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Contents of this page: 2013 Meetings
2012 Meetings
2011 Meetings
2010 Meetings
2009 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.

2013

The City of Boston Archives by Marta Crilly
Tracing Irish Domestic Servants by Marie Daly, and
The History and Archeology of Medieval Ireland and Scotland by Dr. Paula de Fougerolles
An introduction to the new Great Hunger Museum in Hamden, CT by Grace Brady

2012

Discovering Immigrant Voices through House History Research by Marian Pierre-Louis
The 1940 Census by Michael Brophy
From Bantry Bay to Derry Quay: Irish Geography for Genealogists by Marie Daly, and
Tales from Roscommon and Stories of the Famine by Kieran Furey
Castle Garden, The Barge Office, and Manhattan's Pier: Immigration Through the Port of New York by Nancy Levin
Irish Estate Records for Genealogists by R. Andrew Pierce
Foresters Records of the Bread and Roses Families by Susan Steele and Virginia Wright
Dead Money: Researching Heirs from Ireland to Boston by Marie Daly and Michael Brophy
Irish Genealogy 202: Six more ways to find your Irish ancestors by Thomas Toohey
The Rising at Roxbury Crossing by James Redfearn
Genealogy Apps for Mobile Devices by Dick Eastman

2011

The Irish in New York by John McEneny
Foresters' Records: Tribulations, Triumphs and Treasures! by Susan Steele and Joanne Riley
Irish Genealogy Seminar Eight lectures by Marie Daly, Janis Duffy, Judith Lucey, Eileen O'Duill, and Sean O'Duill
Writer's Conference Writing a Page-Turning (But True) Family History by Leslie Huber and Thinking Outside the Text - Effectively Combining Text and Images by Steve Chidester
Resources at Boston College by Kathleen Williams
The Eagle and the Harp: the Enterprising Byrne Brothers of County Monaghan by Dr. Ruth-Ann Harris and Dr. Sally Sommers Smith
The Famine Irish in Boston by Dr. Ruth-Ann Harris
USCIS- Genealogy Program: "A Files" and More by Walter Hickey
A Lucky Irish Lad by Kevin O'Hara
Researching Your Union Civil War Ancestors: A Roll Call of Resources by David Allen Lambert

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
Ballykilcline by Mary Lee Dunn
Kilroy was here: A Genealogy case of a WWII Cultural Phenomenon by Michael Brophy
Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
History Detectives' Research Methods by Elyse Luray

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

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