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Past Meetings

Contents of this page: 2010 Meetings
2009 Meetings
2008 Meetings
2007 Meetings
2006 Meetings

Past meetings have included presentations by qualified speakers on many interesting topics. Click on the year below to view a synopsis of some of the talks.

2010

The Archdiocese of Boston Archives by Robert Johnson-Lally
Federal Publications in World War II by Connie Reik
A Virtual Way to Tipperary: Finding Our Irish Ancestors Online by Marie Daly, and
Newspapers, Street Directories & Occupational Records by Eileen O'Duill
Irish Immigration, From Cobh to Boston by Janis Duffy, and
American Passage: The History of Ellis Island by Vincent J. Cannato
Writer's Workshop: Between the Lines: Writing and Illustrating Your Family History by: Marcia Melnyk
and Telling the Family Story - From Blogs to Scrapbooks by: Maureen Taylor
The Last of the Donkey Pilgrims by Kevin O'Hara

2009

Mining The Boston Passenger Lists For Gold and Boston Police Archives by Janis Duffy and Margaret Sullivan
Research in Canadian Records, Part II by Michael J. Leclerc, Director of Special Projects, NEHGS
Irish Archives, Libraries and Genealogy Centres and The Health of Our Ancestors: Public Health from the Eighteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries by Dr. Robert O'Neill, Burns Librarian at Boston College, and Marie Daly, Director of Library Services, NEHGS
Researching Vital Records At The General Registers Office by Janis Duffy
Irish Fairies on the Edge by Kate Chadbourne
The Irish of Ward One, Boston: Clues and Misdirection from the Census by Melinde Lutz Sanborn
Collecting and Chronicling Worcester's Irish by John Canavan and Mary Ellen Radziewicz
The Wind That Shakes The Barley: Irish Songs of Rebellion and Insurgency by Brian O'Donovan
Researching in Canada, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick by David Lambert

2008

Resources For Genealogists At The Archives and Court Records by Janis Duffy and Diane Rapaport
Finding and Using Newspaper Sources by Sharon Sergeant
Assisted Immigration From Ireland and Online Resources for Irish Research by Marie Daly and Mary Ellen Grogan
Finding and Using Canadian Records for Family History Research by Michael J. Leclerc, Director of Special Projects, NEHGS
Using The Irish Heritage Centres for Your Family History Research, by Mary Ellen Grogan and Discovering Your Family History in Ireland!, a panel discussion by Mary Choppa, Janis Duffy, Beth McAleer, Eva Murphy, and Marie Ahearn
Dunkirk, Nantucket and Ballitore [Co. Kildare]: The Circulation of Quakers and their Ideas in the Age of Revolution, 1783-93 by Professor Kevin O'Neill
TIARA 25th Anniversary Conference: Speakers Morgan Lake Adams, David Barry, Marie Daly, David Mishkin, Brian O'Donovan, and Catherine B. Shannon
Death and Burial Customs in 19th Century Ireland by Sean O'Duill
Solving Problems in Irish Genealogy: Resources and Methods by Mary Ellen Grogan and George B. Handran
Irish Catholic Church Records - the background to their creation and survival, and how to use them by James G. Ryan

2007

Rescuing the Relatives by George B. Handran
What's In The Irish Repositories by Mary Ellen Grogan
Using Newspapers In Your Researchby Henry Scannell
Passenger Lists For the Port of Boston by Janis Duffy
Under the Golden Dome, Genealogical Resources in the State Library of Massachusetts by Eva Murphy and Betsy McGovern
Your Ancestral Home and Its Irish Gaelic Placename by Maire Concannon
Irish Women Emigrants: The Irish and American Context by Dr. Ruth-Ann Harris
Research in Ireland: Planning is the Key to Success by Eileen O'Duill

2006

The Development of Irish Nationalism in the 19th Century and the Place of Women within that Vision of the Irish Nation by Richard Finnegan
Beyond the census: some non-traditional (and usually overlooked) Federal records by Walter Hickey
Irish Loyalists (1775-1783) that served on the side of the British during the American Revolution by Paul Bunnell
Ireland and the British Empire by Kevin Kenny
Work and Our Famine Ancestors by Barbara Minnehan
Overcoming Brick Walls by Marcia Melnyk
Irish Census Records by Mary Ellen Grogan

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