Creating Quick Ancestor Sketches - with Devon Noel Lee
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November 21: Creating Quick Ancestor Sketches - with Devon Noel Lee
Devon Noel Lee will be presenting via Zoom. As usual, Members and Guests can join us for coffee, tea, and treats while viewing the webinar in person at the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 West Merrick Road, New York 11520. All Members, near or far, can participate in our monthly meeting via Zoom. Look for your MailChimp email with the registration link attached.
Meeting Schedule: (Eastern Standard Time)
10:00 AM: Meet & Greet (In person-public)
10:15 AM: Ask the Experts Sessions (In person-public)
10:45 AM: Business Announcements (Zoom Presentation Begins) - Members can view via link.)
11:00 AM: Presentation
The Irish Family History Forum is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year! 35 years of helping our Members discover their Irish ancestry. The IFHF offers nine world-class Irish Genealogy lectures, both in person and on ZOOM. Handouts and most of our presentations are recorded and, after the original presentation, are available to our MEMBERS for a limited time on our website.
If you would like to join the Irish Family History Forum, go to: https://ifhf.org/index.php/plans/join-ifhf/
Individual: $30 a year.
Family: Two people (one address) - $40 a year
Student (with a student ID) - $15 a year
*Upcoming Presentations
November 21 Creating Quick Ancestor Sketches - with Devon Noel Lee
Writing and sharing your family history helps connect living and future generations to all the ancestors you’ve sought out and documented. However, writing is a genealogy task few attempt. Devon Noel Lee will discuss a simple way to turn your genealogical findings into engaging short stories of your ancestors. She will explore how to organize your research, develop reusable templates, and add enough context to bring an ancestor’s life into focus. No advanced writing skills are required. Whether or not you’ve written a story before, ancestor sketches offer an accessible way to preserve the stories behind the records.
Devon Noel Lee is the author of A Recipe for Writing Family History. She and her husband run the YouTube channel Family History Fanatics.
December 12
“American Newspapers, Please Copy”: Researching U.S. and Irish Newspapers - with Claire Bradley
Newspapers are excellent sources for finding details of court cases, wills, crime, and of course, obituaries. Claire Bradley will discuss the categories of information found in newspapers, both in the U.S. and Ireland, and where to search for them. She will demonstrate techniques for searching newspapers and how to read and mine them for relevant information. She will also discuss locating relevant newspapers and illustrate how you can even use modern-day records to assist with figuring out your DNA matches.
Claire Bradley is a professional Irish genealogist working with both paper records and genetic genealogy. She holds a Certificate in Genealogy from University College Dublin and a Master’s in History of the Family from the University of Limerick. For 15 years, she has taught a beginners’ adult education course covering all the major Irish sources, and she regularly lectures to a wide range of family history and historical societies in Ireland and elsewhere.
January 16 Using City Directories to Find Your Ancestor’s Footprint in Urban Settings - with Kerri Tannenbaum
Longtime Forum member and professional genealogist Kerri Tannenbaum will once again kick off the Forum’s new year, this time with a lecture about using city directories to find your ancestor’s footprint in urban settings. An often untapped genealogy resource, city directories can be a powerful way to connect your ancestors to addresses and other records. Tannenbaum will discuss how to locate city directories and use them to further your research, particularly for urban ancestors. Case studies will be shared to showcase how powerful this tool can be.
Kerri Tannenbaum has received many awards from the National Genealogical Society. She runs her own genealogy research company, Family Dot Connector. She is also a contributing editor of the Forum Newsletter.
February 20 Genealogy Show-and-Tell - IFHF Members share heirlooms and stories
Our popular Genealogy Show-and-Tell program is back! Do you have an interesting research story? A favorite, famous, or infamous ancestor? Family heirlooms, artifacts, letters, clothing, photos, or other objects you’d like to tell us about? Members are invited to take part either in person or via Zoom.
To participate, please send an email to the Program Director, Patricia Phelan, at [email protected] by December 15.
