A Traditional Irish Christmas 
Jim Hawkins (10:00 a.m.)

“A Traditional Irish Christmas” consists of stories, poems, songs, hymns, and a discussion of
the customs of each part of the Christmas season: Advent, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St.
Stephen’s Day, and Little Christmas. The audience will be encouraged to discuss their favorite
Christmas memories.

January 21

Writing Family History: Shaping Genealogy into Shareable Stories
Lynn Palermo

Palermo shares several key steps to help you start turning your research into entertaining and
shareable stories. You will leave this presentation armed with the first steps to starting a family
history narrative and motivated to turn your boxes of documents into an expressive and lasting
legacy for future generations.

Show and Tell

After a pandemic-induced hiatus of three years, our genealogy show-and-tell will return on
February 18. Do you have an interesting research story? Did you make any genealogical
discoveries during the lockdown that you’d like to share with our members? Do you have a
favorite ancestor? A famous or infamous one? We’d love to hear about them. Would you like to
show us a family heirloom, artifact, letter, photo, or other object and speak about it briefly?
Both in-person and Zoom attendees are welcome to participate in our show-and-tell
program.

To take part, please talk to Program Director Patricia Phelan or contact her at
programs@ifhf.org by January 1.