Tuesday 3 March 2020

NIFHS Digital Roadshow in Dungannon: Telling Your Family Story

From the North of Ireland Family History Society (www.nifhs.org):

Digital Roadshow in Dungannon: Telling Your Family Story
Saturday 7th March | 10am - 4pm | Free Admission | Free Refreshments | Hill of The O’Neill & Ranfurly House, Dungannon

Telling the story of your family and your community through items that have been handed down through the generations.

How many interesting family items have been forgotten about in a cupboard or an attic over the years? Do you have old photos or letters? Do you have small items of clothing or other artefacts that help tell the story of your family?

As part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, the North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS), in collaboration with the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis (CDDA), Queen’s University, Belfast, invite you to explore your family and local history, to record and preserve stories and memorabilia for the future. The team will be at Ranfurly House, (Hill of The O'Neill and Ranfurly House Arts & Visitor Centre) Dungannon, on Saturday 7th March. Bring along family artefacts such as old photographs, letters and small objects to the scanning roadshow. Experienced researchers, using state of the art scanning equipment, will help to digitally save your items and encourage you to record your stories. A camera will be available for larger objects. People will later be emailed a digital image to keep and share - helping to keep the past alive.


Entry is free and complimentary refreshments will be available. People can drop in anytime between 10 am and 4 pm. There will also be a display area where you can talk with local organisations to find out more about exploring your family history and local heritage. There will an opportunity to find out about using DNA for family history, and test kits will be available to buy.

The venue, Ranfurly House, has a free interactive history exhibition and a coffee shop, so there will be something for everyone.


(With thanks to Maeve Rogan)

Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

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