Irish Family Footsteps

Attending the "Exploring the 1926 Census" Conference :: Irish Family Footsteps Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending the "Exploring the 1926 Census" Conference in Dublin Castle.

The day has finally come! The 1926 census is available on the National Archives of Ireland website. I have spent a very exciting morning looking for my relatives and finding all sorts of interesting things I never knew - such as that my grandfather Francis Doble (only ever a farmer to me) trained as an engineer. It explains why both he and my father knew so much about machinery.
Afterwards, I spent time looking at everything with my 22 year old son and found it very emotional to look at these records with him and tell him all about the people who were part of my life but long gone now. I didn't quite expect it would affect me so much but it did. I image there will some tears shed around the country today.

Only a few hours now until the release of the 1926 census. I've spent the evening going through everyone in my family tree who was alive in 1926 to see who I have questions about!
I can't wait to see it!

I am re-launching my Irish Family Footsteps website today. www.irishfamilyfootsteps.ie . Please do log in to give it a bit of traction with google and give my post a like! Thank you very much friends!

We are all counting down the days to the release of the 1926 census. Here are some very useful pointers from Accredited Genealogists Ireland to prepare!

A new term of the “Professional Certificate in Family History Research” run by

City College Dublin and Accredited Genealogists Ireland, commences on

25th September 2025.



This year, there are exciting new additions to the popular foundation Certificate

Course when we explore the expanding world of genetic genealogy and tackle

the impact of Artificial Intelligence, good, bad and indifferent.



The Certificate course can be the first step for those considering a future career

in genealogy, or an exciting way to enhance a hobby. It stands alone, but is also

the preferred route to more in depth study in the Diploma which follows in the

Spring term.



The lectures this term examine the principal sources for Irish genealogy,

the so-called “pillars”, of civil, church and census records alongside the main

land surveys of the nineteenth century.

It also tackles the subject of research itself, from co-ordinating notes to

assessing the value of each piece of information to the final production of a

professional standard report.

Sources such as newspapers and military records are also explored, and

there is a guided visit to the National Library of Ireland to give students hands-on

experience of a great repository, followed by an informal discussion time

with members of AGI.

Interested in taking a family history course?
The excellent Certificate in Family History research is back at City Colleges from April 27th.

citycolleges.ie

Greatly enjoyed providing a lecture "Researching Your Church of Ireland" Ancestors for the Irish Family History Forum (www.ifhf.org) today. Thank you very much to them for this opportunity.

AGI and City Colleges Launch New Stage in their Genealogy Course Collaboration | Accredited Genealogists Ireland AGI and City Colleges Launch New Stage in their Genealogy Course Collaboration September 2022 sees the launch of a new stage in the popular collaboration between City Colleges and Accredited Genealogists Ireland to deliver comprehensive courses in family history research for the dedicated amateur an...

Sadly we cannot have our annual celebration of all things Irish genealogy this October; but happily we will at least be able to have a virtual version of Back to Our Past and it's on this weekend.
Accredited Genealogists Ireland are giving some presentations on the basics of research and these are sure to be excellent.
If you are interested, register at

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