Irish genealogy research

PRONI in the shadow of Harland & Wolff cranes

Preparing for a visit to the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

About PRONI The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is located in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland in a purpose-built archive.  It is overlooked by Samson and Goliath, the two iconic, yellow-painted gantry cranes of the Harland and Wolff shipyard where the doomed Titanic was built. Following the partition of …

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Cover of Tracing your family history using Irish newspapers and other printed sources by Natalie Bodle

Irish Genealogy research guide to be published

The final proof of my forthcoming book has gone to the publishers and the jacket design has been finalised. The book entitled Tracing your family history using Irish newspapers and other printed materials is due to be published by Pen and Sword in February 2024. The book describes where Irish newspapers may be found in …

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Copy of probate document held in Irish Land Commission records

Irish Land Commission Talks

Irish Land Commission talks I’ll be delivering two talks next week both on the same subject of Irish Land Commission records. This is a greatly under-used resource that can provide us with a great deal of interesting and useful information about our ancestors who sold their land or bought their farms under the various Irish …

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Genealogy Course -Friends of Glenariffe

Latest Genealogy Evening Course completed

And that’s a wrap! Tuesday night concluded the 10-week Genealogy Evening Course that I delivered for the Friends of Glenariffe via Zoom (Sep – Nov 2021). It is always a pleasure to meet people who are interested in researching their family history, to see the progress they make through the course and to hear the …

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