March 20 How to Find Family History Clues in Old Photographs - with Lisa Lisson
More Information to Come
April 17 Irish Marriage Records - with Irene Morgan
More Information to Come
Devon Noel Lee will be presenting via Zoom. As usual, Members and Guests can join us for coffee, tea, and treats while viewing the webinar in person at the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 West Merrick Road, New York 11520. All Members, near or far, can participate in our monthly meeting via Zoom. Look for your MailChimp email with the registration link attached.
Meeting Schedule: (Eastern Standard Time)
10:00 AM: Meet & Greet (In person-public)
10:15 AM: Ask the Experts Sessions (In person-public)
10:45 AM: Business Announcements (Zoom Presentation Begins) - Members can view via link.)
11:00 AM: Presentation
The Irish Family History Forum is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year! 35 years of helping our Members discover their Irish ancestry. The IFHF offers nine world-class Irish Genealogy lectures, both in person and on ZOOM. Handouts and most of our presentations are recorded and, after the original presentation, are available to our MEMBERS for a limited time on our website.
If you would like to join the Irish Family History Forum, go to: https://ifhf.org/index.php/plans/join-ifhf/
Individual: $30 a year.
Family: Two people (one address) - $40 a year
Student (with a student ID) - $15 a year
*Upcoming Presentations
November 21 Creating Quick Ancestor Sketches - with Devon Noel Lee
Writing and sharing your family history helps connect living and future generations to all the ancestors you’ve sought out and documented. However, writing is a genealogy task few attempt. Devon Noel Lee will discuss a simple way to turn your genealogical findings into engaging short stories of your ancestors. She will explore how to organize your research, develop reusable templates, and add enough context to bring an ancestor’s life into focus. No advanced writing skills are required. Whether or not you’ve written a story before, ancestor sketches offer an accessible way to preserve the stories behind the records.
Devon Noel Lee is the author of A Recipe for Writing Family History. She and her husband run the YouTube channel Family History Fanatics.
December 12
“American Newspapers, Please Copy”: Researching U.S. and Irish Newspapers - with Claire Bradley
Newspapers are excellent sources for finding details of court cases, wills, crime, and of course, obituaries. Claire Bradley will discuss the categories of information found in newspapers, both in the U.S. and Ireland, and where to search for them. She will demonstrate techniques for searching newspapers and how to read and mine them for relevant information. She will also discuss locating relevant newspapers and illustrate how you can even use modern-day records to assist with figuring out your DNA matches.
Claire Bradley is a professional Irish genealogist working with both paper records and genetic genealogy. She holds a Certificate in Genealogy from University College Dublin and a Master’s in History of the Family from the University of Limerick. For 15 years, she has taught a beginners’ adult education course covering all the major Irish sources, and she regularly lectures to a wide range of family history and historical societies in Ireland and elsewhere.
January 16 Using City Directories to Find Your Ancestor’s Footprint in Urban Settings - with Kerri Tannenbaum
Longtime Forum member and professional genealogist Kerri Tannenbaum will once again kick off the Forum’s new year, this time with a lecture about using city directories to find your ancestor’s footprint in urban settings. An often untapped genealogy resource, city directories can be a powerful way to connect your ancestors to addresses and other records. Tannenbaum will discuss how to locate city directories and use them to further your research, particularly for urban ancestors. Case studies will be shared to showcase how powerful this tool can be.
Kerri Tannenbaum has received many awards from the National Genealogical Society. She runs her own genealogy research company, Family Dot Connector. She is also a contributing editor of the Forum Newsletter.
February 20 Genealogy Show-and-Tell - IFHF Members share heirlooms and stories
Our popular Genealogy Show-and-Tell program is back! Do you have an interesting research story? A favorite, famous, or infamous ancestor? Family heirlooms, artifacts, letters, clothing, photos, or other objects you’d like to tell us about? Members are invited to take part either in person or via Zoom.
To participate, please send an email to the Program Director, Patricia Phelan, at [email protected] by December 15.
March 20 How to Find Family History Clues in Old Photographs - with Lisa Lisson
More Information to Come
April 17 Irish Marriage Records - with Irene Morgan
More Information to Come
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