Pam Guye Holland, Researching in Irish Records (webinar) 

Finding genealogy records in Ireland can be confusing. There is no “one-stop” site for all your research needs and different websites offer different records. Follow along as we research an Irish couple and learn all we can about them. Besides well-known records, like census, civil, church, and land, infrequently used resources like place names, local sources, and mapping tools will also be covered.

Ask the Experts
Members will have the opportunity to type a concise genealogy query into the Q&A box on Zoom.  After the lecture is finished, the Ask the Experts team will try to answer the queries

Linda MacIver, Mining for Genealogical Gold in Federal Resources (webinar)

Linda MacIver will discuss her discoveries regarding the wealth of federal records useful for genealogical research. She believes researchers haven’t done that “reasonably exhaustive search” unless they include more than the usual federal records.

Linda MacIver is an educator, lecturer, librarian, and genealogy researcher. During her many years working at the Boston Public Library, she inaugurated the BPL patron genealogy classes. She taught the beginners’ genealogy course for five years and organized two extremely popular seasons of the Local and Family History series. She is the Civil Records Director for Federal Records for the Massachusetts Genealogical Council and a member of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG) and the Essex (Mass.) Society of Genealogists (ESOG).

John Grenham, Using the “Irish Ancestors” Website  (webinar)

In this webinar from Dublin, John Grenham will discuss his Irish Ancestors website (www.johngrenham.com), an excellent jumping-off point for Irish genealogy research. He will guide us through its nooks and crannies and provide a repertoire of tips and tricks to get the best out of the site. A 33% discount off an annual subscription to Irish Ancestors will be available to all attendees.

    Grenham is the author of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, the standard reference guide for Irish genealogy, and Clans and Families of Ireland, among other works. He was project manager with the Irish Genealogical Project for several years and later went on to develop and market his own genealogical software. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Irish Genealogical Research Society in 2007 and a Fellowship of the Genealogical Society of Ireland in 2010.

Melissa Johnson, Using Vital Records

Melissa Johnson, CG, returns to the Forum with a lecture about how to use birth, marriage, death, and divorce records to build your family tree. Discover records that can substitute for vital records that are unavailable, as well as records that can be located based on information found in vital records. While geared toward beginners, this talk will also appeal to more experienced researchers.

     Johnson specializes in researching families from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and the British Isles, as well as in DNA testing for adoptees and unknown parentage, dual citizenship, and lineage society research.