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
Bookings
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.
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.
Cancellations
Queries
NIFHS Look Up Live
Wednesday 19 April 2023 at 7:00 pm BST FREE
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.
Tips for Breaking through Brickwalls
Friday 5 May 2023 at 7:00pm BST
Using WikiTree
Wednesday 31 May 2023 at 7:00pm BST
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.
Things I wish I had known when I started Irish Family History
Friday 2 June 2023 at 7:00pm BST FREE
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?
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
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.