Family History

WWI Collection Day

by Bean an Phoist on March 20, 2013 · 0 comments

in Digital Collections,Events,Family History,Learning & Outreach

by Josh Hughes, NLI project intern and MPhil in Digital Humanities and Culture, TCD On Thursday, 21 March 2013, the National Library of Ireland will host its third collection day on behalf of the Europeana 1914-1918 project. In an effort to preserve and make available to the public the stories, artefacts and photographs that many [...]

Tagged as: Crucifix, Dan Mullan, Edward Sherlock, Europeana, Europeana 1914-1918, Europeana Roadshows, Family History, First World War, Great War, James Burke, Josh Hughes, Maj. E. Sherlock M.C., Major Edward Sherlock, Memorabilia, Private James Burke, Pte. James Burke, WWI

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Family History Research

by Bean an Phoist on January 25, 2013 · 2 comments

in Family History,Research

by Ciara Kerrigan, Research Services Thousands of people visit us here at the NLI each year to carry out research on their family history. Many of these visitors know little or nothing about where to start; some may have found their family on the 1901 and 1911 Census Online and want to go back further, [...]

Tagged as: Census Online, Ciara Kerrigan, City Directories, Family History, Family History Research, Genealogy, Genealogy Advisory Service, Heraldry, Landed Estates, Newspapers, Parish Registers

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My name is Jean, and I am a Family History Workshopaholic

by Bean an Phoist on November 9, 2012 · 1 comment

in Events,Family History,Guest Bloggers,Services

20 x 20 minute Family History Workshops in association with Eneclann at the National Library of Ireland, August 2012 by Jean Norton, Family Historian One of the surprise highlights of my summer came back in August. I looked through the National Library of Ireland newsletter and discovered they were hosting a series of 20 lunchtime [...]

Tagged as: Church of Ireland, Eneclann, Family History, Family History Workshops, FindMyPast.ie, Genealogy, Genealogy Advisory Service, Gianpiero Cavallieri, Irish Newspapers Archive, Jean Norton, National Archives, Parish Records, Parish Watch Books, Representative Church Body Library, Turtle Bunbury

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