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IGSI podcasts
Check out our monthly podcast on the IGSI You Tube Channel. The program is called “This Month at the IGSI” and is hosted by genealogist and IGSI member Dave Miller. The podcasts provide the latest information regarding the Irish Genealogical Society International and what activities are planned for the upcoming month.
 You can visit and subscribe to IGSI's YouTube channel at any time by clicking the YouTube link here, or at the lower right side of our main page (below the upcoming events).
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In the February episode of the “This month at the IGSI” podcast (episode 8 of season 4) genealogist Dave Miller, in the second episode of 2026, talks about the February Irish Saturday for 2026 which will be on February 14th. The February webinar will feature Natalie Bodle.
Natalie’s topic is Using Irish Newspapers and Other Printed Material. This will be an online only presentation. The webinar will be on February 21st and begin at 10:30 am and will last until noon Central Time. The fee to watch this webinar is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. How do we know what Irish newspapers are available and how to access them? We’ll review the major repositories where they may be found, and a range of printed journals, gazetteers and street directories to find your Irish ancestors. . Again, this webinar will be held on February 21st. Registration is available at irishgenealogical.org.
Dave also tells us about the remains of St. Valentine which is located at a Shrine in Dublin. Many couples visit the Shrine in February for a blessing and those with illnesses also visit the Shrine for healing.
We also have a social gaggle scheduled for February 23rd at 6:30pm Central time. The gaggle lasts an hour and a half and is available on zoom. It is open to all and there is no registration.
Registration is available at irishgenealogical.org.
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In the January episode of the “This month at the IGSI” podcast (episode 7 of season 4) genealogist Dave Miller, in the first episode of 2026, talks about the January webinar that will be hosted by Mark Thompson. Our first Irish Saturday in 2026 will be on January 10th.
Mark Thompson's topic is "What's New & Notable in AI for Family History Research". This will be an online only presentation. The webinar will be held on January 17th and begin at a special time of 10:00 am and will last until noon Central Time. The fee to watch this webinar is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. What if you had a research assistant who could find and analyze and summarize dozens of complex source documents in minutes for you? Today's artificial intelligence (AI) tools make this possible. In this session you'll see real-world cases where the newest crop of AI tools can reliably support your genealogy research, without the debris we sometimes encountered just a year ago: hallucinations, mysterious citations, etc. Again, this webinar will be held on January 17 th. Registration is available at irishgenealogical.org.
These stories along with the entire episode and previous podcast episodes are available on the IGSI YouTube channel.
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In the December episode of the “This month at the IGSI” podcast (episode 5 of season 4) genealogist Dave Miller, in the fifth episode of season 4, talks about the December webinar that will be hosted by Daniel Horowitz. Our final Irish Saturday will be on December 13th.
Daniel will be talking about the MyHeritage,com Library Edition. This Library Edition is now available at the Hoffman Research Library. The webinar is called How can I best find source records on the MyHeritage.com Library Edition? This presentation will be held on December 6th. This will be an online only presentation. The webinar will begin at 10:30 am and will last until noon Central Time. This is a free event so no fee to watch this webinar however registration is required. MyHeritage is an online subscription resource for family history research with web and mobile platforms, available in dozens of languages. Users can browse/search/save billions of historical records, newspaper entries, and photos documenting their ancestors. In recent years many different tools have been added relating to record searching, photo enhancement, DNA analysis, and artificial intelligence. Again, the free webinar is our final one for the year 2025 and will be held on December 6 th. Registration is available at irishgenealogical.org.
These stories along with the entire episode and previous podcast episodes are available on the IGSI YouTube channel.
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In the November episode of the “This month at the IGSI” podcast (episode 4 of season 5) genealogist Dave Miller, in the fifth episode of season 4, talks Irish Saturday and the November webinar that he will be hosting. The webinar will be on November 15th and begin at 10:30 am and will last until noon Central Time.
Dave will be talking about the Public Records Records Office of Northern Ireland or (PRONI). The webinar is called Irish Research in the Public Records Office (PRONI): In Belfast or online, it's not just Ulster! Dave will be providing a little history of the archive and its present location. He will be discussing important topics before you even board the plane to Belfast and how to apply for the readers’ room card when you get there. He will also mention records that one can find at PRONI and what Gems are there that will guide you in your family research. PRONI has records that date back centuries and the staff does a wonderful job preserving those records. And the documents just don’t apply to Ulster. You might be surprised what records are available and how that might impact your family research.
Janelle Asselin spoke to the genealogy librarian at the Wisconsin Historical Society on the contents at both the library and archive that would be of value to the family historian. You don’t have to be from Wisconsin to search for the documents there. In addition to Wisconsin and U.S. records in their collection, they also have many Canadian records available to the public. Janelle discovered in her conversation what documents are available and how to find them.
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In the October episode of the “This month at the IGSI” podcast (episode 4 of season 4) genealogist Dave Miller, in the fourth episode of season 4, talks about the October webinar featuring Janelle Asselin. Her topic is called Irish Migrations to Canada – When & Why? How to research these Irish ancestors This presentation will be held on October 4th. This will be an online only webinar. The webinar will begin at 10:30 am and will last until noon Central Time.
Dave had an opportunity to talk to Janelle at the Milwaukee Irish Fest this summer about her webinar. Janelle said that she will talk about what records are available in Canada and where to find them. Many family researchers don’t realize that it was faster and less expensive to travel to a Canadian port and then migrate to the United States than to a U.S. port.
Una Nation will provide us with our Irish History Minute. This episode will discuss Catholic burials in Ireland in the 19th century. Many graveyards were overcrowded but after 1879 Catholic cemeteries expanded. Una also explains the history behind the gravestone markers.
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