MyHeritage Live 2019 lectures now online

MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com) has announced that lectures from its recent show in Amsterdam are now freely available online.

The full list is available at https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/09/myheritage-live-2019-lectures-now-online.

Chris

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Dr Brian Trainor Memorial Lecture Fund

The Ulster Historical Fundation (www.ancestryireland.com) has announced a new fundraiser initiative for the proposed Dr Brian Trainor Memorial Lecture, which will take place each year or every two years (details to be confirmed).

Dr Brian Trainor, a formerDirector of PRONI in Belfast, passed away in August 2018, aged 90. The UHF site provides a full obituary for Dr Trainor, whose contribution to the world of Irish genealogy is summarised within the opening paragraph:

Brian Trainor devoted much of his professional life and indeed his thirty-year retirement to making good the almost-irreparable damage done to Irish archives by the destruction of the Four Courts during the Civil War in 1922. Initially as archivist from the mid-1950s, then Director of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 1970-1987 and as Chairman of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and of the National Archives Advisory Committee, he was at the forefront of the campaign to improve the quality and awareness of historical sources whose availability and interpretation have played such a vital role in the improved understanding of the island's past.

The aim of the lecture fund is to establish the Dr Brian Trainor Memorial Lecture:

The Dr Brian Trainor Memorial Lecture will be delivered by an eminent historian of Irish history who may, or may not, be based in an academic institution on this island.

The topic of the lecture will relate to an aspect of Irish history, with a particular focus on archival sources in recognition of Dr Trainor’s huge contribution to developing, preserving and promoting archives.

Though the lecture will be delivered to an academic standard, it will be aimed at a general audience in recognition of Dr Trainor’s desire to see archives opened up to everyone.

For more information, and to make a donation, please visit https://www.ancestryireland.com/brian-trainor-memorial-lecture-fund/.

Chris

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Northern Ireland's PRONI archive uploads Your Family Tree lecture series to YouTube

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has added recordings of its recent lecture series entitled Your Family Tree to its dedicated YouTube channel. Details of the talks, with links to each on YouTube, are located at www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/proni-on-youtube/your_family_tree_lecture_series.htm.

The talks were as follows:

Part 1 - Getting Started by Janet Hancock
Part 2 - Using Street Directories by Des McCabe
Part 3 - Using Church Records by Valerie Adams
Part 4 - Tracing World War One Ancestors by Ian Montgomery
Part 5 - Using Education Records by Valerie Adams
Part 6 - Using Workhouse Records by Janet Hancock
Part 7 - Using Valuation Records by William MacAfee
Part 8 - Using Landed Estate Records by Stephen Scarth
Part 9 - Using Court, Prison and Coroners Records by Wesley Geddis
Part 10 - Using the General Register Office by Emma Elliott

The YouTube channel itself is accessible at https://www.youtube.com/user/PRONIonline

(With thanks to Claire Santry)

Chris

The latest British GENES podcast is available at http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/podcasts.html. For details on my latest book Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, and my other genealogy guide books, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.

BIFHSGO launches YouTube channel

The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (http://bifhsgo.ca) has launched a YouTube channel, with the first lecture available to view on it being 'Ignored But Not Forgotten: Canada's English Immigrants', by Lucille Campey.

John Reid has all the details on his Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections blog at http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/lucille-campey-inaugurates-bifhsgo.html.

(With thanks to John)

Chris

Stuck for a Christmas gift?! I have a series of genealogy books available in the UK, Australia and Canada, on Scottish, Irish and British based subject areas. Further details at http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. Santa approves!

