Dual Citizenship Presentation
THIS PRESENTATION CAN BE VIEWED IN THE WEBINARS SECTION OF “MEMBERS RESOURCES“
Dual Citizenship: Genealogy’s Gift from Ireland
Wednesday, January 25 at 07:00pm EST
Online
Program
Presented By Melissa A. Johnson, CG
Sponsored by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and Irish Family History Forum
Learn more about Irish dual citizenship, including its benefits, the laws governing citizenship, records needed to apply, and other information necessary for compiling a successful dual citizenship application.
About the presenter:
Melissa Johnson, CG, is a professional genealogist, writer and editor. Her work focuses on families from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and England.
Melissa is President of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and Vice President of the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History.
She is currently the Program Director for Boston University’s genealogy studies programs, and teaches at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research, and the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh.
This presentation is brought to you with support from the Government of Ireland’s Emigrant Support Programme.
RootsTech 2023
Ireland Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022
Ireland’s new Information and Tracing services, established under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022, provide access to birth certificates, birth and early life information for all persons who were adopted, boarded out, the subject of illegal birth registration, or who otherwise have questions in relation to their origins.
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/ireland-tracing-adoption-birth
December 2022 – Presenting Award to Past-President, Jeanne Bayer
December 2022 – Presenting Award to Past-President, Jeanne Bayer
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Irish Women of Action
The New York Irish History Roundtable presents:
Irish Women of Action
For years Irish New Yorkers supported struggles in Ireland for reform and independence. New research into the activities of Irish women in New York has revealed dramatic information about their activities on behalf of change in Ireland…and within the United States. This Roundtable program focuses on four of these Irish Women of Action – Dr. Gertrude Kelly, Marguerite Moore, Mary Jane Irwin, and Alice Comiskey.
This unique program brings together experts on the topic: Miriam Nyhan, William Rossa Cole, Elizabeth Lee Hodges, and Maureen Murphy.
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2019
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: McCloskey Meeting Room
Parish House of Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral
263 Mulberry Street
New York, NY
Website: http://www.irishnyhistory.org/
Email: roundtable@irishnyhistory.org
