nmni/661151 To explore the National Museums of Northern Ireland https://www.nmni.com/home.aspx The 'Placenames database of Ireland' has been improved and updated to now include search results that are more user-friendly and comprehensive along with Interactive maps with multiple basemap options (including aerial photography) that are now used throughout the site, and more! https://www.logainm.ie/en/ The PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) is offering - "The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, MP by Ronan McCreevy" Wed, 8 June 2022 11:00 – 12:00 PDT about this event - The Antrim and Down branch of the Western Front Association (WFA) and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) would like to invite you to a presentation by journalist and author, Ronan McCreevy. Great Hatred reveals the true story behind one of the most significant political assassinations to ever have been committed on British soil. https://bit.ly/3LrYAJh - "The English and Irish domestic football leagues during the Great War" Wed, 14 September 2022 11:00 – 12:00 PDT about this event- The Antrim and Down branch of the Western Front Association and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland would like to invite you to a presentation by Dr Alexander Jackson, curator at the English National Football Museum, who will talk about his book on the impact of the Great War on Association Football in England. https://bit.ly/3FZweVH For anyone who is interested in learning more about PERSI (Periodical Source Index) the Milwaukee County Genealogy Society Membership Meeting is offering free, "Using Fort Wayne's Genealogy Center and the Periodical Source Index to Advance Your Research" on Friday, May 20, 2022 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm CST. Registration for Non-members, please send an email to be added to the invite list for the online meeting. i...@milwaukeegenealogy.org Legacy Family Tree Webinars is offering free Wed. June 22nd 2:00 pm EDT "Irish Emigration to North America: Before, during and after Famine", with Paul Milner https://bit.ly/3wVbfzt FamilySearch has updated their FindaGrave index by adding 724,796 records. (You will need to create a free account at FamilySearch to search their records.) https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801 Irish Graveyards- https://www.irishgraveyards.ie/ Discover Ever After https://www.discovereverafter.com/graveyards Belfast has burial records on-line for- Belfast City Cemetery - starting 1869 Roselawn Cemetery - records from 1954 Dundonald Cemetery - records from 1905 https://bit.ly/3NFoA5J Ulster Ancestry - If you are looking for an excellent Ulster-wide researcher to hire, you may like to consider Ulster Ancestry. At the web-site you can get a free assessment. Also don't forget to explore the many pages of freely available transcriptions & documents that are online! http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ At the Ulster Historical Foundation, upon paying a yearly membership you can search over 2 million records incl. birth, death & marriages (BMD), census records, street directories and more. They also provide researchers for hire. The section 'New Publications' will take you to 'Books Ulster' which offers the latest genealogical research additions, along with many other books, gifts, etc. to purchase. https://www.ancestryireland.com/ Ireland Genealogy Projects https://www.igp-web.com/ Donegal Genealogy Resources http://donegalgenealogy.com/ For a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/MU JSTOR offers primary sources from a number of books, periodicals and journals etc.; some of which are online. To search the open and free content - https://about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/ To see what is available in the Irish Studies section of their site- https://bit.ly/3NkzYUj To join JSTOR - https://about.jstor.org/get-jstor/ The Northern Ireland Literary Archive is a project of: Linen Hall Library, which "has in its collections over a dozen archives belonging to writers who were born or grew up in Northern Ireland. Down through the years, several families and Estates have chosen the Library as the repository for this material." To search the NILA - https://bit.ly/3wD25qR Postcards Ireland is another archive of the Linen Hall Library - https://www.postcardsireland.com/ John Grenham's excellent blog. At this page you will see his 4th May article on "Online Estate Maps". http://www.johngrenham.com/blog/ Enjoy! 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