More sites for Irish and Scots-Irish Research

CHRIS PATON – SCOTTISH Genes  

https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/

05-06 Mar 2021 – W.I.S.E. Family History Society Scottish Seminar on Mar 5^th-6^th  

https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2021/02/wise-family-history-society-scottish.html

Pharos Tutors – Chris Paton’s Courses  

05 Apr 2021 – Progressing Your Irish Research Online (260) – 5 Weeks – £49.99  

https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=260

01 May 2021 – Scottish Research Online (102} – 5 Weeks – £49.99  

https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102

03 May 2021 – Scotland 1750-185- – Beyond the Old Parish Registers (302)  – 5 Weeks – £49.99  

https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302

FINGAL LIBRARIES & ENECLANN  

13 Apr -18 May 2021 – Every Tuesday – 7-8:30 pm (GMT)  or 11 am-12:30 pm (PST)  

Family History Genealogy Live Webinars with Fiona Fitsimmons, Eneclann  

Spring in Fingal Libraries 2021 [Page 10 of 20] –  

Click to access b23385-fingal-libraries-spring-2021-brochure.pdf

SCOTTISH VIC  

https://www.genealogyvic.com/

10 Apr 2021 – Tartan Day ViC – 8:30 am – 5 pm (EST)  

THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES (SAFHS)  

17 Apr 2021 – The 31st SAFHS Annual Delegate Conference  

https://www.safhs.org.uk/conference.php

FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE (UK) 

Discover your Scottish Ancestry  

17 Feb 2021 – Solve your Scottish genealogy problems By Kirsti Wilkinson – 7 pm GMT – £10     

24 Feb 2021 – Down and out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis by Chris Paton – 7 pm GMT – £10  

Legacy Family Tree Webinars  

https://familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars.php

CANADA  

Fri – 19 Feb 2021 – How to locate an ancestor in Ontario, Canada West or Upper.by Janice Nickerson  

BRITISH  

Tues – 02 Mar 2021 or Weds – 03 Mar 2021 – British Genealogy Online: The Top English & Welsh Family. . .by Rick Crume  

Fri – 19 Mar 2021 – Tracing Your War of 1812 British Soldier by Paul Milner  

LANGUAGE, HANDWRITING, and WORD LISTS  

FAMILY SEARCH WIKI  

Genealogical Word Lists  

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Genealogical_Word_Lists

Language and Handwriting  

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Language_and_Handwriting

BYU SCRIPT TUTORIAL  

https://script.byu.edu/

IRISH CIVIL RECORDS – BIRTH, MARRIAGES and DEATHS  

Irish Genealogy  

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Use UNKNOWN in First Name Field and Fill in a SURNAME Field to narrow down your search for births where the child was NOT named  at the time of registration

If you leave the First Name Field Blank and Fill in a SURNAME Field, you will get all birth with that surname.  

Use Wildcards for variations in spelling of First Name and Surname.  

John Grenham’s Website – Search for your SURNAME and his website will show all SURNAME Variations 

https://www.johngrenham.com/surnames/

GRONI (General Registrar Office of Northern Ireland) Index for those Records  

https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/

Birth – https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/search/birth  

Marriage – https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/search/marriage  

Death – https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/search/death  

Use NOT CAPTURED in First Name Field and Fill in a SURNAME Field to narrow down your search for births where the child was NOT named at the time of registration

MAPS TO SORT OUT LOCATION FOR RECORDS  

JOHN GRENHAM – PLACES  

https://www.johngrenham.com/places/

Poor Law Unions (1851) – Civil Birth, Marriage, Death, 1901 & 1911 Census  

https://www.johngrenham.com/places/plu_index.php

Roman Catholic Parish Map – Catholic Church Records  

https://www.johngrenham.com/places/rcmap_index.php

Roman Catholic Diocese Map on National Library of Ireland – Catholic Church Records  

https://registers.nli.ie/

Presbyterian Church Maps  

A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland, 2^nd Ed  

By Brian Mitchell  

Researching Presbyterian Ancestors in Ireland  

WICKLOW LOCAL HISTORY ABOUT POWERSCOURT ESTATE  

POWERSCOURT ESTATE – History  

https://powerscourt.com/house/history/

WICKLOW PEOPLE  

Powerscourt and its castles  

Dr Emmitt O’Byrne – 10 Aug 2011  

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/powerscourt-and-its-castles-27645297.html

