By Donna Jones and Eileen Kelly
Learning about Irish history and about the records of our ancestors can help us learn about the context of their lives. The Irish Genealogical Society International is excited to roll out a new section in our website called “Learn.” Learn provides a roadmap for learning about our Irish heritage and family history.
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Start with the video; it provides an overview of this new section. Each of the four parts introduces methodology in a logical step-by-step approach so we can benefit wherever we are in our research.
Start Here gets us started and organized; the Introduction to Genealogy article introduces the methodology of genealogy.
New Home provides key sources for the country where our ancestors settled after leaving Ireland. We need to know this to research and identify the Irish place our ancestors originated.
Search in Ireland provides in-depth information and resources specific to Ireland or Scotland.
More Help provides specialized information to expand our knowledge, such as DNA, maps, newspapers, etc.
The design and implementation of the Learn section has been a collaboration spearheaded by Donna Jones, with contributions from the technical and education committees, Kathleen Foley, Mike Flynn, Mary Wickersham, Dave Miller, Jane Kennedy, Lois Mackin, and Eileen Kelly.
We invite you to check out the new section on the website and
learn more about the skills of family research! Click
here to connect to Learn.
connections– finding an elusive ancestor or family connection – discovering that special link to another family member … these are the dreams of every family genealogist. The surname database is a tool to help locate other IGSI members who are researching the same family name as you.
Going to Ireland? Need help getting focused and not dragged down into the genealogy rabbit hole? Maybe you would like to learn more about how DNA can help you break down some of those Irish stone walls. What new resources are out there for Irish research? Names driving you crazy? What was happening in Ireland when my ancestors lived there? My ancestors were farmers who didn’t even own their land. How can I find out anything about them? Speaking of land…how can I find out where my ancestors lived and what’s with all the places having the same name? Need inspiration for writing your family history? Finally, how did your ancestors get to where they went?
