AS THEY WERE: CLARE ROOTS CHATTER PLUS... MARCH, 2018

Tuesday 6 March 2018

CLARE ROOTS CHATTER PLUS... MARCH, 2018

CLARE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

'The Workhouses of County Clare' - a talk by Steve Dolan

The workhouse system, as organised in Ireland, proved ill-equipped to deal with the demands put upon it. This lecture will focus on those demands for the eight workhouses in County Clare, the differing challenges faced, and the workhouses ultimate fall from use.

The lecture takes place on Tuesday 13th March, in the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis, at 8.00 pm. Lectures are free to members, €5 for non-members.

NOTE: The AGM takes place at 7.00 pm in advance of the lecture. Hope you can join us - new committee members are much needed and would be very welcome.

Enquiries to fogorman51@gmail.com Tel 087 2262259

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CORK GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

WANT TO FIND YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS?

CORK GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

presents

*BRIDGING THE PAST AND FUTURE*

Saturday 24th March 2018

Clayton Silverspring's Hotel Cork

a day-long conference which includes a light lunch will certainly shed a lot of light to guide you in your search for information on your Irish roots.

Trace your Irish ancestry using methods that will be explored at this absorbing conference.

How did we get here? This is just one of the many questions to be discussed at Bridging the Past & Future.

Hear from experts in the field who will fill you in on technological advances in DNA that may help you find your family.

There are so many resources available to you that you may not be aware of.

*John Grenham* MAGI "Where are we? And how did we get here? An overview of online research resources"

*Nicola Morris * MAGI, will talk to you about outrage reports, police files, intelligence reports, prisoner escapees, nominations for roles in the civil services... there are lists of suspected members of proscribed organisations, files relating to murder etc that are just waiting for you to go through to get you that valuable step closer in learning more about your ancestry.

*Margaret Jordan* MAGI Genetic Genealogist "Tracing Your Irish Roots and Finding Family using DNA"

*Jill Williams* The Schools Collection from the Irish Folklore Commission, a wonderful collection from the 1930s. It runs to over a quarter of a million pages and is a chronically underused resource.