PRONI events in Belfast - September to November

From PRONI (www.proni.gov.uk):

At a Glance....PRONI Autumn Schedule

CONFERENCE: Researching the First World War – Sources and Resources
When: 5 September 2014, 10am – 4.30pm

CONFERENCE: By Land, Sea and Air - Transport & Mobility through the archives
When: 8 September, 9.30am – 4.30pm

BOOK LAUNCH: 1641 Depositions (Irish Manuscripts Commission)
When: 9 September, 1pm – 2pm

European Heritage Open Days 2014
When: 13 – 14 September, 9am – 4.45pm (Saturday 13th), 10am – 4pm (Sunday 14th)

LUNCHTIME TALK: Rita Duffy (artist)
When: 19 September, 1pm – 2pm

Culture Night 2014 – PRONI and the Home Front
When: 19 September, 4.30pm – 7.30pm

THE ROAD TO WAR LECTURE SERIES: Ireland’s Entry Into War, 1914: Acceptance or Refusal?, Dr Catriona Pennell, University of Exeter
When: 25 September, Ulster Museum Lecture Theatre, 7pm

THE ROAD TO WAR LECTURE SERIES: Militarism in Ireland, 1912–18, Professor David Fitzpatrick, Trinity College, Dublin
When: 9 October, PRONI, 7pm

BELFAST CORPORATION LECTURE SERIES: Introduction to the Belfast Council, Robert Corbett, Belfast City Council
When: 14 October, 1pm – 2pm

LUNCHTIME TALK: An Unrepentant Romantic - Remembering Richard Hayward by Paul Clements
When: 17 October, 1pm – 2pm

BELFAST CORPORATION LECTURE SERIES: Building the City Hall, Robert Corbett, Belfast City Council
When: 21 October, 1pm – 2pm

THE ROAD TO WAR LECTURE SERIES: 'If the nation is to be saved women must help in the saving’: Women and War in Ireland, 1914-18, Dr Senia Paseta, University of Oxford
Thursday 23 October, PRONI, 7pm

LUNCHTIME TALK: How to undertake War Grave Research – War Graves in Belfast, Nigel Henderson
When: 24 October, 1pm – 2pm

BELFAST CORPORATION LECTURE SERIES: Signature Events at Belfast City Hall, Robert Corbett, Belfast City Council
When: 28 October, 1pm – 2pm

LUNCHTIME TALK: How to undertake War Grave Research – War Graves in Northern Ireland, Nigel Henderson
When: 31 October, 1pm – 2pm

BELFAST CORPORATION LECTURE SERIES: Councils and Corporations, Ian Montgomery, PRONI
When: 4 November, 1pm – 2pm

Full details at http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/exhibitions_talks_and_events/talks_and_events.htm

Chris

Now available for UK research is the new second edition of the best selling Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians, whilst my new book British and Irish Newspapers is also now out. And please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks

First World War lectures in Belfast - PRONI and Falls Library

From PRONI (www.proni.gov.uk), news of a First World War themed series of lectures to be held at the archive, and also PRONI contributed talks to be held at Falls Library in Belfast:

Lecture Series: The Road to War

National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) invite you to ‘The Road to War’ - a joint lecture series exploring the impact and legacy of the First World War in Ireland.

The Outbreak of the First World War by Dr William Mulligan, University College Dublin
Thursday 7 August 2014, Ulster Museum Lecture Theatre, 7pm
William Mulligan is a Senior Lecturer at University College Dublin and a EURIAS Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in 2013/4. His most recent book is The Great War for Peace, published in 2014 by Yale University Press.

Ireland’s Entry Into War, 1914: Acceptance or Refusal?, Dr Catriona Pennell, University of Exeter
Thursday 25 September, 2014, Ulster Museum Lecture Theatre, 7pm
Dr Catriona Pennell is Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. Her first book, A Kingdom United: Popular Responses to the Outbreak of the First World War in Britain and Ireland (Oxford University Press , 2012) was nominated for the RHS Whitfield Prize 2012 and the Economic History Society First Monograph Prize 2013.

Militarism in Ireland, 1912–18, Professor David Fitzpatrick, Trinity College, Dublin
Thursday 9 October 2014, PRONI, 7pm
David Fitzpatrick is Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin. His works include Politics and Irish Life, 1913–1921 (1977, 1998), Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia (1994), The Two Irelands, 1912–1939 (1998), Harry Boland’s Irish Revolution (2003), ‘Solitary and Wild: Frederick MacNeice and the Salvation of Ireland (2012), and, as editor, Terror in Ireland, 1916–1923 (2012). Descendancy: Irish Protestant Histories since 1795 will be published later this year by Cambridge University Press.

