Monday 7 January: Practical Workshop - Get started: advice on searching for records at PRONI. Host and venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 11am to 1pm. Free, but booking essential. Still some seats available. Register.
Monday 7 January: Plantation of Ulster, with Mike McKeag. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Killyleagh branch. Venue: Killyleagh Masonic Hall, 50 High Street, Killyleagh, Co Down. 8pm. Free. All welcome.
Tueday 8 January: The Chief Secretary’s Office Registered Papers (CSORP), with Nicola Morris MAGI. Host: Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute, Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. 9pm. All welcome. €3.
Tuesday 8 January: Recording Your Family History, with branch members. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Lisburn branch. Bridge Community Centre, 50 Railway Street, Lisburn, BT 28 1XP. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Thursday 10 January: From Rubble and Ruin: Locating Famine Immigrant Families in Land & Tax Records, an ISBGFH webinar with Donna Moughty. Host: ISBGFH. Venue: Online. The webinar is free at time of airing (7pm–8pm EST) and open to all, but the recording will subsequently available only to members. Confirmation of registration does not guarantee space at the live webinar. To ensure a place, log on early. Register.
Thursday 10 January: The Exile's Tale, with Barry Lewis. Host: More Tales of Medieval Dublin lecture series. Venue: Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. Admission free. All welcome. 1:05 - 1:50pm.
Friday 11 January: Online family and local history resources, workshop. Host and venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 11am to 1pm. Each workshop will start with an orientation tour of PRONI, followed by an introduction to searching online resources, and will help improve IT skills. Free, but you need to book.
Saturday 12 January: Family History: a beginner’s guide to DNA, with Martin McDowell, North of Ireland Family History Society. Host and venue: Downpatrick Library, 79 Market St, Downpatrick BT30 6LZ. 1:30pm. Free, but booking is essential.
Monday 14 January: NLI Reading Room and Manuscript Room closed all day to facilitate the Library's continuing redevelopment of the premises. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. All other services/exhibitons/cafe, including Genealogy Advisory Service, will open at 11am due to a staff meeting but otherwise operate as normal. Details.
Monday 14 January: The History of the water supply in Derry, with Paul Strawbridge. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Foyle branch. Venue: Lecture Room of Derry City’s Central Library, 35 Foyle Street, LondonDerry, BT48 6AL. 7pm. All welcome.
Monday 14 January: Quirky PRONI stories, with Ann McVeigh. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Newtownabbey branch. Venue: Drama Theatre, Glengormley High School, 134 Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 5HP. 7pm. Free. All welcome.
Tuesday 15 January: Soloheadbeg Ambush; A centenary perspective, with Dr Des Marnane. Host and venue: Tipperary Studies, The Gallery, The Source Library, Cathedral Street, Thurles, Co Tipperary. 7:30pm. Free. Tea served. All welcome.
Wednesday 16 January: Using DNA to explore your family history, with Martin McDowell and Anne Johnston. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, North Armagh branch. Venue: Bleary Community Centre, 1 Deans Road, Bleary, Craigavon, Co Armagh, BT66 7AS. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.
Thursday 17 January: From Ballots to Bullets, Ireland 1918-1919, a guided tour of the exhibition. Host: National Library of Ireland. Venue: National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Free. 2pm. All welcome. Booking not required.
Thursday 17 January: Viking Dublin uncovered, with John Kirby. Host: Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society. Venue: Holy Rosary Centre, La Touche Road, Greystones, Co Wicklow. 8pm.
Saturday 19 January: Using John Grenham's Irish genealogy resources, with Barbara Scanlon. Host and venue: Lower Level, Meeting Room 2-3, W. Dale Clark Library, 215 S 15th St, Omaha, Nebraska, NE 68111, USA. 2pm–3pm. Free. All welcome. To register, email rhenry416@cox.net.