Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) has been invited by the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) to provide speakers for its Evening Lecture Series in 2019. AGI, which runs the in-house Genealogy Service on behalf of the NAI, has been involved in the series since it began a few years ago. The lectures are given about once a month, midweek at 6pm, on the NAI premises. The 2019 schedule features four AGI Members – John Grenham, Nicola Morris, Michael Walsh and Clare Doyle. The first of our Members this year will be John Grenham. His lecture – “Are we there yet? Irish … Read More
IMAGE OF THE MONTH – MARCH 2019
A Genealogist’s Dream…. or Nightmare? Rosaleen Underwood M.A.G.I. Few of the clergy, many of whom appear to have hated record-keeping, were as considerate as the parish priest of the Roman Catholic parish of Tacumshane (also known as Our Lady’s Island) in Co. Wexford. While researching another family, I found the following note at the bottom of a page (spacing and punctuation changed for clarity) below the entry for 27th July 1848 (not necessarily related) : “For the guidance of my successor, it would be necessary to know the intermarriages in the families of Murphys of Reidstown and of Cardiffs of … Read More