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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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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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Registry of Deeds Talk by Roots Revealed

Legacy’s 24-hour genealogy Webinar Marathon

Legacy Family Tree’s 4th annual Genealogy Webinar Marathon is coming up on 13 – 14 April 2023. There are 25 great new topics being presented by a range of speakers and best of all, it is free! I will be delivering a talk entitled ‘Unearthing the Treasures in the Irish Registry of Deeds‘ on Friday …

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Really Useful Family History Show

Really Useful Family History Show

The Really Useful Family History Show will be held online on Friday 11 Nov and Sat 12 Nov 2022. There is a terrific range of speakers, expert sessions, an exhibition hall and 30 workshops to choose from. I will be delivering An Introduction to Irish Family History Workshop. Tickets are only £12 for full access …

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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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A Virtual Tour of the Major Archives Talk by Roots Revealed

Genealogy Talk – A Virtual Tour of the Major Archives

I’m looking forward to delivering a talk to the Ballymena Branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) on Thursday 29 October, entitled, ‘A Virtual Tour of the Major Archives.’ With closures and restrictions still in place our genealogy research can suffer. However, many of the major archives have a substantial amount of …

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