Those who think that my putting out two new books this year is more than enough to be getting on with clearly don't know me too well! By far the biggest project I have been working on this year is a twenty hour programme of talks on Irish family history that I have been putting together as part of the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History's annual British Institute (https://www.isbgfh.com/BRITISH-INSTITUTE), which kicks off from October 11th-15th 2021.
It's going to be a packed week comprised of ten x two hour sessions (two per day), all taught online, where I get to share everything and anything that I know about Irish genealogy - it has been a lot of work to put it together, but also a lot of fun, and I'm very much looking forward to getting underway in ten days time!
Here is a brief summary of the topics that will be covered:
Monday 11th October 2021
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
Tuesday 12th October 2021
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
Wednesday 13th October 2021
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
Thursday 14th October 2021
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
Friday 15th October 2021
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.
Ten days to go, but there is still time to sign up! Full details are available at https://www.isbgfh.com/event-4293293. There are three other taught tracks also, you can combine my Irish course with one on England, Wales or Scotland (or do one of those instead!), so the pricing is variable depending on what you choose to do. And there will be banter...!
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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