Past Quarterly Programs

Most presentations are summarized in The Septs. Members can read them online. Non-members can read them in the IGSI library or purchase issues from the Bookstore – either as a download or as a print issue received by mail.

Topic	Speaker	Date
How to Manage and Frame Your Family History	Glenn O'Meara	2006, November 18
Brick Wall Q & A	IGSI Researchers Beth Mullinax (Librarian); Tom Rice, CG; and Kathy Lund and the inquiring attendees	2006, May 19
Effective Use of the Online Family History Library Catalog	David Rencher AG, FUGA, Director, Records and Information Division, Family and Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	2006, Aug 25
(1) Out of the Ashes: Irish Genealogical Collections after the 1922 Dublin Fire [that destroyed Custom House records]; and (2) Irish Emigration - Ireland Record Sources about Irish Emigrants	David Rencher, ibid.	2006, May 19
Three Irish-American playwrights inspired and shaped by their relationships with their fathers - GB Shaw, Eugene O'Neill, Hugh Leonard	Patrick O'Donnell, English Professor at Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN	2006, Feb 18
Methods of writing your family history	Members of the Minnesota Genealogical Society Writing Study Group	November 19, 2005
The Royal Irish Constabulary: Using RIC records to as a resource	Dr. William J. Lowe, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN, USA	August 26, 2005
How to Research Ancestry in All Parts of Ireland	Dr. Brian Trainor and Mr. Fintan Mullan, Research and Executive Directors, Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, Northern Ireland	May 21, 2005
Momma Said We Were Irish: How to Prove She Was Right [sources for Irish Genealogical Research]	Colleen McClain, genealogical researcher and IGSI Board member	February 19, 2005
The United Irishmen and the Revolution of 1798	Dr. Susannah Ottaway, Professor of History, Carlton College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA	November 19, 2004
Church Records and Heritage Centers, Censuses and Census Substitutes and Irish Local and Family History Publications	Steve Myers, M.L.S., Assistant Manager and Reference Librarian of the Allen County Public Library Historical Genealogy Department	August 27-28, 2004
The Works of Mrs. Asenath Nicholson, and Irish Women as Domestic Servants in America	Dr. Maureen Murphy, Professor of History, Hofsta University	May 22, 2004
An Irish Historian Looks at Genealogy, a wonderfully informative talk on Irish history from 1485-1714	Professor Patricia Howe, Ph.D., University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN USA	November 15, 2003
Major Irish Sources and What's New in Irish Genealogy on the Internet	John Grenham, Ireland's foremost genealogical expert	August 22-23, 2003
Ulster Presbyterians and the 'Two Traditions' in Ireland and America	Dr. Kerby Miller, Professor of History, the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA	June 7, 2003
The Great Hunger: Memory and Denial: the Impact of the Irish Famine of the 1840s	Dr. Christine Kinealy, Professor of Irish History, the University of Central Lancashire, England	May 16, 2003
Using Lesser Known Records to Find That Elusive Irish Ancestor	Dr. Christine Kinealy, Professor of Irish History, the University of Central Lancashire, England	May 17, 2003
Personal experiences using US and Irish genealogical sources to research Irish ancestors	A panel discussion with IGSI Board Members, Nancy Grell, Kathy Lund, and Tom Rice	February 15, 2003
Working along the Boundaries between History and Genealogy: Re-Discovering the Forgotten History of the Irish in Michigan's Copper Country	William H. Mulligan, Jr., Professor of History, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, USA	November 16, 2002
Ireland, Canada, and the United States: Let's Follow Their Trail	Patricia Keeney Geyh, author and co-director of the Irish Emigrant Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA	August 24, 2002
The Irish in Minnesota	Ann Regan, author and managing editor of the Minnesota Historical Society Press	May 18, 2002
"Enchanted Ireland", Irish mythology and folklore	Rosanne Halloran, scholar of Irish history and gifted vocalist	February 16, 2002
Getting There from Here: Using US Sources to Research Irish Ancestors (A panel discussion)	IGSI members: Tom Rice, Ida Troye, and Beth Mullinax	November 3, 2001
Graceville Colony--The Next Generation	Maxine Keoghan, scholar of Irish history, University of Galway City, Ireland and Jim Phillips, IGSI member	August 25, 2001
The St. Louis Irish: An Unmatched Celtic Community (Fr. Faherty's 27th book)	William Faherty, S.J. Professor Emeritus of History, St. Louis University, MO, USA	May 5, 2001
The Ulster Migration in the 17th and 18th Centuries	Francis M. Carroll, Professor of History, University of Manitoba, Canada	August 26, 2000

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Enjoy diverse speakers on Irish genealogy and history
3rd Saturday in February, May, and November, 4th Saturday in August
9 a.m. to 12 noon
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