Past Meetings & Events
Past Events 2023
September: Melanie McComb, Getting Started in Irish Genealogy
June: Lisa Alzo, Cause of Death: Dissecting Coroner’s Records for Genealogical Research
May: Kerri Tannenbaum, Breaking Down Irish Brick Walls
April: Nicola Morris, Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury
March: Sandra Doble, Researching Church of Ireland Records
February: Show and Tell
January: Lynn Palermo, Writing Family History: Shaping Genealogy into Shareable Stories
Past Events 2022
December: Jim Hawkins, A Traditional Irish Christmas (Zoom/In-person)
November: Cian McMahon, The Coffin Ships (Zoom/In-person)
October: Michelle Dowd Torosian, Using DNA in Genealogy Research (Zoom/In-person)
September: Toni McKeen, Tips and Tricks for Using Ancestry.com in Researching Your Family (Zoom/In-person)
June: Nicola Morris, Ireland’s 1901 and 1911 Censuses (Zoom/In-person)
May: Patrick Young, The Effect of the Civil War on Irish Immigrants (Zoom/In-person)
April: Fred Voss, Stories from Ellis Island: Those Who Were Held (Zoom/In-person)
March: Marie Scalisi and Alec Ferretti, Ask a Genealogist at Bethpage Library (Zoom/In-person)
February: Jessica Brown, Genealogy at Patchogue-Medford Library (Zoom/In-person)
January: Dorothy Dougherty, The 1950 U.S. Federal Census (Zoom)
Past Events 2021
December: Toni McKeen, Research Problems that Made My Eyes Cross (Zoom)
November: Geoffrey Cobb, Irish Women in New York (Zoom/In-person)
October: Melissa Johnson, Using Vital Records (Zoom)
September: John Grenham, Using the Irish Ancestors Website (Zoom)
June: Linda MacIver, Mining for Genealogical Gold in Federal Resources (webinar)
May: Pam Guye Holland, Researching in Irish Records (Zoom)
April: Irene O’Brien, Irish Ancestors in Scottish Records
March: Eileen Ó Dúill, CG, Fancy Tart Is Coming to Tea: Making Sense of Family Stories and
Sean Ó Dúill, Death and Burial Customs in 19th Century Ireland (Zoom)
February: Kathleen McGee, Marie Scalisi, and Patricia Phelan: Ask a Genealogist (Zoom)
January: Susan Miller: Researching New York land Records (Zoom)
Past Events 2020
December: Alec Feretti: Novel NYC Records (webinar)
November: Rhoda Miller: Organizit: Reducing Your Genealogy Clutter (Zoom)
October: Tom Riley: Andrew Horace Burke: A Man For All Seasons (ZOOM)
September: Donna Moughty: Irish Civil Registration and Church Records: It’s a New World! (ZOOM)
June: Toni McKeen, Becoming an American: Naturalization Record (ZOOM)
May: Melanie McComb: Across the Border: Irish Immigration from Canada to the U.S. 18th to 20th Century (ZOOM)
April: Tom Riley The Great Hunger in Ireland 1845-1852 ( webinar)
February: Show and Tell
January: Susan Jaycox Murphy: Cemetery Research: Eternity Is Not Forever
Kathleen McGee: Irish Civil Registration of Marriages
Past Events 2019
November : Webinar:Identifying and Dating Family Photographs, Maureen Taylor
Tips on Researching Irish Civil Registration, Kathleen McGee
October: Reclaim the Records, Alec Ferretti
Irish Census Records, Kathleen McGee
September: Finding Irish Place of Origin in U.S. Records Kathleen McGee
June: Holdings of the Brooklyn Historical Society, Cecily Dyer
May: Missing Boyles of Drumcrew, Michael Carragher
April: Behind the Institutional Walls of 19th-Century New York City, Joan Koster-Morales
March: City Directories: Finding Ancestors In Between the Federal Censuses, Terry Koch-Bostic
Feb: Show and Tell
January: FamilySearch Features, Foibles, Tips, and Tricks, Marie Scalisi
Past Events 2018
Untapped Resources: Your Ancestors’ Political affiliations, D. Joshua Taylor
Irish Storyteller, Jim Hawkins
Ellis Island Stories, Fred Voss
Evidence Analysis: Finding the Right Record, Rhoda Miller, CG
Internet Resources for Genealogists, Melissa Johnson
Records of the Archives of the New York Archdiocese, Kate Feighery
Ireland’s Encumbered Estate Records, Kathleen McGee
The Orphan Train, Tom Reilly
Past Events 2017
Conducting Genealogical Research at New York Public Library, Philip Sutton
Building a Bridge Back from Here: Finding Your Irish Ancestral Place of
Origin, Terry Koch-Bostic
“Irish Dockworkers” walking tour in Manhattan, Terry Cook
“The Irish Catskills: Dancing at the Crossroads”, Documentary Film
Searching the GGG Indexes, Don Eckerle
Critical and Creative Thinking for Genealogists, Ron Arons
The Surrogate’s Court and Its Records, Guy Fairstein
Using DNA to Solve a Family Tree Mystery, Shellee Morehead, CG
Irish Green-Wood Cemetery Tour
Journey of Hope: The Irish in New York, Tara Rider
Irish Genealogy 101: Getting Started, Kathleen McGee
Past Events 2016
Forgotten Heroes: Ireland’s World War I Soldiers, Tom Phelan
Tales of My Irish Mother, Eileen Cronin
DNA in Genealogy Research, Bennett Greenspan
Finding Your Irish and Irish-American Ancestors in Online Newspapers,
Janeen Bjork
One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools, Steve Morse
The genealogy-related holdings of the Diocesan Archives, Joseph Coen,
Brooklyn Diocesan archivist
Intermediate Genealogy, Toni McKeen
Descendant Tracing, Melissa A. Johnson
Past Events 2015
Researching at the Registry of Deeds in Dublin, Nora Galvin
Irish Famine Records at NARA, Dorothy Dougherty
History of Ireland in Song, Kevin Westley
Fulton NY Postcards Website, Laura Congleton
New York City and State Governmental Vital Records and Alternates, Jane
Wilcox
Beyond the Basics of Irish Research, Claire E. Keenan
Going Paperless: Digitizing Your Genealogical Research, Melissa Johnson
Don’t Forget the Ladies: A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law, Judy
Russell
Dowered or Bound Out: Records of Widows and Orphans, Judy Russell
Past Events 2014
Records of St. Malachy’s Home, Joseph Coen
The New NARA, Dorothy Dougherty
Stories of My Irish Grandmother, Eileen Cronin
Fact, Fiction, or Fish Tale, Kathleen McGee
What’s in a NameTrouble!, Ron Arons
Ancient Irish Genealogies, Jerry Kelly
Finding Your Ancestors in New York City, Joe Buggy
Advanced Irish Genealogy, Joe Buggy
Assisted Irish Emigration, Clare Curtain
Irish Dual Citizenship by Descent, Melissa Johnson
Past Events 2013
Irish Women on the Titanic, Maureen Murphy
Naturalization in the United States, Marie Lollo Scalisi
DNA and Family Research, Mike Carragher & Bill Kane•
The Irish in the U.S. Civil War, Barnet Schecter
Tips and Tricks Using Ancestry.com, Toni McKeen
Resources Available to the Family Historian and Genealogist, John Hammond