'If the nation is to be saved women must help in the saving’: Women and War in Ireland, 1914-18, Dr Senia Paseta, University of Oxford
Thursday 23 October 2014, PRONI, 7pm
Dr Senia Paseta is a historian of modern Ireland with a particular interest in the history of education, religious identity formation, political movements, and ideas in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her current research is in the history of women and political activism in Britain and Ireland. Her new book, Irish Nationalist Women, 1900-1918 (Cambridge, 2013), examines how politically active women worked within broader nationalist and feminist contexts during a volatile period of Irish history.

WHERE: Lectures will take place at PRONI and the Ulster Museum as stated above.
WHEN: All talks will start at 7pm
HOW MUCH: Admission is FREE but booking is essential. Please contact PRONI to secure your place: E: proni@dcalni.gov.uk T: (+44) 028 90534800


Also:

PRONI will be participating in a series of lectures on the First World War taking place at Falls Library from the 4th to the 8th August. Each lecture will be preceded by a ten minute talk from a member of PRONI on individual experiences of soldiers and civilians during the First World War. Each talk will cover one individual, including men and women at both the Home Front and overseas and will showcase some of the archival resources from PRONI.

Remembering, Forgetting and Commemorating Ireland's Great War: Issues for Belfast by Professor Richard S Grayson
Monday 4 August at 7pm

“The Soul of the Nation”: Irish republicans, war and rebellion by Dr Fearghal McGarry
Tuesday 5 August at 1pm

The Great War and Unionist Memory by Philip Orr
Wednesday 6 August at 1pm

Belfast Women and the Great War by Dr Margaret Ward and Lynda Walker
Thursday 7 August at 1pm

The formation and history of the Three Irish Divisions by Jimmy McDermott
Friday 8th August at 1pm

All lectures will take place at Falls Library. For more information about these events, please visit http://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/Pages/Falls-Road-Library.aspx.

(With thanks to the latest edition of PRONI's weekly newsletter, PRONI Express)

Chris

Now available for UK research is the new second edition of the best selling Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians, whilst my new book British and Irish Newspapers is also now out. And FindmyPast - please reinstate the original Scottish census citations on your new site.

Volunteers and Plantations - PRONI events

From PRONI in Belfast (www.proni.gov.uk):

Volunteering in Ireland, 1912-16
Lecture Series

Dr Timothy Bowman (University of Kent) will deliver a series of lectures examining the various volunteer organisations which emerged in Ireland during the years before the First World War. He will look at volunteering by Unionists and Nationalists as well as civic and labour volunteers and the role of women in volunteer organisations.

Lectures:
29th August: Unionist Volunteers
5th September: Young Citizen Volunteers
12th September: Irish Nationalist Volunteers
19th September: Volunteering & the Labour Movement
26th September: Volunteering & Women

Lectures begin at 6.30pm at PRONI. All events are FREE OF CHARGE. Places limited.
Please contact PRONI to secure your place at proni@dcalni.gov.uk


A Family and Local History Event on the Plantation of Ulster

This event is aimed at anyone interested in the Ulster Plantation of the early seventeenth century, a period of critical importance in the shaping of modern Ulster and Ireland. The event will be held on consecutive days, in Belfast (PRONI – Friday 27th September) and then in Derry-Londonderry (Saturday 28th September).

The presentations in PRONI will focus on the Plantation in Belfast and east Ulster. The event will be chaired by Dr Sam Burnside and a host of renowned experts on the Plantation will speak at this one-off event, held in tribute to the life and work of R.J. (Bob) Hunter.

When: Friday 27th September, 9.30am – 4pm
Where: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast – www.proni.gov.uk  (see note below though)

The event is free to attend and light refreshments and lunch will be provided on both days.

Registration is essential - to register please contact Tim Smyth at the Ulster Historical Foundation on 02890 661988 or enquiry@uhf.org.uk

For more info please see the event flyer at www.therjhuntercollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hunter-event-flyer.pdf. Please note that the Belfast conference is now fully booked. There are places still available for the Derry conference.

