CLARE CHATTER

Clare Roots Society

Clare Roots Society will host a talk entitled Murderers, rebels and drunkards: Your ancestors and the law at the Civic Rooms, Drumbiggle on Thursday 16 February 2012 at 8 pm. Brian Donovan of Eneclann will give the talk.

There are over 3 million prison records 1790-1924 and 20 million petty sessions (or magistrates') court records 1828-1912 available for Ireland, yet they are rarely consulted for historical research let alone genealogy.

But they are one of the biggest sources of information for tracing people in the 19th century, and also contain many of the stories that bring a bare pedigree to life. Most families were touched by these records, as defendants, witnesses, criminals, victims, and parties to civil actions. It is no surprise that the Cork authors Somerville & Ross chose to use the Resident Magistrate and his court as arena for their stories of Irish society. Quite simply it was the stage where all manner of local issues and disputes were aired. Along with the prison records they are a window into our ancestor's lives and interaction with the growth of the law. The website www.findmypast.ie is exclusively publishing all of this material fully indexed by all personal names and places.

Brian studied History at Trinity College, graduating in 1989. He subsequently lectured and tutored in the university and since then has also lectured throughout Ireland and the US on history, genealogy and electronic publishing. Brian's experience in digital technology, as well as his background in history, helped motivate the founding of Eneclann, with Fiona Fitzsimons, in 1998. Brian specialises in Eneclann's digitisation work, both for commercial clients and for Eneclann's own publications. He has overseen the development of Eneclann's CD catalogue, as well as the Archive CD Books Ireland project. Brian is also closely involved in developing Eneclann's online publications, playing a key role in establishing www.findmypast.ie. This website is a major online resource for Irish genealogical records with over 10 million items online to date, and a further 25 million due out this year. Brian was also the technical advisor for the landmark Trinity College project to digitise the 1641 Depositions, as well as many other cultural and educational initiatives.

All are welcome to the talk. There is a cover charge of €5 for non-members.

N.B. To listen to an interview re Brian's talk, go to

Recording posted at http://www.clareroots.org/index.php/2011-06-29-19-06-17/meetings-a-lectures

CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY REFLECTS

TOP 100 MOST POPULAR GENEALOGY WEBSITES (PAGE 3)

IRISH CHATTER

 CONGRATULATIONS 

to all involved with IGP (Ireland Genealogy Project) ably led by Christina Hunt and supported by a very active and dedicated group of volunteers. They have just been listed in the top 100 Most Popular Genealogy websites... very well deserved.

You will have seen many of the Updates from IGP featured here, with permission of Christina.

 If you haven't explored the whole site, now would be a very good time to do so...  www.igp-web.com

To see the company they keep in the top 100, go here....

http://www.genealogyintime.com/NewsStories/2012/Q1/top 100 most popular genealogy websites page3.html

Once again, your work is very much appreciated.

CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY Drumcliff Stage 2 (Calvary Section)

Clare Roots Society under the direction of John Bradley are about to commence stage 2 (Calvary) of recording the gravestones.

This will entail:

Receiving a map of your section.

Photographing Gravestones:

Transcribing inscriptions to a word document.

Returning to manually recording unreadable headstones.

We need approximately 11 individual (or couples) willing to take on a section of 50 graves approximately. A brief session will take place for all participants prior to commencing. We would hope to have it completed by the end of January. You would carry out the recording at a suitable time to yourself.

Unfortunately Clare County Council have mislaid 10 years of records within this section of the Cemetery so our work will be of immense value to future generations. 

You can view our previous work with regard to Drumcliff at:

 http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/don_tran/graves/drumcliff_old_graveyard_ennis.htm

Thanking all in advance:

Clara Hoyne.

 N.B. Don't forget the fantastic book on Drumcliff Cemetery is available through the Clare Roots Society as per 

http://clareroots.org/index.php/2011-06-29-19-06-17/publications

 You can read all about it on the above link. It is far more than a list of names...

IRISH CHATTER - County Kerry

Ireland - County Kerry burials database

Over 70,000 burials records for County Kerry in Ireland can now be searched online. The original burial registers for over 140 cemeteries have been digitised.

http://www.kerrylaburials.ie/en/index.aspx

CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY CREATES FIRST.. free Genealogy advice...

CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY CREATIVE CONFERENCE: OCT 1, 2011 Ennis


Ennis, Co Clare is the place to be in late September/October, in particular Oct 1st.


Have you ever wished you had access to your own personal genealogist?


Well, you can and for FREE... be at Templegate Hotel, Ennis, on 30th September at 4pm...7.00pm


There will be a number of genealogists there to help you on the way to discovering just where Aunt Sinead did get married or how Uncle Paddy ended up with the family farm...  


Sessions will be between 15-30 minutes and are sure to encourage, refresh and revive your interest in family history, genealogy...


 That not enough... well, there is more! Following this will be a visit to the Clare Local Studies Centre at Clare County Library from 7pm -8pm.


Then, time to savour, before back to TEMPLEGATE HOTEL,, where you can register for a very exciting conference between 8.45am and 9.20am... let the fun begin.


 Full details and programme at   http://clareroots.org/   then       conference programme




Clare is definitely the place to be in September/October 2011...