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2010 NewsFamily History Day: The Insider’s Guide to Family History Research. 27th March 2010, Dublin City Library & Archive.6th March 2010 The annual Family History Day takes place in March each year. The objective is to invite experts and experienced researchers in genealogy to speak on topics of interest to starting family research, and to generate discussion and the exchange of ideas with members of the audience. The full day seminar will include: Catriona Crowe, National Archives of Ireland, speaking on searching the census of 1901 and 1911 online: a family case study by Pól Ó Duibhir on the Medlars (“The Medlar’s Gotcha”: then story of a Dublin family), and a talk by Charles Callan on the members of the union of painters and decorators. In the afternoon there will have A Guided tour of family history sources on the internet, where a number of different speakers will give a workshop on searching the internet for family history information. Venue Conference Room, Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Date 27 March, 10.00am - 4.00pm Booking required T. 01 674 4873 Email: dublinpubliclibraries@dublincity.ie Dublin City Archives – Thirty Years Serving the Public6th March 2010 Dublin City Archives opened its first Reading Room to the public in City Hall on 20 March 1980 . The first researcher was Professor J. C. Holt, from the University of Cambridge , who came to read the oldest item in our collections, the Charter of Henry II dated 1171/2. To mark this anniversary, an on-line display of thirty documents from the civic collections will be hosted on www.dublincity.ie beginning on 20 March 2010.
New Armagh, Leitrim and Sligo Records added to the Irish Genealogical Online Record Search System6th March 2010 The Irish Family History Foundation has announced the addition of further records to its Online Research Service at www.rootsireland.ie The new data available includes:
Federation of Family History Societies announcementThe Federation of Family History Societies is pleased to announce that the Third Edition of the National Burial Index (NBI3) is now available. 5th March 2010
Marian French Publicity Officer I.F.H.S. is an Associate member of FFHS Federation of Family History Societies announcementIncreased fees for registration services at the General Register Office (England and Wales) and at Local Registration Services 2nd March 2010 We have received advanced notification of increased fees coming into force from 6 April for people ordering birth, marriage and death certificates from the GRO. The standard fee will rise from £7.00 to £9.25. This is an increase of just over 32%. The good news is that this new standard rate will also apply where the reference is not known or where the order is not placed online; representing a reduction in the fee. Full details can be seen in the press release at http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_live/hs.xsl/1569.htm The fee for all priority orders will become £23.40. This represents a small increase from £23.00 where the order is made online quoting the reference. Where no reference is known or where the order is not placed online there will be a reduction compared to the current fee. The fee for a certificate issued by a Superintendent Registrar will increase from £7.00 to £9.00. Details of other fees to be charged by the Local Registration Service are contained in the press release referred to above.
In the light of recent comments about additional administration fees being charged by some local offices, it is strange that the new fee of £9.00 is less than the new fee to be charged by the GRO. I have heard from one Registration Service manager explaining the need for charging more than the current fee of £7.00. He wrote “The arrangement of records at local offices is very different to those of GRO. For instance the GRO ref is of no use. Similarly marriage certificate requests involve searching in each church - there are no centralized indexes. Many requests (often rambling) are accompanied by the usual (must be son of …) which means after an extensive search, we are unable to issue the certificate, and return the fee, despite considerable time being wasted.” I suspect we have not heard the last about this.
Roger Lewry (FFHS Archives Liaison)
I.F.H.S. is an Associate member of FFHS Major Release of Personal Data from UK ‘War Time’ National Register16th February 2010 The UK's National Health Service Information Centre has announced the launch of a new fee-paying service giving access to data held on each deceased individual recorded on the UK's ‘war time' National Register. It represents a major release of personal data from the 'register' which was compiled in 1939 and COUNCIL OF IRISH GENEALOGICAL ORGANISATIONS has played a vital role in its release. You can read more about this story on www.cigo.ie
The Irish Family History Society is a member of CIGO. National Library of Ireland appoints new Director11th February 2010 The Chairman and Board of the National Library of Ireland today announced that Fiona Ross has been appointed to serve as Director of the National Library of Ireland. Ms Ross will take up her position on 8th March 2010 on the basis of three-year contract. For further details see http://www.nli.ie/en/list/latest-news.aspx
New Publication "Sligo Families" by John C. McTernan10th February 2010 John C. McTernan, the well known Sligo author of books on the history of Sligo and its people has recently published Sligo Families as a companion to Houses of Sligo by the same author. It chronicles the story of 60 individual families many of whose members achieved prominence both at home and in foreign lands. It is produced in a limited hardback edition of 410 pages and contains numerous portraits and pedigree charts. Copies are available from Messers Avena Publications, 26 Ard Na Veigh, Sligo at Euro 45, including postage. Other books by the same author include "Olde Sligoe - Aspects of town and county over 750 years", "Worthies of Sligo", At the foot of Knocknarae" and " Memory Harbour ".
