Claire Bradley, MA, Director of Irish Records
Presenting In Person at RootsTech 2024!
Claire has two In-Person Presentations this year!
Anatomy of a Hint
This session looks at the popularity of Ancestry hints and the importance of critically analysing each one on its individual pros and cons. Hints are becoming a huge part of genealogical research and they can be a powerful tool but must be used correctly. As an example, she will examine a hint offered in her own family tree, which is attached to many different users’ trees, and breakdown where it comes from, whether it is correct, and how to prove or rebut it. As so many people use Ancestry’s hints, it is vital that new family historians understand how to use them and when not to use them. Participants should have used Ancestry previously and have a basic awareness of shaky leaves before attending this session.
Scheduled for Thursday, February 29 at 8:00 AM Mountain Time*
Getting Started with Irish Records
This class guides the new Irish family history researcher on how to use the civil registration records of birth, death and marriage for both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It explains the history, the format, changes over time and demonstrates the main websites to use. This is supplemented by newspaper death notices. It’s also particularly of use to people using DNA who need to build out trees of unresponsive matches.
Scheduled for Friday, March 1 at 1:30 PM Mountain Time*
Claire Bradley is a professional Irish genealogist working with both traditional paper records and genetic genealogy. She holds a Certificate in Genealogy from University College Dublin and a Masters in History of the Family from the University of Limerick. Claire is passionate about teaching people how to research their own ancestry. She teaches a beginners’ adult education course now running for over a decade covering all the Irish major sources in Dublin. She regularly lectures both in person and online to a wide range of family history and historical societies in Ireland, the UK and countries with large Irish diasporas. Her specific interests are genetic genealogy, Irish Quakers and Dublin records. Her website is www.cbgenealogy.ie
*Check the schedule on the RootsTech2024 website for finalized schedule times.