January 18, 2020

Susan Jaycox Murphy
Cemetery Research:  Eternity Is Not Forever 
Cemetery research can be rewarding for family historians, providing them with information that they cannot find anywhere else.  Discoveries can include missing children, unknown relatives, dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths, relationships, group associations, friends, and even photographs.  Susan Jaycox Murphy will discuss the law, the practices of cemeteries, what can be found in cemetery research, where we can find records, and what we can do to preserve our family memorials. 

Kathleen McGee
Irish Civil Registration of Marriages

February 15, 2020

Show and Tell
Members are invited to participate in this program.
If you would like to participate, please email Patricia Phelan at programs@ifhf.org

The meeting has been cancelled.
Stay Healthy! Hoping to see you in April.

Tom Riley The Great Hunger in Ireland (1845-1852)

Kathleen McGee: Civil Registration of Deaths in Ireland

10:00 AM:   Kathleen McGee

10:30 AM:       Refreshment Break
Meet and socialize with other members.
Ask the Experts   This is an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an experienced genealogist to ask a basic genealogy question.
11:00 AM:       Featured Speaker:  Tom Riley

Across the Border: Irish Immigration from Canada to the U.S. 18th to 20th Century –

Not all of our Irish ancestors came directly to the U.S. Instead, they settled in Canada for several years or even for many generations. In this webinar, Melanie McComb will explore the various waves of migration from Canada to the U.S. including the mass migration during the Famine and homesteading ancestors who settled the American Midwest.
McComb, a staff genealogist for American Ancestors, lectures internationally on genealogical topics. She has a blog called The Shamrock Genealogist.