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North of Ireland Family History Society
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9 branches throughout the North of Ireland, monthly meetings, dedicated research centre and DNA innovation, education and promotion.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Don't miss this! More information and book here: www.nifhs.org/events/ask-a...
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our very popular book and DNA fair is back!
If you have books, DVDs or jigsaws you would like to donate, you can drop them to the Research Centre on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 2pm and 8pm, or Mon 24th - Fri 28th November 11.30 am to 1.30 pm
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Everyone is welcome to attend our Branch meetings. Just go to the calendar at www.nifhs.org/events-and-c..., click on the event you would like to attend and email the branch from that page.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"October is Beginners’ Month at NIFHS" presentations now ready on YouTube. Useful for anyone just starting out or wanting a recap.

Getting started with:
North of Ireland research: youtu.be/4zgeSlSzPW8
Analysing your DNA: youtu.be/a1hI2V1oVaY
Wikitree: youtu.be/sb6fmgBfwd0
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Is your brick wall ancestor in our transcriptions? Search the Index to find out: www.nifhs.org/research-cen...
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
October 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Find out more at www.nifhs.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Find out more and book at www.nifhs.org/events-and-c...
The presentations will be recorded but not the Look-up session or the question and answer session that follows each class. If you want to attend those, you need to attend live.
October 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
October 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A little glimpse into the Members’ Area of our website with lots of Member only benefits.
If you’re already a Member, log in here: www.nifhs.org/my-account/
If you’re not a member, read about some of the benefits here: www.nifhs.org/membership/b...
September 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Our DNA Interest Group met today and we discussed the latest integration between FTDNA and Wikitree - and what it might tell you if you have mitochondrial or Y DNA tests.
You can watch the short presentation here: youtu.be/P2uHRByyVpc
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reposted by North of Ireland Family History Society
Major relaunch of PRONI website later this year, and other news from the archive scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/majo... #genealogy
Major relaunch of PRONI website later this year, and other news from the archive
From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.
scottishgenes.blogspot.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
More Information: www.nifhs.org/events-and-c...
Recordings will be available after the course ends but won’t include Q&A sessions or the Look-Up session. If you’d like to be part of those, now’s the perfect time to join the Society! Become a Member by 30th September and don’t miss a thing.
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
September 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
September 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Checkout all upcoming talks and events at www.nifhs.org/events-and-c...
September 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Find out more and contact Branches if you wish to join their meetings.
www.nifhs.org/events-and-c...
September 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you are a Member of NIFHS and want to extend your knowledge of DNA, come along to our DNA Special Interest Group.
We are so fortunate (and grateful) to have extremely knowledgeable DNA experts in our Society to lead this group and keep us on the right track in our DNA research!
September 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM