There is a social history project currently being undertaken on the Volkswagen Beetle. A book is being written that will encompass not just the historical

FMP have introduced three new subscriptions.  There will be three types of subscriptions – Starter, Plus and Pro.  These will cater for the different stages

All talks are free to attend and places offered on a first-come-first-served basis Friday 19 October 12 noon Delving into Northern Ireland family and local

FREE EVENT but booking essential on eventbrite.ie. Search Local Studies & Local History Societies. 10.30am Registration. Tea and Coffee 11.00am Welcome to dlr LexIcon. Marian

FindMyPast is a British company with an Irish website which holds more Irish records than any other website.  Living DNA is also a British company

Blaine Bettinger has launched a website to aid interpretation of DNA results.  This will include webinars and courses and also educational material.  There is a

University College Cork (UCC) hosted the National Famine Commemoration on the 12 May 2018 attended by President Higgins and hosted by An Tánaiste and Minister

MyHeritage has launched a new pro bono initiative to help adoptees and their birth families reunite through genetic testing. MyHeritage are providing 15,000 MyHeritage DNA

The RCBL has issued new guidelines for copying and transcribing Church of Ireland parish records and headstone inscriptions.  Please refer to their guidelines here

Duty Librarian can be contacted at info@nli.ie and the Duty Archivist on mqueries@nli.ie , Tuesday–Friday, from 9.30-5pm. Opening Hours The Main and Manuscripts Reading Rooms

FindMyPast have put up indexes of townlands and parishes in Ireland from 1851 to 1911. In addition to townlands and parishes, details of baronies and

A series of digitally restored photographs of Ireland from the late 1800s to the 1950s has been released online by Ancestry as part of the

This Roadshow brings together Irish emigrants, their descendants and members of their communities to share family memories and stories of coming from Ireland to North

Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2 on Tuesday 13 March 2018, 13.00-14.00 The celebration will include three short talks: 1.10​ Welcome from Ardmhéara

FindMyPast have added new databases for Civil Registers Indexes for births and marriages which link to birth and marriage records on Irish Genealogy.  You will

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our Committee Member, Margaret Loftus.

The Society has started a closed group for members only.  Our old Facebook page will remain open for the time being but nothing will be

There is a campaign to name the future National Children’s Hospital after Dr Kathleen Lynn. For details see:  https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/children-s-hospital-to-be-named-after-dr-kathleen-lynn

A digital reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland building and its collections has been launched as part of the Centenary commemorations.  The building