NB: For anyone in Scotland who might be interested in going, it is ludicrously silly season just now on ferry costs - I've just booked a return day trip to Belfast from Cairnryan for just £5 to do some client work on Thursday, so there are some good deals on the go just now!

Chris

My new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, is now available from Pen and Sword. My Scottish land and church records ebooks are available at http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html, whilst my next Pharos Scottish course, Scottish Research Online, starts Sep 4th - see http://pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Time to smash a few brick walls...!

PRONI lecture series on the Urban Landscape

From PRONI (www.proni.gov.uk)

The Urban Landscape: Civic Pride – Lecture Series

PRONI will be hosting a series of lunchtime lectures entitled "The Urban Landscape: Civic Pride" at the end of April 2013. The series will feature lectures from Dr Amanda Croft, Dr Paul Harron and Professor Stephen Royle. The dates are as follows -

‘Art and the Public Domain:’ by Dr Amanda Croft
18th April at 1pm, PRONI

Contemporary art in Northern Ireland thrives in a wide variety of locations, from large-scale galleries like the MAC and the Ulster Museum to smaller spaces such as the Engine Room and the Mullan Galleries but additional to this is the wealth of artwork in open spaces such as the Cathedral Quarter, the City Hall and the Laganside. Amanda Croft’s talk will concentrate on the development and the diversity of public art, whether installations, sculpture, murals or statues, in Belfast and its environs and how and why it is where, and what, it is.


‘Young & Mackenzie Architects and Civil Engineers - Networks and connections of patronage in the creation of Belfast’s built environment, c.1850-1940’ by Dr Paul Harron
25th April at 1pm, PRONI

As Belfast developed rapidly in the 19th century new local architectural and civil engineering firms were established to cater for clients’ expanding needs, creating in due course an imposing and varied cityscape. An examination of one of the largest of these firms, Young & Mackenzie, from c.1850 to the 1930s – whose archives are held in PRONI – reveals the extent to which social, societal and business networks and connections were involved in the receipt of design commissions, from street developments to individual residences; from large-scale commercial premises to significant institutional and civic buildings as well as new churches and the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland – the Assembly Buildings.

This lecture will present material demonstrating how closely connected members of Belfast’s wealthy civic elite were – joined by social, religious, commercial, civic, cultural and institutional ties – and how this led to frequent and notable instances of this firm’s dominance and monopoly in the architectural field during the Victorian, Edwardian and early 20th century periods. The results of networks of such patronage still speak for themselves in many substantial buildings which exist today and which still give Belfast much of its prevailing visual appearance.


‘Clanging Belfast: The Industrial City’ by Professor Stephen Royle
30th April at 1pm, PRONI

Belfast's industrial pomp must have been noisy: riveting at the yards, clatter from linen mills, sirens marking time at the factories. A rumbustious people packed into terraces and alleys would have added their din. Noise fades but the industrial era left other remembrances, from buildings still gracing the city to humdrum details of lives revealed in newspapers, more formal sources from the corporation, the Linen Merchants’ Association and parliamentary and other reports. Utilising contemporary materials, this lecture details Belfast from a market town to the titanic/Titanic city with might in textiles, shipbuilding and other industries. The lecture does not ignore the darkness within the clanging city: health problems of mill workers; back street poverty – a ‘charnel house breaking in upon the gaiety and glitter of a bridal’ was one inelegant description – and ‘intestine broils’, sectarian conflicts that blighted Belfast in the nineteenth as well as the twentieth century.

WHERE: PRONI lecture theatre
WHEN: 1pm on the 18th, 25th & 30th April
HOW MUCH: FREE

All talks will last approximately 45 minutes.
Talks are free but booking is advisable.
To book please contact PRONI on 02890 534800 or email us at proni@dcalni.gov.uk

(With thanks to Gavin McMahon)

Chris

My new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, is now available from Pen and Sword. For my other genealogy books, please visit  http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html; whilst for my online Scottish based genealogy courses please visit the Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd site.

