Welcome!
Thank you for registering for our 2024 Northern Irish Research Tour, which is taking place Sunday, June 23-Sunday, June 30, 2024!
Program Includes:
- Seven-night hotel stay at the Europa Hotel
- Orientations and tours of repositories
- Lectures from American Ancestors genealogists
- One, thirty-minute, pre-tour Zoom consultation with an expert genealogist to help prepare for your research
- Two, thirty-minute, in-person consultations with expert genealogists during the tour
- Group meals (opening and closing dinner)
- Pre-program preparatory webinar and resources
Pre-Tour Preparatory Presentations
Learn how to prepare for your time in Belfast and at the repositories, make the most of your one-on-one consultations, and more! These presentations will be held in a zoom meeting format. This means that during our Q&A sessions you will have the option to come on camera, unmute, and ask questions. You also have the option to remain muted with your camera off, and instead ask questions in the meeting chat.
Preparatory Presentation Part 1: Preparing to Research in Belfast
Presented by: Rhonda R. McClure, Senior Genealogist
This presentation will provide an overview of the repositories, records available, and more.
Preparatory Presentation Part 2: Preparing for the Tour
Presented by: Kelly Neagle, Special Events Manager and Rhonda R. McClure, Senior Genealogist
This presentation will provide an overview of the tour schedule, information about navigating Belfast, and more.
Schedule
| Sunday, June 23 | |
| after 3:00 p.m. | Check-in at Europa Hotel |
| 4:00–5:00 p.m. | Introductions and Your Guide to the Week, Europa Hotel, Dublin Suite Room |
| 5:00–6:00 p.m. | Lecture: Landed Estates presented by Rhonda R. McClure |
| 6:30–8:00 p.m. | Opening Dinner, Europa Hotel, Piano Restaurant in Europa Hotel |
| Monday, June 24 | |
| 8:50 a.m. | Gather in lobby to depart for PRONI |
| 9:00 a.m. | Coach pickup |
| 9:30–10:30 a.m. | Orientation to PRONI by PRONI Staff and Reader registration |
| 11:00–4:45 p.m. | Personal research and consultations at PRONI |
| 4:45 p.m. | Depart PRONI; coach pickup and return to hotel |
| Tuesday, June 25 | |
| 8:50 a.m. | Gather in lobby to depart for PRONI |
| 9:00 a.m. | Coach pickup |
| 9:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m. | Personal research and consultations at PRONI |
| 4:45 p.m. | Depart PRONI; coach pickup and return to hotel |
| 6:00-7:00 p.m. | Lecture: Using Printed Sources for Irish Family History, presented by Fintan Mullan, Executive Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation, Europa Hotel, Dublin Suite Room. |
| Wednesday, June 26 | |
| 8:50 a.m. | Gather in lobby to depart for PRONI |
| 9:00 a.m. | Coach pickup |
| 9:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m. | Personal research and consultations at PRONI |
| 4:45 p.m. | Depart PRONI; coach pickup and return to hotel |
| Thursday, June 27 | |
| 8:50 a.m. | Gather in lobby to depart for PRONI |
| 9:00 a.m. | Coach pickup |
| 9:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m. | Personal research and consultations at PRONI |
| 4:45 p.m. | Depart PRONI; coach pickup and return to hotel |
| Friday, June 28 | |
| 8:50 a.m. | Gather in lobby to depart for PRONI |
| 9:00 a.m. | Coach pickup |
| 9:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m. | Personal research and consultations at PRONI |
| 6:00-8:00 p.m. | Closing dinner, Europa Hotel |
| Saturday, June 29 | |
| 10:10 a.m. | Gather in lobby to depart for Belfast Central Library (optional) |
| 10:15 a.m. | Coach pickup |
| 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Building tour and orientation to the newspaper collections at Belfast Central Library |
| 11:30–4:30 p.m. | Belfast Central Library open for research |
| 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Other options (on your own):
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| Sunday, June 30 | |
| Before 12:00 p.m. | Check-out of Europa Hotel |
*Schedule subject to change.
Pre-Tour To-Dos
American Ancestors Participant Information and Research Interests Form (Required for all)
Please fill out this Participant Information and Research Interests Form by May 1, 2024. Your answers on this form will assist our genealogists in preparing for your consultations!
If you have any questions about filling out this form, please contact Education and Programming Manager, Kathleen Mackenzie at kathleen.mackenzie@nehgs.org.
PRONI Registration Form
Please click here to download PRONI's Registration Form. Once you've completed the form, please save it and email it to PRONIEvents@communities-ni.gov.uk. Please complete this by May 31, 2024.
Travel To-Dos
- Double-check (and triple-check!) that your passport is up to date for our June travel.
- Investigate your cell phone company's options for international travel. Many allow you to add-on international service for a designated period of time so that your phone will work in Belfast.
- Consider taking out British pounds in advance. You can also use ATMs on arrival in Belfast. (Note that Northern Ireland is on the pound and NOT the Euro. However, if you plan to travel on your own to the Republic of Ireland, you will need Euros there.)
- Consider investigating your credit card's fees for foreign transactions and notifying them of your travel
- Make sure that you have photo ID to present at PRONI.
- Consider reviewing the 600 bus schedule to and from the airport.
