A practical guide by Carol Wells to help you find - and possibly locate - your ancestors but using a range of Irish free resources. Of particular interest will be the use of Griffiths Valuation Maps.
For most of the Twentieth Century, hundreds of Irish unmarried mothers migrated to Britain annually, in order to escape the stigma associated with unmarried motherhood in Ireland. This talk looks at what happened to some of those women once they landed in Britain, particularly in Liverpool, Birmingham and London.
Whilst the Irish Ancestry Group has been resting for a while, the members of the group have continued with their important and valuable work of transcribing and indexing catholic church registers to preserve amd to improve access to relevant archival material. Interest in Irish ancestry remains as high as ever amongst our members and visitors, and the Society continues to provide talks and resources on Irish themes. In this 'Irish Ancestry Group' section we will list society meetings that relate to Irish Research and also develop resource lists to help our members to research their Irish heritage.
Whilst he Irish Ancestry Group of the MLFHS has been resting, the members have continued in their valuable work of transcribing catholic church registers. Interest in Irish/Manchester ancestry remains as high as ever amongst our members and visitors, and the provision of talks by Jill Williams, Madeline Best and Carol Wells has continued throughout this period, hosted by Manchester, Bolton and Anglo Scottish sections.
As we look forward to a less restrictive post-Covid era, we will contnue to provide talks with Irish themes and we will post details on this page with a link to the section organising the talk and to the Eventbrite booking link. Admission to these talks is free of charge to all members of the MLFHS, a small charge is usually payable by non-members.
