Irish SIG

     Topic: Researching specific Irish counties      Speakers: Irish SIG Team

   TOPIC: Irish Emigration Early 1800s     Speaker:  Gabrielle Woeltje

  Topic: Mining All of the Resources from FamilySearch    Speaker: Pat Stamm

Topic: Get Organized: Find Your Missing Irish Ancestor Speaker: Carol Whitton

Irish Round Table Carol Hemmersmeier, Kay Weber, Ken Webb This is your chance to bring your questions and comments about Irish research to some local experts and receive help.

Tuesday, 25 April 2017               Emigration During the Irish Famine Featured Speaker: Gabrielle Woeltje From 1845–1850, more than two million people left Ireland, about one-fourth of its total population. Learn more […]

Using sources abroad to identify your ancestors's county of origin. Speaker: Mike Bridwell, St. Louis County Library Did Grandpa forget to mention exactly where in Ireland he came from? Have […]

Tuesday, 24 October 2017     Celebrating Celtic Seasons Featured Speaker: Gabrielle Woeltje Imbolc (spring), bealtaine (summer), lughnasadh (autumn), and samhain (winter) are the four Celtic seasons, each of which contains feast […]

    Irish: The Movers and the Builders Carol Hemmersmeier, Kay Weber: Speakers Irish immigrants helped build this country, from road builders to bricklayers, to captains of industry.    

    Post Famine Emigration From Ireland Gabrielle Woeltje The famine years did not see the greatest emigration from Ireland. It was the post famine years that had the highest number […]