The Irish Heritage Club will host an all Ireland, all day, genealogy seminar on March 2nd 2025 at Archbishop Murphy High School,12911 39th Ave SE, Everett, WA 98208 .
The Ulster Historical Foundation’s North American Tour stops in Everett, on March 2nd for an engaging genealogy seminar. This interactive event offers a unique opportunity to explore Irish and Scots-Irish ancestry with expert guidance. Attendees will gain valuable insights, research tips, and access to resources for tracing family histories.
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Fintan Mullan is Executive Director of The Ulster Historical Foundation, which he joined in 1995, and has been responsible for the management of this successful, Belfast-based, educational non-profit since 2001.
He has experience in Irish family history research and is a regular international speaker on Irish genealogy, having spoken in Ireland, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and most of the lower 48 states of the USA. He has also managed the production of over 150 Irish history and genealogy titles.
Fintan has helped to ensure that the Foundation has been at the forefront of developments in Irish genealogy, including heritage tourism products and the provision of online resources. |
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Gillian Hunt, is Research Officer with the Ulster Historical Foundation and manages the Foundation’s genealogical activities, she has been with the Foundation since 2001.
As well as looking after the genealogy side of the Foundation’s work, Gillian carries out research for clients and is a hugely experienced user of the General Register Office and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, where she sits on PRONI’s Stakeholder Forum.
She regularly teaches courses in Northern Ireland and gives talks on family history in the rest of Ireland, the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and co-presents the annual North American lecture tours since 2014.
Gillian has carried out the research for a number of television programmes, as well as appearing in several of them, most recently BBC’s ‘Stephen Nolan: Ulster-Scots, My Family and Me’. |
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- 9.30 Registration and welcome
- 10.00 Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish family history research
- 11.00 Break
- 11.15 Irish townlands & the importance of place, identity & administrative divisions
- 12.30 Lunch. Sandwich options available for purchase.
- 1.30 Using Land Records: Griffith’s Valuation, Tithe and Estate Records
- 2.30 Census Substitutes and other important sources for the 18th and 19th centuries
- 3.30 Break
- 3.45 The Ulster Plantation and sources for finding 17th century families in Ireland
- 4.45 Solving your ‘Brick Walls’, an Interactive session for your questions
- 5:30 Close
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Don’t miss this chance to connect with your heritage and uncover ancestral roots.
Reserve your spot for this enriching cultural experience!
Tickets:https://www.eventcreate.com/e/genealogy-seminar
The Foundation https://ulsterhistoricalfoundation.com/about
