I've removed all the stuff about the organisation on the day from this post in order to make it easier for folks to read.
Liz
ORIGINAL POST
If you’re reading this post, it’s likely that you already have an interest in finding family in Ireland! For myself I’m only just beginning so any and all help is welcome. The Irish records are such a mixture
I was chatting with a colleague at work, late one night last week - as you do. She has spent several years researching her own family history, which includes lots of work in Ireland. I’d been telling her a bit about the TS site, and perhaps foolishly, Christine got carried away with enthusiasm and offered to run a wee seminar for people who might be interested in finding out more about research/resources in Ireland. I was speechless when she made the offer, which anyone who knows me will confirm is unusual
She didn’t believe me when I said we might be inundated with interest …Our plan would be to run an informal group meeting for anyone on TS who is interested in learning about research in Ireland and the sources available. Christine is not a professional researcher, but has loads of experience of research in her real job (as an academic - for which she is paid!), and she's an entertaining story teller.
I’m aware that lots of people arrange visits to Scotland, sometimes a long time in advance, either to visit local areas of interest or to the record offices in Edinburgh or Glasgow, so to give folks time to arrange visits we thought we’d arrange this for sometime around March/April/May 2007. The date will be dictated by Christine's teaching load and the availability of rooms.
Oh and by the way (as they say in this part of the world), the actual seminar would be free of charge – we might have to pay a small fee each towards the cost of the venue (edit 23/1/07 Cost is £5 to cover cost of room) – but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it!
Cheers!
Liz
although I'm almost positive one set came from Londonderry and another possibly Tyrone.