Family Tree magazine's Irish Ancestors Study Afternoon with Chris Paton

On Saturday June 29th 2024 I will be giving three talks for a Family Tree magazine hosted Irish Ancestors Study Afternoon. The following will be the programme, which kicks off at 1pm (UK time) - each talk will be about an hour, with Q&A and short breaks in between:

1) Records of Daily Life in Ireland

There are many basic resources available to help us establish the genealogy of our families, but in this session, family historian Chris Paton looks at many additional record sets exist that document their role and status in society, as well as their fate. These include electoral records (including freeholders lists and absent voters lists), the administration of the poor law and the role of the poorhouse in Ireland, and education records.

Chris will also look at judicial records and the records of law enforcement, and explore a case study of a 19th century murder which unblocked a genealogical brick wall within his own ancestry, pushing the family narrative back to the mid 18th century.

2) Researching Irish Occupations

In this session genealogist Chris Paton explores the occupational world of our Irish ancestors, including agricultural Ireland, the factories and shipyards established through industrialisation, the professional classes such as church ministries, physicians and nurses, communications workers, the merchant shipping services, and the military, both British and Irish.

Chris will also look at how Irish people travelled to Britain and beyond for economic opportunities, whether through seasonal work or through longer term economic necessity.

3) A Decade of Remembrance: Researching Ireland 1912-1923

In this talk Chris looks at the landmark events that led to the Partition of Ireland in 1921 and its consequences. It includes the Suffragette struggle in Ireland, the Ulster Covenant of 1912, the formation of the Irish Volunteers and the Ulster Volunteers, the Dublin Lock-out of 1913, the First World War, the Easter Rising, the War of Independence, Partition, and the subsequent Irish Civil War.

As well as addressing the historical events Chris will show how to research ancestors caught up in the period, whether on the British or Irish side, and from across the island and beyond.

To sign up, please visit https://www.family-tree.co.uk/how-to-guides/webinars/irish-ancestors-study-afternoon-29-june/ - ticket for all three talks are £35, or £25 for Family Tree subscribers or Family Tree Plus members.

I hope you can join me!

Chris

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