AGI in association with the NLI will present a series of genealogy lectures and afternoon workshops for Aontas Adult Learners’ festival. The talks and workshops will take place on Monday 5 March and on Friday 9 March next. Each day, three short introductory genealogy lectures will be followed by small group workshops to help attendees get started or progress their family history research. Places in the workshops are limited and will be granted on a first come first served basis. More information on the events: March 5 March 9
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OBSERVATION COLUMN IN RC BAPTISM REGISTERS. Joan Sharkey MAGI Notes in the observation columns in these registers can add greatly to a family’s history. One such note caused quite a stir in the Gibney family. I was checking the baptisms of the 15 children of Robert Gibney and his wife Catherine Flynn. The majority of the children were baptised in St. Mary’s RC, Haddington Road, Dublin and the registers in the National Library of Ireland extend up to March 1907 and now available freely online. A daughter Catherine was born on 30 April 1893 and baptised on 1 May 1893. … Read More