JSTOR for NIFHS Members

An outline of what you can find in the JSTOR Ireland Collection which is provided free of charge to all paid up NIFHS branch and associate members with an email address registered with JSTOR Support.

The Beginner’s Introduction to JSTOR

NIFHS Smile & Shop

Do you shop on Amazon UK?
If so, next time use smile.amazon.co.uk instead of www.amazon.co.uk.  Amazon will then, at no cost to you, pay 0.5% of your purchase price (less VAT etc.) to a charity of your choice.
The North of Ireland Family History Society is one of the charities to benefit. Read more …
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with your family and friends.

DNA and NIFHS

A presentation by Martin McDowell
giving useful information about
the NIFHS
and the North of Ireland DNA Project.

What’s On?

The new season of talks arranged by the various Branches is starting soon in September. All are open to the public.
The Branch Membership year runs from September to August. New members are especially welcome. Join early to get the maximum benefit.

Find out how joining our Society at one of its Branches or with Associate Membership can help your research.

Top Picks

JSTOR for Members – a free online resource

Your DNA Testing – with a discount

Family Trees – Are your relatives here?

North Irish Roots

The Spring 2018 issue of the NIFHS Journal (Volume 29.1) has been published and dispatched to Members.

Associate Members are invited to continue their support of the Society by renewing their membership for 2018.

Find out how our Research Centre with its Resources and online Shop can help your family history research.

Top Picks

Findmypast All World Edition – Free @ C4

The Your Family Tree supplement

Recent courses

• Family Finder – series of 3 classes
• JSTOR – a free online resource for NIFHS members
• The Plantation of Ulster – Names and Places
• Using GEDmatch 
• Family Tree Maker – Basics and Benefits
• Using My Heritage DNA
• Making the Most of Your Autosomal DNA Results
• Scottish Records

More details on the Courses Catalogue page.

Are you interested in any of these topics?

The next Courses Programme is being planned for Autumn 2018.
Email Martin at Education@NIFHS.org if you wish

• to express your interest in any of these topics
• to suggest a subject to be considered for inclusion in the Programme

Please give your

• Full Name, Email Address, Membership Number (if any), Course Title

Join NIFHS for 2018

Associate Membership is for those, typically living far away, who do not attend meetings but who wish to enjoy the other Benefits of Membership. To join or renew, go to the Associate Membership page and submit your application online via PayPal (using your PayPal account or a credit/debit card), or post the Associate Membership Form with a Cheque or Bankers Draft in UK Sterling drawn on a UK Bank to the Society.

Branches on Social Media

Some of the NIFHS Branches use social media to extend their contact with those interested in Family History research.  More …

Featured Shop Product

Family Trees

The Society’s collection of Family Trees has now been indexed – are your relatives mentioned there?  Or in the Ancestor Charts?  Or in the Mourning Cards?

About Members-Only Content

The list of Resources available online for NIFHS Members. ­

Findmypast

The All World Edition of Findmypast is now available for Members to use on a new laptop computer in the Research Centre.

Contacts

List of Contact addresses.

The North of Ireland DNA Project

In taking forward its key objective of fostering an interest in family history with special reference to families who have roots in the North of Ireland and their descendants wherever they may be, the North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) has established a project to use DNA testing as an aid to making genealogical connections within and between families whose roots are in the North of Ireland.  More …