March 2010

With St Patrick's Day approaching many people think about their Irish and Scots-Irish ancestry, and the Foundation's forthcoming lecture tour in the USA (13 to 20 March 2010) is a great opportunity to celebrate your Irish connections.
We have listed below the details for the venues of our six locations in Wayne PA, Lancaster PA, Raleigh NC, Naples FL, Lincoln NE and Bethpage, Long Island NY.
If you are unable to attend we would ask that you help us promote these events to the widest possible audience by passing on the information to your contacts or local societies.
We should like to thank everyone who helped in setting up our March programme.
To our members/contacts outside of the USA we apologise in advance that this information is not relevant to your area.
We would add though, particular for members in the UK, that the Foundation is keen to undertake more engagements in 2010 and a letter on this subject will be sent out shortly.
For members in Canada, the Foundation is willing to speak to any group who might consider hosting a programme. You might be interested to know that Research Director, Dr William Roulston, has been invited to speak at a conference in the autumn, and could include other venues as part of that trip.
We thank you for your interest in the Foundation's work.
Yours sincerely

FINTAN MULLAN
Executive Director
Ulster Historical Foundation

Programme for the U.S. Ulster Historical Foundation Irish Genealogy Lecture Tour, March 13 to 20th, 2010.

February 2010

• We are planning to have a general meeting at Conference 2010. Hope to see you there! Bring your ideas and suggestions!
  
  
• Some of you may want to avail yourselves of a Research Trip. This one is organized by Richard Doherty, who has spoken many times at OGS events. Check it out at Celtic Quest! This year, due to the Public Register Office of Northern Ireland being on the move to new facilities (see below), there is no Belfast trip this year - only to Dublin. You may also download the brochure here. Richard informs us that there is a $100 Early-Bird Discount if the deposit is paid by February 28^th.
  
  
• People going to Northern Ireland should be aware that PRONI (The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland) in Belfast, the main repository of genealogical documents in the North, will be moving to its new headquarters in the Titanic Quarter.  As a result the facility will shut down at the end of August 2010 and will be closed until May 2011.  Research trips should be re-arranged to work around this inconvenience.
  
  
• OGS is now on Facebook. If you are a Facebook user, search for Ontario Genealogical Society in the upper right hand corner search box of the Facebook screen.  OGS plans to use this to promote upcoming news and events.