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Handouts & Webinars for IFHF members

Recordings of some past meetings can be found in Member Resources under Webinars.
Check out all the informative handouts from past meetings posted under Handouts in the Member Resources section of our website.


Visit Melanie McComb’s presentation:  Across the Border: Irish Immigration from Canada to the U.S. 18th to 20th Century
Webinars

Visit Alec Ferreti’s presentation: Reclaim the Records
Webinars

Visit Tom Riley’s presentation on The Great Hunger in Ireland:      
Webinars



Check out these free webinars from Legacy Family Tree
https://familytreewebinars.com/#




13th Annual Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival
https://www.origintheatre.org/1st-irish-2021-set-up/
January 11 – 31




Keep up with Irish and Irish American news and events.

Irish Central
www.IrishCentral.com
Irish Echo
www.IrishEcho.com




Check out the magazine of the Irish Family History Centre
https://irishlivesremembered.ie/



Upcoming Online Genealogy Conferences

Roots Tech Connect
A Free Online Conference Experience
Feb 25 – Feb 27
https://www.rootstech.org/?lang=eng

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Check out Ireland Reaching Out

Playback of Past Webinars
This is your opportunity to view webinars you missed  https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/creating-connections-playbacks-now-online

Creating Connections Webinar Series
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news


Ireland XO Book Club 

https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-book-club-–-winter-edition


 Also check out these great articles:

What Is A Townland ?
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-what-townland
Researching Your Irish Ancestry
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/researching-your-irish-ancestry
Irish Naming Traditions
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-irish-naming-and-baptism-traditions
Irish Museums to Visit Virtually
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/ten-irish-museums-visit-virtually
How to Locate Parish of Origin 
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-how-locate-parish-origin
Pronouncing Irish Placenames
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-pronouncing-irish-place-names

The Primary Valuation of Ireland, better known as Griffith’s Valuation
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/griffith-valuation-tithe-applotment
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-griffiths-valuation-and-cancelled-books
Irish Monasteries 
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-guide-irish-monasteries
Irish Census and Substitutes
https://emailer.emfluence.com/viewaswebpage/7408A35A-5A3E-4F97-852D-D7A0160031B1
Irish Emigration Resource List
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/creating-connections-irish-emigration-resource-list
Irish Surnames 101
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-irish-surnames-101
Ireland Before the Famine
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-your-county-just-famine
Irish Famine Resources
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-irish-famine-resources-revealed
Where the Irish Settled in Australia
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/where-irish-settled-australia
The Peter Robinson Settlers
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irelandxo-insight-peter-robinson-settle

 


Which ancestor do you most resemble?

FamilySearch will help you decide on Compare-a-Face.
Get a free FamilySearch account if you don’t already have one.
https://www.familysearch.org/discovery/compare

 

Solve Family Mysteries with Censuses and City Directories
See Family Tree Magazine
http://enews.familytreemagazine.com/q/ce3UGHSqt8jIqAdEnZHmpKifg_DVLAwZjd1zyX-4Ja-EuPHQyfIwBsK7A

 

 

Irish music, news, events:


Irish Arts Center – What’s On

Online events
https://irishartscenter.org/whats-on
https://irishartscenter.org/videos
Classes
https://irishartscenter.org/classes


13th Annual Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival

https://www.origintheatre.org/1st-irish-2021-set-up/
January 11 – 31


The Irish Repertory Theatre is online 
Check out the IRISH REP ONLINE
www.irishrep.org
 

Radio Hofstra University WRHU 88.7 FM  ……………….
  • Long Ireland Show with Eileen Cronin
    Saturdays 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.  ………………………………
  • Emerald FM with Kathleen Shortis
    Saturdays 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.   ……………………………………

Fordham University Radio WFUV 90.7 FM
  • A Thousand Welcomes with Kathleen Biggins
    Sundays 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
  • Ceol na nGael with Patrick Breen, Ryan Slattery
    Sundays 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
 

More Irish defamation from Amazon and Walmart
Write to their CEOs And let them know what you think  

Irish Central
www.IrishCentral.com

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/great-irish-fair-online

AOH slams Amazon’s “Irish Livers Matter” products
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-livers-matter
Walmart criticized for “Irish Lives Matter“ shirts
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/walmart-irish-lives-matter


Irish Echo

www.IrishEcho.com

AOH criticizing Amazon for “Irish Livers Matter“ shirts.
Irish Echo also criticizing Walmart for “Irish Lives Matter” shirt.
https://www.irishecho.com/2020/06/irish-lives-matter-shirts-arouse-ire/

The Big Irish Echo Campfire

https://campfire.irishecho.com/
Replays: https://campfire.irishecho.com/replays/
Digital Supplement:   https://www.irishecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/supplement.pdf

February 20, 2021

Ask a Genealogist –  Speakers: Kathleen McGee, Marie Scalisi, and Patricia Phelan

In this Zoom program, Education Director Kathleen McGee and professional genealogists Marie Scalisi and Patricia Phelan will be available to answer your research questions. Whether you need to know what research step to take next or where to find an Irish record online or how to break down a brick wall, the panel will try to help you.

Please email your queries to programs@ifhf.org by February 15. Questions will also be accepted during the program.

 

This will be a ZOOM presentation.

 

This presentation (for Members Only) will begin at 11 a.m.
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
Stay Healthy!

Hope to see you soon.



The Plainview Family History Center
will be closed until further notice.

Also be aware that:
NARA-NYC is closed until further notice.
The NYPL has canceled all public programs
We suggest you check before going to any archive or record repository.


See calendar/directions

Meeting will be held at
Bethpage Public Library

47 Powell Ave., Bethpage, N.Y.

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