Some events to keep the blood flowing...
Monday 7 October to Friday 11 October: 13th Annual British Institute. Host: The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History. Venue: Radisson Downtown, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (two blocks from the Family History Library). Four strands of lectures, including some Irish sessions. Details.
Tuesday 8 October: The Black Death, with Gillian Kenny. Milestones of Medieval Dublin lunchtime lectures series.Wood Quay Venue, Civic Offices, Dublin 8. 1:05pm to 1:45pm. Free. All welcome.
Tuesday 8 October: The Annie Moore Story, with Tim McCoy. Host: Cork Genealogical Society. Venue: LDS Family History Center, Eagle Valley, Wilton, Cork. 8pm.
Tuesday 8 October: Finding family. Beginner workshop looking at passenger arrival, census and naturalization records. National Archives at New York, Learning Center, 3rd floor of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at One Bowling Green, NY, New York, USA. 12noon–1pm. Free, but need to register by email or telephone 866-840-1752.
Tuesday 8 October: Century Ireland: the Decade of Centenaries in Real Time, with Professor Mike Cronin. Second in the Dublin Anniversaries series of City Hall lunchtime lectures. 13:10–13:50pm, plus 10 minutes Q&A. Free. No booking required. First come, first served.
Tuesday 8 October: Rental records as a genealogical source, with James Ryan. Host: Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Dún Laoghaire College of FE, Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. 8pm.
Wednesday 9 October: Altnachree: An Irish Castle, A Family, and A Man With A Passion, with Joy Ware. PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 2pm. Free but booking essential.
Wednesday 9 October: Online records on PRONI’s website, with Stephen Scarth. Venue: Heritage Gallery, Downpatrick Library, Market Street. Downpatrick, Co Down BT30 6LZ. 1pm. Free but booking essential. Tel 028 4461 1448.
Thursday 10 October: Dublin’s Titanic: The sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster, with Philip Lecane. Part of the National Monuments Service lecture series for The Gathering. Venue: National Maritime Museum, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. Free. 7:30pm.
Thursday 10 October: Exploring Family History Lecture Series - Teachers and Pupils, with Dr Janice Holmes and Dr Barry Sheehan. PRONI/Open University series. Venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. Free.
Thursday 10 October: Wolfe Tone: The Making of a Republican, with Professor Marianne Elliott, Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. Host: Institute of Irish Studies, QUB. Venue: Lecture Theatre, Elmwood Learning & Teaching Centre, Elmwood Avenue, QUB, Belfast BT7 1NN. 4pm
Friday 11 October: The British Army in Ireland, 1913. A weapon fit for purpose?, with Tony Kinsella. Host: Military History Society of Ireland. Venue: Lecture Theatre, Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8. 8pm. Open to all.
Friday 11 October: Advertising in 18th-century Limerick, with Dr Ursula Callaghan. Host: Rathkeale & District Historical Society. Venue: Rathkeale Community Arts Centre. Time: 8:30pm.
Saturday 12 October: Irish Family History Society's Open Day. Full day seminar. Venue: Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Time: 10:00am–5:00pm. Programme.
Saturday 12 October: Mayo Genealogy Group Workshop at the National Museum of Ireland, Country Life, Turlough, Castlebar, Co Mayo. A monthly drop-in event for family history advice and chat. No booking required. Free. Details.
Sunday 13 October: Irish Ancestry in the North East of England, workshop with Godfrey Duffy. 2.30-3.30pm. Part of the Tyneside Irish Festival. Tyneside Irish Centre. 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4SG. Telephone: 0191 261 0384 or see website.
Monday, 7 October 2013
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Carry on ancestor hunting!
During the summer there was a lot of hot air flying around about the imminent collapse of the genealogical world (er, in Ireland) because the Government was going to do something dastardly.
I couldn't see any foundation to these stories – basically alleging that access to genealogical records was going to be halted – so I didn't bother to report them.
Well, the Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations (CIGO) has just confirmed that there's nothing to worry about. Life and ancestral pursuit will go on.
I couldn't see any foundation to these stories – basically alleging that access to genealogical records was going to be halted – so I didn't bother to report them.