Powerscourt and the O’Tooles  

By Dr. Emmet O’Bryne – 18 Aug 2011  

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/localnotes/powerscourt-and-the-otooles-27864255.html

Phelim took over O’Toole Title  

By Dr Emmett O’Bryne – 31 Aug 2011  

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/phelim-took-over-otoole-title-27864604.html

The O’Toole’s and Powerscourt  

By Dr. Emmett O’Bryne – 15 Sep 2011 Independent  

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/localnotes/the-otooles-and-powerscourt-27646036.html

Historical Powerscourt in County Wicklow  

07 Sep 2011 Independent  

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/localnotes/the-otooles-and-powerscourt-27864729.html

Red Hugh sought refuge with O’Tooles  

Emmet O’Brian – 23 Nov 2012  

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/lifestyle/red-hugh-sought-refuge-with-otooles-28914782.html

STEWARTS/STUARTS  

The Scots in early Stuart Ireland: Union and separation in two kingdoms  

Edited by David Edwards with Simon Egan  

The Stuart Restoration and the English in Ireland  

By Danielle McCormack  

https://books.google.com/books?id=SyYbDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

History Ireland Magazine – Issue 6 (Nov /Dec 2009), Vol 17  

A Very British Problem: the Stuart Crown and the Plantation of Ulster  

https://www.historyireland.com/early-modern-history-1500-1700/a-very-british-problem-the-stuart-crown-and-the-plantation-of-ulster/

History Ireland Magazine – Issue 2 (Summer 2003), Vol 11  

The Stuart Kingdoms in the seventeenth century: awkward neighbours  

https://www.historyireland.com/early-modern-history-1500-1700/the-stuart-kingdoms-in-the-seventeenth-century-awkward-neighbours/

YOUR DNA GUIDE – DIAHAN SOUTHARD  

Why I Like MyHeritage’s Theory of Family Relativity for DNA Matches  

By Diahan Southard, 19 May 2019  

https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/2019/4/24/why-i-like-myheritages-theory-of-family-relativity-for-dna-matches

MyHeritage Auto Clusters: How They Work  

By Diahan Southard, 25 Aug 2019  

https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/2019/8/22/myheritage-autoclusters-how-they-work

DNA PAINTER  

The Shared cM Project 4.0 tool v4  

https://dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcm

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig dhuit!   – St. Patrick’s Day Blessings to You!

Diane M. Hughes-Hart

IrishSIG = The Irish Special Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society, Bellevue, WA

The IrishSIG is now meeting via ZOOM on the second Thursday of the month at 1 p.m.

Useful Free Sources for Irish Genealogy

https://jeffersgenealogy.wordpress.com/2019/02/10/useful-free-sources-for-irish-genealogy/?fbclid=IwAR3LxJr-Nf1NwCCdRHJ2dsJacSIIEqeG4DGFmi0dIEX4CTpPDpyCRxuRTIg

Kathy’s Excellent DNA Presentation

Katherine Mendenhall presented this to the IIG in June 2018 but time limits did not permit her to finish.  You can watch all of it here. 

The DNA Power Point is too large to send by email, so here is a link to get it from DropBox, Google Drive, or  OneDrive and then download.  Just copy and paste the link.

DropBox:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/u4xh9ismkcigfl1/Kathys%20DNA%20Presentation%20June2018%20Irish%20Interest%20Group.pptx?dl=0

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3ziXIzecVLMxhoOTId5m-8JNUSIIvz3/view?usp=sharing

OneDrive: https://1drv.ms/p/s!AkVhmVF6BXZLiPBaiYNiFfiAIpD4Qw

Hopefully, one of those links will work for everyone.

