by Paul Gorry | Jun 23, 2020 | AGI, Atlantic Canada, BQACG, Credentials for Genealogists, Genealogy, GIM |
It’s getting close to two years since I published my latest book, Credentials for Genealogists: Proof of the Professional. I wrote it because I passionately care about genealogy as a profession and I can see its structure declining before my eyes. Things have...
by Paul Gorry | Jun 2, 2020 | AGI, ASGRA, Genealogy, Genealogy Speakers Guild, ISFHWE |
I’m not happy today to be removing this membership symbol from my website and mention of the organisation from my LinkedIn page. No, I haven’t left the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE). No, they haven’t kicked me out. ...
by Paul Gorry | May 19, 2020 | Accredited Genealogists Ireland, AGI, Baltinglass, Coronavirus, GAS, Genealogy, National Archives Ireland, Professional Genealogists, Record Repositories, Registry of Deeds |
I haven’t been in a record repository for over two months. That hasn’t happened to me since the mid-1980s, when I took six months off to supervise a parish register indexing project. Even then I managed the odd trip to Dublin to feed my habit. Right now I’m...
by Paul Gorry | Apr 27, 2020 | Books, Claire Santry, Databases, Eileen O'Byrne, Genealogical Office, Guide Books, IGRS, John Grenham, Margaret Dickson Falley, Record Repositories, Registry of Deeds, Rosemary ffolliott, Wallace Clare |
Not too long ago most people beginning to trace their ancestors found their way to a society they could join, a guide book they could read and / or a conference they could attend. Many people still do, but as genealogy grows in popularity it is becoming more of an...
by Paul Gorry | Mar 22, 2020 | Carlow, Carrig Mountain, Farming, Finn McCool, Folklore, Keadeen, Killalesh, Lugnaquilla, Mountkelly, Seasons, Wicklow |
These photographs were taken at various times from more or less the same location between July 2018 and March 2020. The field in the foreground is at the very edge of Co. Carlow. It is in Mountkelly townland. Beyond the trees is Killalish (pronounced...
by Paul Gorry | Feb 19, 2020 | Accredited Genealogists Ireland, AGI, Back To Our Past, Coolattin, Credentials for Genealogists, Genealogy, Laura Whitmore, Professional Genealogists, WDYTYA? |
Supposedly evenings are when television programmes have their greatest impact. Really, with so many channels now, it’s just by chance that people see any programme, unless it’s the news or Nationwide or something spectacular like Line of Duty or something addictive...
