FHF Really Useful Family History Show 2025

FHF Really Useful Family History Show 2025

Join us for the biggest Family History Show in the North of Ireland

Bigger and better than last year, with more than 15 exhibitors attending, this show is organised by the North of Ireland Family History Society and sponsored by the Family History Federation and the Public Record Office (PRONI), where it is being held.

Entry will be free and no need to book.

Featuring:

11am The Population Portal

A presentation from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland who have just released The Population Portal, which brings together tens of thousands of names, and detailed census reports, from Ireland between the 17th and 19th centuries, allowing you to search them as one collection. Come along and find out what it is all about.

12.00pm Prize Draw

Some wonderful prizes – be there before midday to go in the draw.

12.30pm The Incredibly Useful Introduction to PRONI’s Family History Records

Discover some of the records that are available at PRONI and how to access them.

2pm We know who you are, John Linehan!!

John is a Belfast actor and comedian and absolute icon, having appeared in panto for over 30 years as May McFettridge.

He is the latest celebrity to agree to have his DNA tested and to allow the North of Ireland Family History Society to analyse it and research his family tree. He has not been given any access to the information so come along and see what happens when we reveal everything to him for the first time. It should be fun!!

10am to 2.30pm Cafe open in PRONI

Confirmed Exhibitors:

ABC Family History Association

Ballinascreen Historical Society

Cardinal O’Fiaich Library & Archive

Derry City & Strabane District Council’s Archive & Genealogy Service

Eddies extracts

Family History Federation

Federation for Ulster Local Studies

History Hub Ulster

Irish Family History Society

Irish Genealogy Research Society

Libraries NI

North of Ireland Family History Society DNA

North of Ireland Family History Society Research

Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies

Ulster Historical Foundation

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland