'This month at the IGSI' episode… we talk about the February 2023 webinar that will feature Pamela Guye Holland discussing Irish Chain Migration to North America. We thank our 2022 donors for supporting IGSI. We encourage you to join if you are not already a member. We show some of the features of the IGSI website, including how to volunteer to help IGSI. These stories and previous episodes can be found on the YouTube IGSI channel.

 

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January 21, 2023 - Irish Church Records: Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland presented by Fiona Fitzsimons
Saturday, January 21, 2023, 10:30 AM - Noon CST (UTC-6)
$15 for IGSI members (with Discount Code sent in member email); $25 for non-members  

 

Church records offer some of the earliest evidence we have for Irish family history. Using the records of the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, this talk explores what records were made, what survives, and where and how to access them. Irish church records are an indispensable source for social history and allow us to trace a rapidly changing Irish society.

 

Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4929142940075665420

Need the member discount code?  Log in and visit Member Discounts.

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February 18 - Irish Chain Migration to North America presented by Pamela Guye Holland
10:30 AM - Noon CST (UTC-6)
$15 for IGSI members (with Discount Code sent in member email); $25 for non-members  

 

Our Irish ancestors did not immigrate on a whim. They often followed in the footsteps of other family members or their neighbors and friends. Learn about the history of chain migration including well known routes from specific Irish locations to cities and regions in North America. Discover strategies for recognizing and exploring chain migration in your family. This program is presented by IGSI in partnership with the Yankee Genealogical Society (yankeegs.org).

 

Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8450499352733279246

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Other webinars in 2023: (registration will open 90 days prior)

https://irishgenealogical.org/eventListings.php?nm=34.

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 IGSI is offering Irish family history research assistance. Just click on Research Services, fill out the IGSI Research Form,  click on 'Research Payment' to pay the assessment fee and get started! 

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If you missed any of IGSI’s excellent educational webinars, there’s still time to view many of them!

   

Recordings of about two dozen IGSI webinars – with their class handouts - are available through our website.  Log in, then click the Webinar recordings link, below Past Webinars. 

 

Several webinar recordings are currently available to members free of charge. For-fee viewings can be purchased (by members only) for $15 using the webinar’s “Buy Now” button.

 

Check out the list soon, as some of our earliest webinars will be removed from the list at the contractual time limit (usually two years).

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