Thanks to John Heueston for sending us this news item. Closure of Military Archives, 1st March to 31st May 201031st January 2010 Military Archives will be closed to the public during the above period to facilitate the vital tasks of stock-checking; rehousing of collections and archival processing. During the period, there will be no access by members of the public to Archives and researchers should plan accordingly. Queries can be sent by post to OIC Military Archives as usual. However, researchers are reminded that, as is the case in other archives, detailed research for individuals cannot be carried out by staff at Military Archives. See www.military.ie
Exhibition "Galway and the Wars of the Empire" launched19th January 2010 On November 26th last at Galway City Museum (Spanish Arch) the exhibition "Galway and the Wars of the Empire" opened. The exhibition is a retrospective on Galway ’s involvement in the imperial wars from 1796-1922. The exhibition was opened with an introductory talk given by Dr. Gerry Moran of N.U.I. History Department and followed by a brief talk from guest-curator Damien Quinn (who first suggested the project). After a few heartrending verses of sean-nos and ‘The Soldier’s Lament’ on uileann pipes from a few locals the assembled audience gathered upstairs on the second floor gallery to view the exhibition. At one end of the gallery hang mounted propaganda posters, the bright colours glorifying the romance and adventure of battle. A woman in one poster taunts her man and asks him: “For the glory of Ireland-will you go or must I?” Counterpointing this scenario we have at the other end of the gallery the stark reality of war depicted in Otto Dix’s black and white prints of corpses and trenches. Nearby a memorial displays a sample list of the fallen of WW1. (Some 49,400 men, both Nationalist and Unionist died). (Looking on from an enlarged sepia photograph is my grandfather J. Phillips and his young family with a brief summary of their life in India and Ireland written by their daughter Phyllis Ashe) On another wall are displayed various Victoria Crosses awarded to Galway men in the 1 st and 2 nd Boer Wars and during the Indian Mutiny (1854-6). A writing desk and memoir to Sr. Aloysius Doyle of the Sisters of Mercy who worked with Nurse Nightingale in the Crimean War (1854-6) is also on view. The Regiment of Lally of Tuam, Co. Galway features: In the 18th century France and England were in conflict over India. Lally (as did the Wild Geese) fought for France but he lost decisive battles to England and was subsequently executed by order of Louis XV. The names of the 14 men executed in Easter 1916 are listed alongside those men killed in 1916 fighting for the Empire. Two poignant letters written from sons to their mothers on the eve of their execution are exhibited close by: Pearse’s and Private John Daly’s letter from India (1920). In the centre of the gallery a few of the weapons of war are to be seen: a dress sword, a machine gun, rifles, and a Webly revolver. On the ground floor sits the sculpture of Padraic O’Conaire, the Galway man, born nearby on the docks. One of his short stories “Beirt Bhan Misniuil” about a mother and son is set around the time of the Easter Rising. The artefacts collected here are on loan from various national institutions: Trinity College ( Dublin ), the National Museum, Renmore Barracks, and King House, Boyle. The exhibition runs until November 2010. Thanks to Ivor Faulkner for sending us this news item.
2009 Journal issue Vol. 2417th January 2010 The 2008 Journal along with Membership list and Members' Interests were packed yesterday ready for posting tomorrow, Monday. Ireland members should therefore receive their Jounal mid-week. Unfortunatly we were a little late in issuing the journal which in turn was compounded by the recent adverse weather conditions. The Journal will be available shortly to buy online. Office Re-opening17th January 2010 The office was closed for our normal Christmas and New Year break. We had expected to re-open last Tuesday, 12th January, but were unable to do so due to the adverse weather conditions. The roads in Kildare were particularly badly affected. We are re-opening on Tuesday 19th, when we will deal with post received over the Christmas period along with the various online book orders and membership renewals and new membership applications. |
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