What a way to start Saint Patrick's Week. I attended the UGHG presentation at Valley Forge yesterday which was hosted by some very nice folks from the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. The presenters were Fintan (finton) Mullen and Bryan Trainer. Fintan suggested that if we had a problem with his brogue to get used to it if we expected to understand our ancestors when we meet them. OnceyougotusedtoFintan'srapidstyleofspeech and a few of his pronunciations (his Tehrone/my TYrone or the his peur laws/my poor laws) the presentations were superb. His first admonishment was to exhaust all of the American sources before trying to find an ancestor by going to Irish documents. However once you decide to visit the Emerald Isle there are a million original documents to look at. Fintan said that the digital listing of names and places are great, but a real joy comes from looking at the document or a copy which an individual had handwritten at a given moment in time. When I opened their web site _http://www.ancestryireland.com/_ (http://www.ancestryireland.com/) and the documents here _http://www.ulsterancestry.com/_ (http://www.ulsterancestry.com/) I was familiar with the terms which both Fintan and Bryan had explained. There are several more presentations this week and if you get a chance attend one. _Ulster Historical Foundation - Irish Genealogy Research Ireland, Ulster, Antrim, Down, Belfast: News_ (http://www.ancestryireland.com/index.php?id=1027&backPID=1008&tt_news=61) Fintan also suggested we should come to Ulster whether we have Irish ancestors or not just for the fun of it. So feel free to invite your Germanic spouse!! John A. O'Neal, Pomeranian American Other than slavery, nazism, fascism and George III, war has never solved any problems. GO GREEN!! RECYCLE CONGRESS !!! NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES
Thank you for sharing this. I am going to attend the one in Naples on Tuesday. On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > What a way to start Saint Patrick's Week. I attended the UGHG presentation > at Valley Forge yesterday which was hosted by some very nice folks from > the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. The presenters were Fintan > (finton) > Mullen and Bryan Trainer. Fintan suggested that if we had a problem with > his brogue to get used to it if we expected to understand our ancestors > when > we meet them. > > OnceyougotusedtoFintan'srapidstyleofspeech and a few of his pronunciations > (his Tehrone/my TYrone or the his peur laws/my poor laws) the > presentations were superb. His first admonishment was to exhaust all of the > American > sources before trying to find an ancestor by going to Irish documents. > However once you decide to visit the Emerald Isle there are a million > original > documents to look at. Fintan said that the digital listing of names and > places > are great, but a real joy comes from looking at the document or a copy > which an individual had handwritten at a given moment in time. > > When I opened their web site _http://www.ancestryireland.com/_ > (http://www.ancestryireland.com/) and the documents here > _http://www.ulsterancestry.com/_ (http://www.ulsterancestry.com/) I was > familiar with the terms which > both Fintan and Bryan had explained. There are several more presentations > this week and if you get a chance attend one. > _Ulster Historical Foundation - Irish Genealogy Research Ireland, Ulster, > Antrim, Down, Belfast: News_ > (http://www.ancestryireland.com/index.php?id=1027&backPID=1008&tt_news=61) > > Fintan also suggested we should come to Ulster whether we have Irish > ancestors or not just for the fun of it. So feel free to invite your > Germanic > spouse!! > > John A. O'Neal, Pomeranian American > Other than slavery, nazism, fascism and George III, war has never solved > any problems. > > GO GREEN!! RECYCLE CONGRESS !!! NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >