WHAT:
Ulster Irish Seminar
WHEN:
Saturday, 16 Mar 2013
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
WHERE:
SCGS Family Research Library
417 Irving Drive,
Burbank, CA 91504
818.843.7247 phone
818.843-7262 fax
HOW MUCH:
Registration:
$30 for SCGS members
$35 for nonmembers
Sandwich box lunches are available for $10.
NOTE: Limited number of seats available. Don't miss out - register today!
DESCRIPTION:
We are extremely fortunate to welcome Ulster Irish experts to SCGS for a
full-day seminar on Saturday, March 16.
Conducting the seminar are Fintan Mullan, Executive Director of the Ulster
Historical Foundation and Dr. Brian Trainer, retired Research Director with
the Ulster Historical Foundation. They will be presenting four sessions:
Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Research. The
programme starts with a broad overview of Scots-Irish and Irish research.
Benefiting beginners and seasoned genealogists alike, it is practical, wide
ranging, factual and informative. Using attractive visual aids, it will
explore issues such as land divisions, the major collections of records and
how to access them. This primer will set the programme up for the day with
the sessions coming afterwards looking at some these important sources in
greater detail.
The Ulster Plantation: Sources for 17th Century Families. This talk will
look at those sources which can throw light on Ulster families in the
seventeenth century. It identifies documents relating to the Ulster
Plantation (1610-41) which can be used to construct profiles of settler
families. It also considers sources from the second half of the seventeenth
century, such as hearth money rolls, the Civil Survey and poll books, which
are of use to genealogists working in this period.
Researching the Farming Community in 18th and 19th Century. The documents
generated by the management of landed estates are among the most valuable of
records for the local and family historian. Until the late nineteenth and
early twentieth century, Ulster was a province of landed estates. This talk
will identify those estates records of most use to genealogists, such as
leases, rentals and maps, as well as considering the significance of landed
estates in Ulster.
Sources Available for Research by County. This talk is an overview type
presentation which looks at the most important sources for studying family
history in Ulster. The first part of the presentation will look at sources
which broad-ranging and available for all or most counties. The rest of the
talk will go through county by county for Ulster sources for the study of
family history with a brief explanation of each. These sources include
census returns, church records, valuation records, wills and testamentary
papers, and tithe records.
Register for the Ulster Irish Seminar online:
http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=72
Download the flyer to register by mail.
http://scgsgenealogy.com/interest-groups/art/2013ulster-irish-seminar.pdf
This presentation is being made in cooperation with the SCGS Irish Interest
Group.
SCGS Family Research Library
417 Irving Drive,
Burbank, CA 91504
818.843.7247 phone
818.843-7262 fax