Well, the Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations (CIGO) has just confirmed that there's nothing to worry about. Life and ancestral pursuit will go on.
Friday, 4 October 2013
Fourth volume of Vanishing Ireland appears today
It is the fourth in the series and, like the earlier volumes, sets out to capture the memories and attitudes of older Irish people in photograhic images and words. This book, however, concentrates on friendship and community and explores the bonds between people – family, friends and neighbours – that have remained so integral a part of Irish life.
Written by historian and TV presenter Turtle Bunbury and lavishly illustrated by photographer James Fennell, Vanishing Ireland, Friendship and Community is published by Hachette Books Ireland and runs to 292 pages. It is available, together with all Turtle's books at Amazon.
ISDN: 978-1444733068
Institute of Irish Studies, QUB: Autumn lecture series
All the lectures are free and there's no booking required. Details.
Thursday 10 October: Wolfe Tone: The Making of a Republican, with Professor Marianne Elliott, Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. Venue: Lecture Theatre, Elmwod Learning & Teaching Centre, Elmwood Avenue. Belfast BT7 1NN. 4pm
Monday 14 October: Roscommon to New Jersey: Chain Migration and the Irish Diaspora, with Thomas Callahan, History Department, Rider University, USA. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.
Monday 21 October: Representations of Edwardian Working Class Belfast, with Michael Pierse, Research Fellow, Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, QUB. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.
Monday 28 October: The Ulster Covenant and the Proclamation of an Irish Republic, with Emeritus Professor Liam Kennedy, QUB. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.
Monday 4 November: Sport, Commemoration and the Decade of Centenaries, with Donal McAnallen from the Gaelic Athletic Association. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.
Monday 11 November: Charles Johnston and Ireland, with Daniel Roberts, School of English and Fellow in the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, QUB. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.
Monday 25 November: Why can’t you all just get along? Unpacking politics and emotion in conflict transformation?, with Adrian Lyttle and Juliet Rogers, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.
Download a map of QUB campus.
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Another batch of downloadable titles from Eneclann
The latest batch of downloadable books from Eneclann includes some very useful titles at rather attractive prices.
Among them is the four-volume 2,242-page History of the People called Quakers, from their first rise to the present time, which was published 1789-90. This extraordinary source was put together by John Gough, himself a Quaker, who died shortly after completing the final volume. His work is an important and seminal work on the Society of Friends, their early beginnings, their spread throughout much of the known world and the persecutions they suffered. Long available on cd, this work can now be downloaded as an ebook (103Mb) for €15.90 (plus VAT to European Union residents).
Some more to whet your appetite:
Royal Irish Constabulary List and Directory for the half-year commencing 1st July 1889.
Containing 242 printed pages this is the complete list of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Coast Guard Service and Dublin Metropolitan Police for the first half of the year 1889, containing a plethora of information on the RIC and associated services. Price €2.15 (€2.64 inc VAT at 23% to residents of the European Union)
Tipperary's Annual, 1910
Contains 185-printed pages packed with stories, photographs, anecdotes, local history and local advertisements. Price €2.15 (€2.64 inc VAT at 23% to residents of the European Union).
The Neighbourhood of Dublin, Its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Associations, 1939 Written by the ex-civil servant, journalist, historian and antiquary Weston St. John Joyce, The Neighbourhood of Dublin contains over 500 printed pages and is accompanied by more 120 photographs and sketches taken by the author between 1909 and 1912. Price: €9.90 (€12.18 inc VAT at 23% for residents of the European Union).
Estate Commissioners Offices, Applications from Evicted Tenants, 1907 This publication records lists of persons who lodged applications with the Estates Commissioners as Evicted Tenants, or as the representatives of Evicted Tenants, and who had been noted as suitable for holdings. From a purely historical standpoint this publication reports the last occasions of evicted tenants from landed estates in Ireland prior to Ireland's independence, compulsory purchase of landed estates and the exodus from Ireland of former landlords. From a genealogical standpoint this collection offers a list of thousands of tenants and their dependants in some of the most deprived parts of Ireland. Price: €6.26 (€7.70 inc VAT at 23% to residents of the European Union.)
You can see the full range of titles in this latest batch of downloadable titles here.
