Tracing Irish ancestry with the Village Genealogical Society

On Thursday, October 6, Dr. Lindsey’s will be using his own research to demonstrate how it is possible to begin with an Irish immigrant ancestor about whose Irish place of origin relatively little is known, and eventually identify the precise location from which the ancestor came in Ireland, opening doors to information going back several generations beyond the immigrant ancestor.

This lecture will add one set of important notes to the information Dr. Lindsey shared when he first gave this lecture to VGS. He will add the internet sources for doing Irish research, which are rapidly increasing and are very promising sources of information for those researching Irish ancestors.

Dr Lindsey’s tips are designed primarily to help researchers track pre-Famine and Famine emigrants, most of whom were Catholic, from southern Ireland to the U.S. He will focus on sources and records of value to researchers of Irish families on this side of the Atlantic, to help make the preliminary identification of the all-important target location for research in Ireland. Once that target location has been identified, the lecture will offer researchers a wide range of important sources that need to be searched in Ireland to identify ancestors, and tips on how to use these sources

William D. (Bill) Lindsey is a native Arkansan who has been actively engaged in genealogical research for over 30 years and needs no introduction to VGS members as he has shared his knowledge with our society many times. He is a member of the board of Arkansas Genealogical Society and he has published genealogical articles in various journals. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from the University of St. Michael's College in Toronto, a M.A. degree in theology from the same school, and a M.A. in English from Tulane University

The Village Genealogical Society meets the first Thursday of each month (except July and August) at the Coronado Center, Room 6, at 2 PM. Anyone interested in family research is welcome to attend. Please call Bill Patterson at 922-6965 or Valerie Hartnett at 922-6922.