TIARA meets at the Chelmsford Library on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008
sponsored by the Chelmsford Genealogy Club and the Chelmsford Library
Saturday, October 25,
9:30am to 12:30 p.m.
Solving Problems in Irish Genealogy: Resources and Methods
Speakers: Mary Ellen Grogan and George B. Handran

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Mary Ellen Grogan is a professional genealogist based in Boston. She specializes in Massachusetts records and Irish research. As Vice-President of TIARA, she has organized TIARA's annual research trips to Ireland since 2005.

George B. Handran makes frequent research trips to Ireland, lectures and writes on Irish subjects. He edited and published "Townlands in Poor Law Unions, A Reprint of the Pamphlets from the General Register Office." He participated in the development of the index to "Griffith's Valuation" with Enneclan and the National Library of Ireland.

Part 1 will review the various resources used in Irish genealogy;
Part 2 will be a problem-solving session using those resources.