Among them is the four-volume 2,242-page History of the People called Quakers, from their first rise to the present time, which was published 1789-90. This extraordinary source was put together by John Gough, himself a Quaker, who died shortly after completing the final volume. His work is an important and seminal work on the Society of Friends, their early beginnings, their spread throughout much of the known world and the persecutions they suffered. Long available on cd, this work can now be downloaded as an ebook (103Mb) for €15.90 (plus VAT to European Union residents).
Some more to whet your appetite:
Royal Irish Constabulary List and Directory for the half-year commencing 1st July 1889.
Containing 242 printed pages this is the complete list of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Coast Guard Service and Dublin Metropolitan Police for the first half of the year 1889, containing a plethora of information on the RIC and associated services. Price €2.15 (€2.64 inc VAT at 23% to residents of the European Union)
Tipperary's Annual, 1910
Contains 185-printed pages packed with stories, photographs, anecdotes, local history and local advertisements. Price €2.15 (€2.64 inc VAT at 23% to residents of the European Union).
The Neighbourhood of Dublin, Its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Associations, 1939 Written by the ex-civil servant, journalist, historian and antiquary Weston St. John Joyce, The Neighbourhood of Dublin contains over 500 printed pages and is accompanied by more 120 photographs and sketches taken by the author between 1909 and 1912. Price: €9.90 (€12.18 inc VAT at 23% for residents of the European Union).
Estate Commissioners Offices, Applications from Evicted Tenants, 1907 This publication records lists of persons who lodged applications with the Estates Commissioners as Evicted Tenants, or as the representatives of Evicted Tenants, and who had been noted as suitable for holdings. From a purely historical standpoint this publication reports the last occasions of evicted tenants from landed estates in Ireland prior to Ireland's independence, compulsory purchase of landed estates and the exodus from Ireland of former landlords. From a genealogical standpoint this collection offers a list of thousands of tenants and their dependants in some of the most deprived parts of Ireland. Price: €6.26 (€7.70 inc VAT at 23% to residents of the European Union.)
You can see the full range of titles in this latest batch of downloadable titles here.
RootsIreland adds more Monaghan records
Following on from last month's upload to its Monaghan Genealogy database (see blogpost), RootsIreland has added transcriptions of the following records of baptism, marriage and burials in that county :
Baptisms
Clones Wesleyan Methodist Church 1839-1910
Clontibret COI Baptisms 1850, 1854-1865 & 1876-1915
Cootehill Circuit (Co. Monaghan) Methodist baptisms 1847-1919
Drumkeen Presbyterian Church (Aghabog civil parish) 1856-1913
Tehallan RC baptisms 1835-1881
Marriages
Ballyalbany (2nd Monaghan) Presbyterian marriages 1807-1830
Ballyalbany (2nd Monaghan) Presbyterian marriages 1845-1911
Broomfield Presbyterian Church Donaghmoyne marriages 1845-1919
Clones (Wesleyan) Methodist marriages 1872-1920
Clones RC marriages 1821-1866
Clones RC marriages 1866-1881
Clontibret St Colman's COI marriages 1845-1913
District Registrar's Office Monaghan marriages 1845-1919
Drumkeen Presbyterian marriages 1845-1913
Drum First Presbyterian Church PR marriages 1845-1876
Glennan Presbyterian marriages 1805-1814
Glennan Presbyterian marriages 1845-1905
Killanny RC marriages 1862-1882
Kilmore CI marriages 1845-1913
Magheross RC marriages 1858-1881
Monaghan Wesleyan Methodist Marriages 1868-1921
Newbliss Presbyterian Marriages 1845-1913
Raferagh (Donaghmoyne, Aughnamullen, Magheross) RC marriages 1864-1891
Rockcorry [Presbyterian] Meeting House marriages 1861-1918
Scotstown (Tedavnet) Presbyterian Church marriages 1845-1926
Stonebridge Presbyterian marriages 1845-1914
Tehallan or Tyholland RC marriages 1827-1872, 1877-1882
Tullycorbet COI marriages 1846-1910
Deaths
Tydavnet RC deaths 1825-1826
Don't forget to take advantage of the current 40% discount on offer at RootsIreland. It expires on 14 October. More about this here.
