Members of AGI will present five lunchtime lectures during Adult Learners’ Week 2016. The lectures will introduce genealogical sources that might be used to document ancestors who were alive in 1916 or who were active during the Rising. While the sources will be discussed in the context of the Rising, they are not all exclusive to that period or specifically for Dublin City.
The lectures will start at 1.05pm. The programme of lectures that will be presented are as follows:
Monday 22nd February
Were your Ancestors active in 1916?: Sources in the Irish Military Archives by Nicola Morris MAGI
Tuesday 23rd February
Reporting on the Rising: Using Irish Newspapers in the National Library of Ireland by Helen Kelly MAGI
Wednesday 24th February
Census Returns, Electoral Rolls and Covenants: Where were your ancestors in 1916? By Rob Davison MAGI
Thursday 25th February
The records of Dublin’s Congregations at the time of the Rising by Rosaleen Underwood MAGI
Friday 26th February
Researching the Rising: a case study from the National Archives of Ireland by John Grenham MAGI