How to start family history research in Ireland

When I was at RootsTech at Salt Lake City in Feb/Mar 2024, I had the pleasure of meeting Aimee Cross, a professional genealogist from the United States. Aimee’s company is called Ancestry Consulting by Aimee and you can view her website here.

Aimee also has a very successful YouTube channel called Aimee Cross – Genealogy Hints where she has uploaded lots of informative videos. You can view her YouTube channel here.

Aimee had seen one of the talks that I had delivered for Legacy Family Tree Webinars and got in touch to arrange a meet-up and interview while we both at RootsTech. That interview resulted in two videos uploaded to Aimee’s YouTube channel and the first is shown below.

In this talk, Natalie gives tips on how to get started with your Irish ancestry research. Doing as much research as possible in the country that an ancestor emigrated to is so important and that can provide you with vital clues as to where your ancestor might have originated. She also includes useful tips that can help to identify other family members such as the Irish naming tradition.

Natalie Bodle, a native of Northern Ireland is the author of the Roots Blog and founder of Roots Revealed. She is a professionally qualified genealogist and is a member of APG and  of the Genealogical Speakers Guild. She is also a qualified tour guide and a member of TGNI. Roots Revealed provides genealogy research services to clients who are searching for their Irish, Northern Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors, in addition to bespoke genealogy tours and family history courses and talks. For more information about the full range of services provided by Roots Revealed, please visit www.rootsrevealed.co.uk or get in touch by emailing enquiries@rootsrevealed.co.uk Her first book Tracing your family history using Irish newspapers and other printed material was published by Pen and Sword in February 2024. You can purchase a copy of the book here.