Baptisms
Clones Wesleyan Methodist Church 1839-1910
Clontibret COI Baptisms 1850, 1854-1865 & 1876-1915
Cootehill Circuit (Co. Monaghan) Methodist baptisms 1847-1919
Drumkeen Presbyterian Church (Aghabog civil parish) 1856-1913
Tehallan RC baptisms 1835-1881
Marriages
Ballyalbany (2nd Monaghan) Presbyterian marriages 1807-1830
Ballyalbany (2nd Monaghan) Presbyterian marriages 1845-1911
Broomfield Presbyterian Church Donaghmoyne marriages 1845-1919
Clones (Wesleyan) Methodist marriages 1872-1920
Clones RC marriages 1821-1866
Clones RC marriages 1866-1881
Clontibret St Colman's COI marriages 1845-1913
District Registrar's Office Monaghan marriages 1845-1919
Drumkeen Presbyterian marriages 1845-1913
Drum First Presbyterian Church PR marriages 1845-1876
Glennan Presbyterian marriages 1805-1814
Glennan Presbyterian marriages 1845-1905
Killanny RC marriages 1862-1882
Kilmore CI marriages 1845-1913
Magheross RC marriages 1858-1881
Monaghan Wesleyan Methodist Marriages 1868-1921
Newbliss Presbyterian Marriages 1845-1913
Raferagh (Donaghmoyne, Aughnamullen, Magheross) RC marriages 1864-1891
Rockcorry [Presbyterian] Meeting House marriages 1861-1918
Scotstown (Tedavnet) Presbyterian Church marriages 1845-1926
Stonebridge Presbyterian marriages 1845-1914
Tehallan or Tyholland RC marriages 1827-1872, 1877-1882
Tullycorbet COI marriages 1846-1910
Deaths
Tydavnet RC deaths 1825-1826
Don't forget to take advantage of the current 40% discount on offer at RootsIreland. It expires on 14 October. More about this here.
New resource: Irish Motor Directory: unexpected & fun
Do you know how many cars there were in Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, in 1911? Even better, do you know the names and addresses of the owners? Or the owners of bicycles in Wicklow Town, Roscrea, Newry or Cork City, or of tricycles and dog carts in Bandon, Galway or anywhere else you care to mention?
Well, if you didn't know, you can now easily find out, thanks to a new resource that's been published by Andrew McElroy on the excellent Lurgan Ancestry site. It's the Irish Motor Directory 1911-1912, and it lists the names and addresses of the registered owners of all vehicles from lorries to motor-ploughs and to cars and charabancs), county by county, plus the six county boroughs of Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Londonderry and Waterford, in that year.
Quite apart from the obvious fun of learning more about the environmental and social conditions our ancestors lived through, there is also the possibility that this decidedly off-beat resource could reveal 'missing' addresses or relatives.
Bear in mind that the county of registration is not always the county of residence. For example, Henry Bruen registered a car in County Carlow but his place of residence was Coolbawn in Co Wexford, while Robert J Young may have riden a long way from his home in Main Street, Pettigo, Co Donegal to register his bicycle in County Wicklow.
This directory, edited by Henry G. Tempest, is a really great find!
(Many thanks to John Mulvenna.)
Well, if you didn't know, you can now easily find out, thanks to a new resource that's been published by Andrew McElroy on the excellent Lurgan Ancestry site. It's the Irish Motor Directory 1911-1912, and it lists the names and addresses of the registered owners of all vehicles from lorries to motor-ploughs and to cars and charabancs), county by county, plus the six county boroughs of Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Londonderry and Waterford, in that year.
Quite apart from the obvious fun of learning more about the environmental and social conditions our ancestors lived through, there is also the possibility that this decidedly off-beat resource could reveal 'missing' addresses or relatives.
Bear in mind that the county of registration is not always the county of residence. For example, Henry Bruen registered a car in County Carlow but his place of residence was Coolbawn in Co Wexford, while Robert J Young may have riden a long way from his home in Main Street, Pettigo, Co Donegal to register his bicycle in County Wicklow.
This directory, edited by Henry G. Tempest, is a really great find!
