If anyone lives near Philly, I really recommend this seminar. I attended a similar on in Oregon last year and felt it well worth the travel. *_Genealogy Workshop, Philadelphia, 24 February 2007_* _ _ _Venue: Historical Society of Philadelphia _ 1300 LOCUST STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107 215 732-6200 _ _ 9.30 – _Welcome to participants_ 9.45 – _Setting the background_ · William Roulston: The Ulster Plantation, 1610-41: sources for early British settlers · Brian Trainor: Emigration from Ireland to America and the sources for its study 11.00 – Break 11.30 – _Getting to grips with the basics_ · William Roulston: Introduction to Irish genealogy: census and civil registration records · Brian Trainor: Irish and Scots-Irish research: not always at the bottom of the pile 1.00 – lunch 2.00 – _Special categories of record_ · William Roulston: Researching the farming community in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland · Brian Trainor: Records relating to the different churches in Ireland 3.30 – Break 4.00 – _Question and Answer session_ 4.30 – Close -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com