Societies, Speakers, etc

Societies and Associations

TIARA The Irish Ancestral Research Association. https://tiara.ie/
GFLI Genealogy Federation of Long Island. https://gfli.net/
German Genealogy Group. https://www.germangenealogygroup.com/
Italian Genealogy Group   https://www.italiangen.org/
DNA Genealogy Group of Long Island   https://dggli.org/
New York Irish History Roundtable   http://www.irishnyhistory.org/
Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area   https://www.irish-society.org/
Irish Family History Centre    https://www.irishfamilyhistorycentre.com/
Ulster Historical Foundation    http://www.ancestryireland.com/
Irish Genealogy Research Society     http://www.irishancestors.ie/
Irish Family History Society     http://www.ifhs.ie

Some of Our Recent and Upcoming Speakers

Eileen Ó Dúill           http://www.heirsireland.com/
Sean Ó Dúill.            https://www.unlockthepastcruises.com/sean-o-duill/
Alec Ferretti            President, New York Genealogy and Technology Group
Pamela Guye Holland    https://www.genealogybypamholland.com/
Linda MacIver   Civil Records Director for Federal Records for the Massachusetts Genealogical Council
Melanie McComb   https://www.theshamrockgenealogist.com/
Kathleen McGee.   IFHF Education Committee
Toni McKeen            https://www.tonigenealogy.com
Donna Moughty.    https://www.irishfamilyroots.com/
Irene O’Brien           City Archivist at Glasgow City Archives
Patricia Phelan        IFHF VP Programs
Marie Scalisi            IFHF Recording Secretary
Tom Riley.               https://tomrileyauthor.com/

Local Resources

Patchogue-Medford Library
http://www.pmlib.org/genealogy

May 21, 2022

Patrick Young

The Effect of the Civil War on Irish Immigrants

Young will discuss the effect of the Civil War on Irish immigrants; their participation in the military; the effect of the massive loss of life on the Irish in the U.S. and on their families at home. He will talk about the politics of war from the decision to join the army, to the resistance to the draft, to the NY Draft Riots. Woven throughout are stories of nuns, revolutionaries, laborers and their wives, and others. Young, who is a Special Professor of Immigration Law at Hofstra University, writes the online series The Immigrants’ War and publishes the Reconstruction Era blog.

This will be a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Zoom)

Hybrid Meeting Format
In-Person at the Bethpage Public Library (Check back here for any last-minute changes due to Covid)
10:00 a.m. Meet and Greet
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Ask the Experts (One on One)
11:00 a.m. President and Guest Speaker
Zoom
11:00 a.m. President and Guest Speakers
*Members with email addresses on file will be invited about one week in advance.
If you don’t receive an invitation, please contact memberstream@ifhf.org.

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In-Person Meetings will be held at the Bethpage Public Library
47 Powell Ave., Bethpage, N.Y.
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Upcoming Presentations
June 18: Nicola Morris, Ireland’s 1901 and 1911 censuses