Forthcoming PRONI lectures and events

From the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (www.proni.gov.uk):

PRONI is kick-starting 2013 by hosting a range events including conferences, book readings and lectures. We are delighted to announce the following events:

Holocaust Memorial Day Conference
31st January 2:00 - 4:45pm

'Law, Order and Violence' OUI Exploring Urban History Lecture by Barry Sheehan
31st January 6:30pm

Exploring Your Roots exhibition
18th February – 15th March

'The Poor Law and Public Health' OUI Exploring Urban History Lecture by Olwyn Purdue
28th February 6:30pm

'The Other Irish: The Scots-Irish Rascals who Made America' Book Reading by Karen McCarthy
6th February 1:00 – 2:00pm

'Live as was Lived in Days of War: some accounts of the First World War from PRONI’ talk by Ian Montgomery
7th February 7pm

'Urban Landscape' OUI Exploring Urban History Round Table panel talk
21st March 6:30pm

Please see our website for more details, PRONI Talks and Events

All events are free to attend and open to the general public, however, due to limited space we ask that you contact us to reserve your place.

We look forward to seeing you!

(With thanks to Gavin McMahon)

Chris

Pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, through Pen and Sword (30 April 2013), or purchase early at Who Do You Think You Are Live 2013 in London. For my other genealogy books, please visit  http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html; whilst for my online Scottish based genealogy courses please visit the Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd site.

Forthcoming Irish lecture in Quebec

I've been asked to give a plug for a forthcoming seminar by the Quebec Family History Society (www.qfhs.ca) on Wednesday, November 21:

Beyond the Basics of Irish Genealogy Research (Seminar)
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm - QFHS Heritage Centre and Library, 173 Cartier Avenue, Pointe-Claire, QC H9J 4H9
Presented by Kyle Betit

Kyle Betit will talk about some of the lesser-known Irish resources that will help family historians learn more about their ancestors and track down the more elusive ones.

Mr. Betit is one of North America's best-known Irish genealogical experts. He is a professional genealogist, lecturer and author, residing in Salt Lake City. He was a co-editor of the popular magazine, "The Irish at Home and Abroad", and is co-author of "A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors".

Fee: $30.00 members; $40.00 non-members.
Reservations are required.

Call 514.695.1502 or contact Jackie at qfhs.communications@bellnet.ca.

(With thanks to Susan Gingras Calcagni)

Chris

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PRONI: Urban History lecture series

From PRONI (www.proni.gov.uk):

Starting in October, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland will begin hosting a lecture series entitled Exploring Urban History in Ulster. The lecture series will run until March 2013 and has been developed by Open University Ireland and PRONI.

The series is comprised of 5 lectures to be given at 6:30pm during the Thursday late night openings at PRONI's new building in the Titanic Quarter.

25 October 2012
400 Years of Urban History
Janice Holmes

6 December 2012
Creating an Urban Environment: 1612-13
Brian Gurrin

31 January 2013
Law, Order and Violence
Barry Sheehan

28 February 2013
The Poor Law and Public Health
Olwyn Purdue

21 March 2013
Urban Landscape –
Round Table panel

WHEN: October 2012 - March 2013. Thursday late night openings 6:30pm
WHERE: PRONI
HOW MUCH: Free

Chris

Scottish Research Online - 5 weeks online Pharos course, £45.99, taught by Chris Paton from 26 SEP 2012 - see www.pharostutors.com
New book: It's Perthshire 1866 - there's been a murder... www.thehistorypress.co.uk/products/The-Mount-Stewart-Murder.aspx (from June 12th 2012)

Madness in India lecture and NLS genealogy workshops

Some forthcoming lectures and workshops of interest for family history at the National Library of Scotland (www.nls.uk):

Madness in British India: Life in colonial lunatic asylums
10 October, 2012 6pm

How did the British manage and treat mentally ill Europeans and natives in India? What was life really like in a 'lunatic asylum'? Did conditions differ from those in Britain? Francine Millard, Digitisation Manager for the Medical History of British India Project, explores these issues. She will introduce fascinating 19th and 20th century asylum reports from the India Papers which recently went online for the first time.


