Forthcoming PRONI and Northern Irish heritage events online

The following events will be hosted online by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni) and partners:

February 2021

Irish Women and the Great War 

Wolfe Tone and the Hibernian Catch Club: Sociability in Revolutionary Ireland

The Golden Age of Steam
 

March 2021

German combat motivation on the Eastern Front during the Second World War

Lost Potential? The Rejection of the 1923 Education Act

For further details, and to sign up, visit https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/talks-and-events-proni

In addition, PRONI is also organising the following:

Key Sources for Genealogy – Census Records
16 February, 2pm
We invite you to join us for the first in a series of talks by PRONI staff on using key resources for family history. This talk will show you how to search, and get the best out of online census records.

To register, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/key-sources-for-genealogy-census-records-tickets-137600489769


Getting Started Workshops
3 & 17 March, 12.30pm

Join us on zoom for a workshop that will show you how to get started doing research online. Whether you are trying to do your own family tree online, researching for study or planning to visit PRONI when we re-open and want to know how to find your references in advance - these workshops will have something for you!

To register, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-started-workshop-using-online-resources-tickets-137600911029


And the heritage based HERoNI Lecture Series 2020-2021 is also still underway via Zoom:

The Topography of a Tall Tale: local history and folklore sources for the topographic aspects of Táin Bó Cúailnge
Friday 15 January 2021, 1pm
Speaker: Paul Gosling, an archaeologist who lectures part-time in the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology.

Burials and Society in Early Bronze Age Ireland
Friday 12 February 2021, 1pm
Speaker: Dr Cormac McSparron, Department of Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast

The 18th and 19th century fanlight families of Northern Ireland
Friday 23 April 2021, 1pm
Speaker: Nessa Roche, Architectural Historian

Celtic Crosses, Identity and Symbolism in late 19th and early 20th Century Belfast
Friday 4 June 2021, 1pm
Speaker: Bronagh Patricia Murray, Archaeologist

Further details at https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/heroni-lecture-series-202021

(With thanks to the PRONI Express, via email)

Chris 

Pre-order my next book, Sharing Your Family History Online, at https://bit.ly/SharingFamHist. My book Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is also out, as are 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.