In the November episode of the “This month at the IGSI” podcast (episode 4 of season 5), genealogist Dave Miller talks about Irish Saturday and the webinar he will be hosting November 15 (from 10:30 am until noon CST).

Dave will be talking about the Public Records Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). The webinar is called "Irish Research in the Public Records Office (PRONI): In Belfast or online, it's not just Ulster!" Dave will provide a little history of the archive and its present location. He will be discussing important considerations before you even board the plane to Belfast as well as how to apply for the readers’ room card when you get there. He will also mention records that one can find at PRONI and what Gems are there that will guide you in your family research. PRONI has records that date back centuries, and the staff does a wonderful job preserving those records. And the documents just don’t apply to Ulster. You might be surprised what records are available and how that might impact your research.

Janelle Asselin spoke to the genealogy librarian at the Wisconsin Historical Society about the contents at both the library and archive that would be of value to the family historian. You don’t have to be from Wisconsin to search for the documents there. In addition to Wisconsin and U.S. records in their collection, they also have many Canadian records available to the public. Janelle discovered in her conversation what documents are available and how to find them.

November 2025 IGSI Podcast

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