Webinar Resources

This presentation will discuss what's behind your DNA results, what your ethnicity estimates might mean, how to determine your relationship to your matches, and what all of this can do to forward your family research. Takeaways from this webinar: How the major four DNA testing companies differ; reliability of ethnicity estimates; and, determining and communicating with cousin matches. There is a four-page handout plus two relationship charts.

In this presentation you will learn of the impact of famines on Ireland, the role of government and its agencies in relation to famine relief, 19th century emigration patterns, the settlement patterns of Irish emigrants and go through a case study of Irish famine emigrants and marriage in New York. (A reading list of relevant material will be provided).

Panelists:  Ann Eccles, Kathy Lund, Michael John Neill & Mary Wickersham

Do you have some Irish brick walls in your family tree research? This session discusses a series of "brickwall" breaking through strategies, focusing on those that apply to tracking immigrant origins and determining emigration patterns. Participants learn immigrant problem-solving strategies, cluster-group approaches, ways to determine the chain of emigration and organizational methods.

NOTE: This recording is no longer available.  This lecture looked at the major repositories in Ireland (both Dublin and Belfast) and the types of records they hold to assist you in planning your trip. It also discussed local resources outside of the major repositories.

Learn from Lois and discover what she did to find that elusive Irish place of origin that so many of us seek. Don’t know where your ancestors came from? This will  give you a concrete example of steps Lois took – steps you can use!

John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors" is often called the 'bible' for anyone researching their Irish roots. Mary and Tom lead us through this amazing resource.

What researchers must do for success in Irish records, turn every stone in their North American records to discover: the names of their Irish immigrants, the names of the immigrants' parents and their place of origin in Ireland.

FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world - and it's over 4+ billion records are available to you for free! Tom Rice will help you navigate among the FamilySearch website. For beginner or experienced researchers.  Find tips and techniques to help fill in the branches on your tree.

Free for all to view.  This fascinating story and Jane's experience finding the information is bound to help you with researching your Irish ancestors, no matter where in Ireland they hailed from.

Unlike many other records, parish registers provide evidence of direct links between one generation and the next (via baptismal registers) and one family and another (via marriage registers).

Learn about the differences between Irish and American records, the types of records, and where they are located.  It will compare and contrast the information and what to expect.

Free to members - link here  Irish Genealogical Society International (IGSI) and the Canadian Interest Group (CIG) of the Minnesota Genealogical Society partnered to offer an exciting learning opportunity