Early Bird Offer for Both Conferences Extended until 29 February 2016!
To celebrate the Foundation’s move to new premises in central Belfast, and our first visit to Rootstech 2016, we are pleased to announce that we are extending the early bird offer of only £699 (approximately $999) per person for our June and September conferences until 29 February 2016.
Read MoreNorth American Lecture Tour Itinerary: 05–22 March 2016.
Want to discover your Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors? Many people believe that researching Irish ancestors is impossible because of the destruction of the Public Record Office in 1922. While many records were destroyed, others survived and large collections have come online in recent years.
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More than 51,000 new records for Catholic Parishes released!
We are pleased to announce that we have added over 51,000 new birth, marriage and burial records to our website! To celebrate the release of these new records, we are also extending our 50% Off Sale until 14th February 2016!
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An Independent People: The Story of Ulster’s Presbyterians (DVD).
An Independent People was originally commissioned and broadcast by BBC Northern Ireland television with support from the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund. The series was produced by Below the Radar TV and has received much critical acclaim. It has now been produced on DVD by Authentic Ulster.
Read MoreDigital Film Archive call for submissions!
Northern Ireland Screen is expanding its Digital Film Archive and wants to hear from members of the public who own cine film made in, or about Northern Ireland.
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Clergy of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
Clergy of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe is the fourteenth volume of revised clergy succession lists for the Church of Ireland to be published in the past 20 years, and the twelfth in the series by Ulster Historical Foundation.
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Latest Book Launches
The Belfast Blitz: The City in the War Years. Our latest book was launched this week at two events. On Tuesday 12 June, guest speaker Dr Mike Foy spoke glowingly of the author, and this latest work by Brian Barton, at an event held in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
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Common Currency – The Shared Inheritance of Ulster and N. America
‘‘I am proud to be of Ulster Scots stock. I am proud to be, also, of Irish stock. I share these roots with millions and millions of Americans, now over 40 million Americans.’ – President William Jefferson Clinton, speaking in Belfast, 1995
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Making Europe: Columbanus & His Legacy
As part of the ‘Making Europe: Columbanus & His Legacy’ conference series, there are are series of events titled ‘Identity in Early Medieval Europe’, in Bangor, Co. Down from the 22nd to the 24th of May.
Read MoreForthcoming Events
The Foundation is pleased to announce that we will be hosting two major conferences in the coming weeks and months. Common Currency: The Shared Inheritance of Ulster and North America – on the 4th of June and Andrew Jackson: Victor of New Orleans, Seventh President of the USA – on the 6th of July
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