Membership Page
Benefits of Membership
Membership will entitle you to:
1) North Irish Roots, our journal which is published twice a year and contains a wide range of articles, extracts from historical documents, members’ interests, queries and new library items.
2) A Profile form may be submitted for publication of your surname interests in our Journal and, if you wish, on our website.
3) Look-ups may be requested from the church records which our members have recorded and certain other categories- see list on website.
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4) "News 45" - members who have given us a current email address will be sent this Society E-Newsletter twice a year.
5) JSTOR Access to Irish Collection – JSTOR (i.e. Journal Storage) is an online system for archiving academic journals (including our own Journal). It provides full-text searches of digitised back issues. Individual members of North of Ireland Family History Society who have given us a current email address will receive an email from JSTOR inviting you to log on to their site, if you so wish, to access their collection of Irish Journals.
6) Branch Meetings – members may attend any of our Branches. Meetings are held in locations throughout the North of Ireland. Meet and make friends with others who enjoy this fascinating hobby
Membership
The society offers two types of membership:
1) BRANCH MEMBERSHIP -
This type of membership is for those people who can attend meetings of
their nearest Branch. Each Branch has an annual fee which entitles
members to attend meetings in that Branch but also allows them to
attend meetings held by any of the other Branches. Branch Membership
runs from September to June each year. This entitles you to the two
journals of North Irish Roots published during those months –
usually late Autumn and late Spring. Each Branch has a varied programme
of monthly meetings with
specialist speakers, research evenings, trips to record offices, visits
to our Library etc. The members are very friendly, and the more
experienced are glad to help the inexperienced. To join as a Branch Member, please go to your nearest Branch and join there. Details of your nearest venue and next meeting can be obtained
here.
OR
2) ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP -
This is for members who are unable to attend Branch meetings but wish
to be involved in the Society. Associate Membership runs from January
to December each year. This entitles you to the two journals of North Irish Roots published during that year - usually late Spring and late
Autumn. Please note – even if you join towards the end of a season, you
cannot join for part of a year. Associate Membership also entitles you
to submit a Profile Form. The Profile Form provides space to include
Member's Interests, Queries and Offers of Reciprocal Research. This
information is subsequently published in the Journal which reaches
members in over fourteen countries worldwide. For application and other
forms relating to Associate Membership /
to JOIN or RENEW as an Associate Member click
here (join/renew as Associate Member).
Please note: we aim to respond as quickly as
possible, but owing to the voluntary nature of NIFHS it may not be immediate so
please bear with us – we will respond to all enquiries made!
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Members' Family Trees
The
Society would like to compile a collection of members' family trees to
be held in the Society's Library. The objective is to share information
among members for their mutual benefit, by publishing their family tree
members make that information available to others and in doing so they
also advertise their interests to others.
Family
trees can be submitted on paper or in electronic format either by
e-mail or on disk. Whatever format is used please include a title page
with your submission, this should include the family name, a list of
the main surnames included and their locations, your name, membership
number, contact details and date of publication.
A sample title page is shown below.
DUNN
Descendants of SAMUEL DUNN (1772-1860)
of Lisnascreagh (Lisnacreaght), Plumbridge, Co.Tyrone
| Surnames include: | |
| Campbell | Plumbridge, Co.Tyrone. |
| Dunn | Plumbridge, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; Colarado, U.S.A.; California, U.S.A.; Aughterarder, Scotland. |
| Hamilton | Dunbunraver, Woodbrook, Droit and Altdoghal, Newtownstewart, Co.Tyrone; Ballyymagroarty, Londonderry. |
| McFarlane | Lisnascreagh
(Lisnacreaght), Plumbridge, Beagh, Co.Tyrone; Portrush, Co.Antrim;
Coleraine and Portstewart, Co. Londonderry; Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
| Mathewson | Dunbunraver, Newtownstewart, Co.Tyrone; Stoke Newington, London; Bromley, Kent: Portrush and Lisburn, Co. Antrim |
| Robinson | Ballymena, Larne and Belfast, Co.Antrim |
| Young | Bellemont, Portstewart, Co. Londonderry; Brooklyn, New York U.S.A. |
Prepared by Ann Robinson, Lisburn Branch, December 2002, email address provided
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Members' Websites
An
increasing number of our members are making their family tree available
on the internet. Those members who wish to have their sites listed here
please contact the webmaster at web@nifhs.org
Entries added / updated since March 2009 are indicated in red text, e.g.
[Added: Sept. 2011].
DISCLAIMER
- In providing these links for the benefit of members and visitors the
Society cannot be held responsible for the accuracy or content of these
sites.
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Profile Form - may be used to submit a Member's Interests, Queries and Reciprocal Research
Members' Interests
are published in the Society's journal North Irish Roots
(and on the internet if desired). Member's Interests give members an
opportunity to list their interests in the hope of meeting others with
similar interests.
Members' Queries
are only published in the Society’s journal
North Irish Roots.
Member's Queries give members a chance to expand on their Member's
Interests; up to 50 words can be used to describe their query.
Reciprocal Research
offers are only published in the Society’s journal
North Irish Roots.
Reciprocal Research gives members the opportunity to offer their
research services in a particular location in return for research in another
location.
Contact details are listed in
North Irish Roots.
Contact details are NOT listed on the website.
To download a Profile Form: in Word format click here,
or in HTM format click here.
To submit a Profile Form:
BY POST or EMAIL: download the Profile Form (Word format)
or Profile Form (HTM format) for completion and:
either 1) send by email to
membership@nifhs.org
or 2)
send by post to:
Membership Secretary
North of Ireland Family History Society
c/o School of Education
69/71 University Street
BELFAST
BT7 1HL
Northern Ireland.
The cut-off dates to submit information are as follows:
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31 January for the Spring Journal - usually published in May.
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31 July for the Autumn Journal - usually published in November.
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List of Members' Interests - published on the website
A list of Members' Interests published on the website can be viewed here.
Enquirers who wish to contact a member about a particular Interest should contact the Member's Interests Secretary at memint@nifhs.org
Enquirers should include an address (preferably email) and any
introductory information you would like to send. The Secretary will then
contact the member concerned and pass on your information. It is then up to
the member to make contact, the role of the Society having been completed.
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