Classes and Courses

The Spring 2023 Programme

Free Classes

NIFHS Look Up Live
– Wednesday Evening, 19 April

Things I wish I had known
– Friday Evening, 2 June

One-Session Classes    £10

Paternal and Maternal Matches
– Friday Evening, 21 April
Tips for Breaking Through Brickwalls
– Friday Evening, 5 May
DNA Ethnicity Estimates
– Wednesday Evening, 17 May
Using WikiTree
– Wednesday Evening, 31 May

Two-Session Courses    £20

Starting out on Irish Family History
– 2 Thursday Afternoons, 23 & 30 March

Starting out on Irish Family History
– 2 Thursday Evenings, 23 & 30 March

Classes will last for around 90 minutes – usually a one-hour talk followed by questions and answers.

Bookings

Free Classes
Book your place by email, giving the Class title, your name, location, and if a NIFHS member your membership number. Send it to Education.Zoom@nifhs.org. An acknowledgement of your booking and the Zoom Meeting link for the Class will be sent to you normally within 72 hours. If it seems that the link email arrival is overdue please check your Spam/Junk folders in case it has been received there instead of in your Inbox.
Please “bookmark” or save the Zoom link in the acknowledgement email to make it easy to find when needed on the day of the Class.
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Other Classes
Click/Tap the Pay Now button associated with a Class to make your booking through PayPal.  After you pay you will receive a payment receipt from PayPal.
This will be followed by an email acknowledgement from the Society (normally within 72 hours) sent to the email address used for your payment through PayPal to confirm receipt of your booking and give you the Zoom Meeting Link for the class.  If it seems that the link email arrival is overdue please check your Spam/Junk folders in case it has been received there instead of in your Inbox.
Please “bookmark” or save the Zoom link in the acknowledgement to make it easy to find when needed on the day of the Class.
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Cancellations

A refund of the fee paid for a class booking will be made where cancellation of the booking is received at least seven days before the scheduled class start date. If a booking is cancelled at shorter notice we are unable to offer a refund of the fee. We may however be able to change your booking to a different class.
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Queries

Any queries relating to your Class bookings should be emailed to the Classes Team at Education.Zoom@nifhs.org.

NIFHS Look Up Live

Wednesday 19 April 2023 at 7:00 pm BST  FREE

An online Zoom class with NIFHS Volunteers

Our ever-popular Look-up evening returns to give you an opportunity to reap the benefits of our Society’s Look-up Service. This is not a formal talk but an opportunity for you to find out more about some of the items that the Society holds in its Research Library. Come along and ask us a question – you may even get a look-up done during the session!

If you are interested in attending then send an email to education.zoom@nifhs.org for the zoom link.

   

FREE

Book by Email

Paternal and Maternal Matches

Friday 21 April 2023 at 7:00pm BST

An online Zoom class with Martin McDowell
Dividing up your DNA matches into maternal and paternal can be a useful first step in working out how you are related to your DNA matches. This class explains how to do this and looks at how the companies provide this information.

Book Your Place
Cost £10

Tips for Breaking through Brickwalls

Friday 5 May 2023 at 7:00pm BST

An online Zoom class with Martin McDowell
We all encounter major brickwalls at some point in our Irish genealogy. Whilst some of these may seem insurmountable, sometimes there is information awaiting you that can help to break these down. This class provides some tips that could be useful!
Book Your Place
Cost £10

DNA Ethnicity Estimates

Wednesday 17 May 2023 at 7:00pm BST

An online Zoom class with Anne Johnston
This Class will explain how ethnicity percentages are calculated and how they can be useful in analysing your DNA cousin matches.
Book Your Place
Cost £10

Using WikiTree

Wednesday 31 May 2023 at 7:00pm BST

An online Zoom class with Anne Johnston

WikiTree is a free genealogy website that allows users individually to research and contribute to their own personal family trees, whilst building and collaborating on a single worldwide family tree within the same system. It also allows users to record DNA tests, linking them to relevant cousin profiles. This course will provide an introduction to WikiTree and by the use of practical examples it hopes to encourage you to join the WikiTree community with the overall aim of linking our shared heritage in the North of Ireland and beyond.

Book Your Place
Cost £10

Things I wish I had known when I started Irish Family History

Friday 2 June 2023 at 7:00pm BST FREE

An online Zoom Class with NIFHS Volunteers
This session will provide a few tips and tricks regarding Irish research and also seek to promote discussion amongst those present. Topics to be discussed will include: is it better to record a family tree online or off-line? How do you record sources? How should you handle variants of names and townlands? How can the society help with your research?
If you are interested in attending then send an email to education.zoom@nifhs.org for the zoom link.
   

FREE

Book by Email

Any queries relating to the Classes should be emailed to the Classes Team at Education.Zoom@nifhs.org.

Recent Classes

Starting out on Irish Family History

2 Thursday Afternoons – 23 & 30 March 2023 at 2:30pm

An online Zoom course of two sessions with Audrey McKeown
Ideal for beginners to Irish records and those wanting a refresher, this two-session course has been developed to help you find useful up-to-date resources and websites. You will be introduced to records which will assist you in your family history research, including civil, church, census, burial and land records. The course will also cover the resources made available to NIFHS members.

Starting out on Irish Family History

2 Thursday Evenings – 23 & 30 March 2023 at 7:00pm

An online Zoom course of two sessions with Audrey McKeown
Ideal for beginners to Irish records and those wanting a refresher, this two-session course has been developed to help you find useful up-to-date resources and websites. You will be introduced to records which will assist you in your family history research, including civil, church, census, burial and land records. The course will also cover the resources made available to NIFHS members.