If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint, you can get the free download of Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer online. 

I’ve also attached the Charts showing cM Relationships.  (Likely relationships -there will be several- if you match another person at a certain number of centiMorgans.)

Happy Cousin Hunting to all!

Most Sincerely,
Katherine Mendenhall
katness1@msn.com

Inserts in italics by Ann Lamb.

 

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Your Irish Genealogy Questions, Answered – YouTube video

Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1kO2gaSfCY

Legacy Tree Genealogists

Published on Jun 2, 2018

Have questions about #Irish #genealogy and how to trace Irish #ancestry? Legacy Tree Genealogists expert Kate Eakman is #live at #jamboree2018 with answers to your Irish #familyhistory questions!

Irish / Scots-Irish Interest Group meetings

The Irish / Scots-Irish Special Interest Group is now meeting at the LDS Church at 10675 NE 20th St, Bellevue, WA 98004, Bellevue, WA at 10 am to noon. We meet on the third Thursday of the month except July and August.   Park in front and enter via the sliding glass door to the left of the main entrance doors.   The Legacy Interest Group meets from 12:30 to  2:30 pm. in the same location, so if you are a Legacy program user, you might want to bring a sack lunch and attend both, remembering to respect LDS practices by not bringing caffeinated drinks.

This is also the location of the Bellevue Family History Center which is located in a separate building behind the Church.  Click http://www.bellevuewafhc.com/ to see the hours.  This oldest Puget Sound family history center offers a unique blend of traditional (book), intermediate (microfilm) and contemporary (computer) resources. Helpful librarians and long hours help patrons learn to research and preserve their family history. We are particularly interested in helping young people learn about their ancestors and learn how to do genealogy.

Irish people with English-sounding names

From the website of the parish of Inishmagrath in County Leitrim, [http://www.inishmagrath.com/hist_fams.html] a piece about local families reminds of how our Irish ancestors got English names:

“Examination of the Annals show that for many centuries the Mac Conshnamha (Mac Connava) family were the chieftains of Muintir Chionaith.  The Mac Conshnamha name was later translated as Forde”.  In the 1901 Census, the Ford family still has members there. 

The Penal Laws included the requirement that O be dropped from surnames, or that the surname be translated.

The surname Smith is famous for being ordinary! The spelling variations of the name as Smith, Smyth, Smithe, Smythe, is of little historical significance and probably only reflects the writing styles of the day. It is the fifth most common surname in Ireland, and the most common name in England, Scotland and Wales. It is also a very common last name in Germany, Canada and Australia. Indeed it is not unusual for people in English-speaking countries to adopt the surname Smith in order to maintain a secret identity, if they wish to avoid being found!

In Irish it is Mac an Ghabhain (MacGowan), meaning ‘son of the smith’ and its translation to Smith became widespread, particularly in County Cavan where the sept originated and were one of the most powerful families. The vast majority of the family in Cavan anglicised their name to Smith. The usual modern gaelic form is MacGabhain. On the borders of Cavan, Leitrim, and to the north west in Counties Donegal and Sligo, the English form, MacGowan, is still often used in preference to Smith.

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Irish/Scots-Irish Special Interest Group meeting

Hi everybody, This is a reminder that the Irish/ScotsIrish Special Interest Group will meet on the third Thursday, Feb 15th, 2018, at Crossroads Mall Community Room at 12:30 pm.

As you may be aware, changes have occurred with the Legacy User SIG.  Marilyn Schunke will address those changes, and how it may affect us.

Guy Bennett has agreed to make a presentation on resources available for research at the Bellevue LDS Library.

We usually meet at the Crossroads Mall Food Circus around Noon for Lunch and a chat.  Please join us.

Regards    Peter

Another useful site

Your free and independent guide to finding your Irish ancestors

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

 

Finding Your Irish Immigrant Ancestors

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