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Exploring your ancestors in Ireland? This session will help you get started or to renew the efforts — no experience required. You'll learn about key records to trace Irish families: civil (birth, marriage, death), church, and land records… both online and in the archives.
Jillian van Turnhout, MAGI, will present from Dublin on Zoom. She will outline strategies for different periods of Irish history, and discuss tips for common research obstacles — lost records, names spelled in different ways, and sources that appear to conflict. How do you tell a good source from a shaky one? Where do you turn when you hit a dead end?
Whether you're brand new to this research or ready to take a fresh look at a stubborn mystery, you'll leave with real tools to make progress. Gather you ancestral tree and bring your questions!
Jillian is a former member of Ireland's Parliament with 18+ years working as a professional genealogist researching Ireland, the UK, all the way to Wisconsin. Based in Dublin, she is a Member of Accredited Genealogists Ireland (MAGI) and founder and managing director of Genealogy.ie.
Presentation is free, thanks to a generous donor. Please register by clicking Events tab at left, to view online -or- to join our live audience at the Minnesota Genealogy Center. The Hoffman Research Library is open from 10 am - 4 pm for research.
Join from home or in our live audience. Doors open at 9:30 for Irish tea, coffee, & treats in the Mississippi Room. You can stay to watch the webinar there or visit the Library. This event is free and open to all.
After the presentation we'll gather again to visit with other researchers, savor more Irish treats, shop reference books, and more Please register, then join us (online or in Mendota Heights) and bring interested friends!
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