Reader workshops

Getting started at NLS
2 October 2012, 2.30pm

Learn how to register as a reader, find your way around the Library, request material and find out about our other services. The workshop also includes a tour of the Reading Rooms.

If you are planning to register to use the Library after the workshop, please bring evidence of identity such as a current driving licence or a recent utility bill.


Discovering family history
9 October 2012, 10am

Ever been interested in researching your roots, but unsure of where to start? Find out what resources the Library holds to help you with your family history research. The workshop also includes some practical information on how to become a reader.


Read all about it!
15 October 2012, 6pm

This workshop provides an introduction to the online newspaper resources available at the Library. The session includes demonstrations of a selection of resources and tips on how to search and discover the information you need.


Introduction to maps at NLS
16 October 2012, 2pm

NLS is home to one of the largest map collections in the world. Our shelves hold everything from town plans to world atlases, railway maps to star charts. Learn about the range of maps available and view a selection of highlights from the collection. Includes an introduction to the Maps Reading Room.

This workshop will take place at the Map Reading Room at the Library's Causewayside building: 159 Causewayside, Edinburgh, EH9 1PH.


The free workshops fill up quickly so please book your place online today, or call 0131 623 3918.

(With thanks to the NLS)

Chris

Scottish Research Online - 5 weeks online Pharos course, £45.99, taught by Chris Paton from 26 SEP 2012 - see www.pharostutors.com
New book: It's Perthshire 1866 - there's been a murder... www.thehistorypress.co.uk/products/The-Mount-Stewart-Murder.aspx (from June 12th 2012)

PRONI lecture series

From the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (www.proni.gov.uk):

A Decade of Change, Conflict and Transformation Lecture Series

Throughout September, PRONI will be hosting an exciting series of lectures on this turbulent period of Irish history as part of the Decade of Centenaries. In keeping with the 100 year commemorations, there will be particular focus on the impact of both the Ulster Covenant and the Third Home Rule Bill. Talks will be delivered by the following speakers:

6th September -
‘Raiders of the Lost Archives: Covenant records at PRONI’
Stephen Scarth

13th September -
‘Nationalism 1900-1922'
Dr Eamon Phoenix

20th September -
‘The Ulster Covenant and Ulster Unionist resistance to Home Rule, 1912-1914’
Dr Tim Bowman

27th September -
‘The Story Arc Of The Covenant: from signature to screen’
William Crawley and Brian Henry Martin

WHERE: PRONI Building
WHEN: Thursdays 6:30 pm throughout September
HOW MUCH: Free

(With thanks to Gavin McMahon at PRONI)

Chris

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PRONI lecture online: Urban History

From Gavin McMahon at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (www.proni.gov.uk):

The next lecture in the Exploring Local History series is now available on YouTube. This lecture is on the subject of ‘Urban History’ and is presented by Dr Olwyn Purdue. Please follow the attached links to the six segments to view.

Part 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTopX795x4

Part 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=itQvCwPPHU4&feature=relmfu

Part 3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmiOLOALYvg&feature=relmfu

Part 4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3APDM97klEc

Part 5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaIUTTXOOtQ&feature=relmfu

Part 6
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNzPFkR4JE&feature=relmfu

(With thanks to Gavin)

Chris

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PRONI lectures past and new

The PRONI/OU lecture on 'Crime', by Barry Sheen, which was due to have taken place on January 26th, has now been rescheduled for Thursday February 23rd, at PRONI.

Elsewhere, the next PRONI/Linen Hall Library lecture will take place in the library on Wednesday February 29th. Entitled 'Holy Island: The Rathlin Catechism’, it will be given the University of Ulster's Andrew Sneddon.

Both lectures are free. Booking is essential for the first and advisable for the second - further details at www.proni.gov.uk.

Finally, PRONI has recorded the recent lecture on Industrialisation, which can now be viewed on its PRONI Online YouTube channel, or below.











Chris