A huge thanks to the International Society of British Genealogy and Family History (www.isbgfh.com) for its superb British Institute last week, in which I taught the Irish track from Monday to Friday, with four hours of tuition per day. I had 34 very keen students, and even managed to send FamilySearch's David Rencher down a rabbit hole at one point!!! It was a lot of fun to teach, and I hope it helps those who attended with their ongoing research efforts.
The recordings of these classes are still available to purchase through the ISBGFH until November 30th, if you were unable to attend the sessions last week. To do so, please contact Megan Heyl at InstituteDirectorISBGFH@gmail.com for details, and after invoicing you for the correct amount, they will then be sent to you upon payment.
A reminder of the topics that were covered:
What is Ireland?
• Who are the Irish?
• Marking the Boundaries
• A Sense of Place
Church and State – Ireland's Vital Records
• Civil Registration
• Church Records
• Further denominations
• Other Resources
Irish Land Records – Part 1
• Where were they?
• Early valuation records
• Tithes Records
• Townland Valuation
• Primary Valuation of Ireland (Griffith's Valuation)
• Valuation revisions
Irish Land Records Part 2
• Tenancy & ownership
• Land registration – the Registry of Deeds
• Land registration – the Land Registry
• Irish Land Commission
• Probate Records
Irish Occupations
• Agricultural sector
• Military service
• Merchant Navy
• Skilled labour
• The Churches
• Professions
• Businesses
Daily Life in Ireland
• Newspapers
• Education
• Electoral records
• Times of Crisis
• Emigration
• Law and Order
• Case Study
Finding the Irish in Britain
• Britain and the Crown Dependencies
• British archives
• Civil registration
• Wills
• Poor law records and returns
• British censuses
• 1939 National Identity Register
• Newspapers
• Societies
DNA and Other Sources
• Published Resources
• Oral history projects
• Online biographical resources
• Cousin bait – put your research out there
• DNA
• DNA Case Studies
The Decade of Centenaries: Ireland 1912-23
• Background: Ireland and the United Kingdom
• Home Rule
• Women's suffrage
• Workers' rights: The Dublin Lockout 25 AUG 1913 -18 JAN 1914
• The First World War 1914-1918
• Ireland divided 1919-1923
• Beyond 2022
Case Study: An Irish Farm History
A
case study pulling together many of the resources discussed this week,
telling the history of a Kilkenny farmhouse and the family within.
Final questions.
In addition to my Irish track, there was a separate English track taught last week with Paul Milner, and additional Scottish and Welsh tracks running in this coming week. Recordings for these will also be on sale until November 30th. For further details on the full British Institute programme, please visit www.isbgfh.com/BRITISH-INSTITUTE.
Thanks again to Megan, Sylvia, and Pat Richley-Erickson's team for a superbly hosted event last week!
NB: A quick plug also to say that I will be giving a talk to the ISBGFH on November 6th on the topic of Scottish Church and State Records - I hope to maybe see you there!
Chris
My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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