(Many thanks to John Mulvenna.)
Plantation Towns: urban history of Ulster in the 1600s
A six-week course – Plantation Towns: the urban history of Ulster in the 1600s – is to be held at Stranmillis University College, Belfast, from 18 October.
The Plantation of Ulster in the early 1600s was the first colonising scheme in Ireland with formal urban proposals. In the minds of those who devised the Plantation scheme, towns would be both centres of trade and commerce and beacons of civilisation.
Drawing on historical, cartographic and archaeological evidence, this illustrated course looks at the development of Ulster’s towns in the 1600s, exploring their origins and pre-Plantation history, and their functions, whether social, economic or political.
The lives of the inhabitants of these towns will be investigated and the lasting legacy of these settlements will be considered.
The course is run by the Lifelong Learning Department and the tutor will be Dr William Roulston. It will be held on Fridays 11am – 1pm, ending on 29 November (no class 1 November). The cost is £45 (£35 concessions).
For more details, tel: +44 (0)28 9038 4345.
The Plantation of Ulster in the early 1600s was the first colonising scheme in Ireland with formal urban proposals. In the minds of those who devised the Plantation scheme, towns would be both centres of trade and commerce and beacons of civilisation.
Drawing on historical, cartographic and archaeological evidence, this illustrated course looks at the development of Ulster’s towns in the 1600s, exploring their origins and pre-Plantation history, and their functions, whether social, economic or political.
The lives of the inhabitants of these towns will be investigated and the lasting legacy of these settlements will be considered.
The course is run by the Lifelong Learning Department and the tutor will be Dr William Roulston. It will be held on Fridays 11am – 1pm, ending on 29 November (no class 1 November). The cost is £45 (£35 concessions).
For more details, tel: +44 (0)28 9038 4345.
National Archives of Ireland: latest catalogue entries
Recent uploads to the online catalogue of the National Archives of Ireland include the following:
- Department of Education: applications for aid to the Commissioners of National Education, Counties Carlow, Cavan, Dublin (part of), Galway, 1831-1890: (ED/1/1-3, ED/1/30-34)
- Chief Secretary's Office: Irish Crime Records 1848-1893 (CSO/ICR)
- Inland Revenue Board: death duty registers and indexes, 1828-1879 (IRB/T/1855)
- Prerogative Court of Armagh: records, 1536-1858 (PRCT)
- Captain George Duggan, Royal Irish Fusiliers and Lieutenant John Duggan, Royal Irish Regiment: portrait photographs 1914 (PRIV996)
- Fishing vessel 'Emperor', Dublin: crew agreement and log book 1913 (PRIV1224)
- General Prison Board Suffragette Papers (GPB/SFRG/1), detailing the treatment of suffragettes who were imprisoned by the authorities, mainly during the period 1911-1914. Full listing.
- Probate Office, 1987 testamentary transfer (2008/1)
- Probate Office, 1988 testamentary transfer (2009/1)
- Limerick District Probate Office, 1989 testamentary transfer (2010/10)
- Wexford Circuit Court, 1989 transfer (2011/34)
- Embassy of Ireland to Argentina, 2012 transfer: files relating mainly to 1982 (2012/40)
- Department of Transport, Civil Aviation Division, 2004 transfer: Aer Lingus files 1969-1975 (2004/108)
- Department of Transport, Civil Aviation Division, 2008 transfer: aviation regulation and air navigation files, 1956-1991 (2008/66)
- Department of Industry and Commerce: Irish tobacco industry, 1922-1956 (INDC/IND/25)
- Department of Industry and Commerce: tariffs and protection of manufacturing, 1925-1973 (INDC/IND/26)
6,000 Ulster Doctors distilled into two volumes
The north of Ireland has always produced a large number of doctors, not only for Ireland generally, but for the armed forces and for the wider world, and this directory lists nearly six thousand names. Each name comes with biographical notes, including details of parentage and dates of birth, marriage and death, and medical education and career.
The information is derived from a wide variety of sources, both published and unpublished, and is set in the context of the development of the medical profession over several centuries.
Published by the Ulster Historical Foundation, the hardback costs £50 and is available from BooksIreland.
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