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		Provisional Programme of Events

The International Genealogy Conference
The County Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Society are delighted to announce that they will be hosting an International Genealogy Conference in Sligo, one of the most beautiful counties in Ireland, from the 30th of September to the 3rd of October, 2004.

The venue for the event is the Model Arts & Niland Gallery, Sligo.

The following is a list of speakers, who have been approached to speak at this conference. The various speakers proposed lecture topic is also given below.

The finalised programme of events will be confirmed and released in the coming weeks, so subscribe to our mailing list or check back here for details.



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Provisional Programme of Events
SPEAKER	TOPIC
George B. Handran, US Genealogist & Attorney	Griffiths Valuation Poor Law Unions
Collette O'Flaherty, National Library of Ireland	Sources for Family History in the National Library
Gregory O'Connor, National Archives	National Archive Sources
Brian McEvoy, Trinity College Genetics Dept.	DNA research and the future of Genealogy
Eamon Rossi, CEO, Irish Genealogy Limited	Irish Genealogy Research
Donal Tinney, Sligo County Librarian	Sources of Local History
Brian Mitchell, Genealogy Centre Manager	Census Records
Susan Hood, Church Representative Body	Irish Heraldry & Ancestry
Eileen M. O'Duill, Professional Genealogist	Public Records office fire 1922
Willie O'Kane, Irish World Family History	Gravestone Inscriptions
John C. McTernan, Author & Historian	Emigration in the 19th Century
Tony McCarthy, Editor, Irish Roots Magazine	Putting your Irish genealogy research in perspective
Joe McGowan, Author & Historian	Island Histories & Folklore
Sean O'Duill, School Teacher	Matchmaking and Marriage customs in the 19th century.
John Flynn, Yeats Society	The Yeats brothers in Sligo
Siobhan Ryan, Heritage Officer, Sligo	Heritage Sites
Brian Donovan, Eneclann	Information Technology and Genealogy

Regarding the programme of events, it is envisaged that there will be two streams of lectures running simultaneously over the four days giving conference attendees a choice of two lectures to suit their interests at each time slot.

The event is further enhanced by the inclusion of a comprehensive evening entertainment programme, which will include a magical waterbus tour of the enchanting Lough Gill, an evenings entertainment in Parkes castle and a night of traditional Irish music & song with a traditional Irish pub quiz thrown in for good measure.

Following the conference, participants will also have the opportunity to avail of a six day guided tour of Ireland in association with Discovery promotions.

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