Check the Minnesota Genealogical Society website before your visit:   www.mngs.org.

 

This year there is a $15/day entry fee to the Irish Fair.  Volunteers who register to work 4 hours at the IGSI table at the Fair will be eligible for an entry pass for that day.  Sign up to volunteer early!

 

Email Volunteers@IrishGenealogical.org if you want to help!

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IGSI members are invited to join other members traveling with Celtic Journeys to Ireland.  We will tour ‘not so familiar Irish gems’ that are off the path of the tourist trail.  We will be traveling counterclockwise around the island, ending up in Dublin 10 days later.  Built into the itinerary are opportunities to spend time researching your Irish ancestors at various libraries and records offices in Belfast and Dublin.  See the Ireland Trip page for a brochure with details and registration form.

 

Registration for the trip is now open to non-members!  We have a few openings remaining.

 

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Check out a monthly podcast on the IGSI You Tube Channel. The program called “This Month at the IGSI” and hosted by genealogist and IGSI member  Dave Miller will provide the latest information regarding the Irish Genealogical Society International and what activities are planned for the upcoming month.

 

Dave says that the first couple of podcasts will start out briefly talking about events that are planned for the coming month. Eventually, we plan to interview some of the speakers for the upcoming webinars and talk to those who will be involved in events for that month.

This is another social media source that people can access to receive the latest news and information within the IGSI! You have always been able to obtain the latest news on IGSI through our website. Plus, you can locate us on the other social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. You can find the first (July 2022) podcast on the IGSI’s You Tube channel now.

 

New!  Our August 2022 podcast has just been added.

 

The Hoffman Research Library is normally open as listed below.  Prior to travel, check the Minnesota Genealogical Society website to confirm the library will be open - www.mngs.org.

Masks are recommended for everyone, but optional for the fully vaccinated.

Wed 10 – 4 PM
Thurs 10 – 8 PM
Sat 10 AM – 4 PM

It may be time to start planning a visit to the library for some genealogy research!  The second Saturday of each  month is Irish Saturday.

 

August 6

Genealogist Chris Paton will draw together many potential land and vital records resources to tell the story of an Irish family and their farm in County Kilkenny across the 19th and 20th centuries. Using an array of resources (vital records, newspapers, land records, census and military records) he will show how the genealogical narrative of the family was established from the 1820s to the mid-20th century. Along the way he will take the family's and property's story from its humblest of agricultural beginnings, to a dramatic episode of the Irish Civil War, and beyond.

The 2022 Celtic Connections Conference, Journey Home,
July 9 - September. 

 

From our friends at The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA).

Visit the Conference website at http://celtic-connections.org.