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[MasseyandKing @IrishProbateGen]

Lovely wee letter arrived in from a client saying that info we gave him about his 2 x great grandparents was eagerly gobbled by his own grandchildren for family tree school project. #buddinggenies #warmglow #itsnicetobenice

[AGI.ie @AccGenIreland]

AGI Members enjoyed a fascinating day of lectures and discussion at Maynooth University. Highlights included talks by Sarah Larkin on archival collections and Dr Ciaran Reilly on the Great Famine Eviction Database. For full details click here : https://t.co/MMBvaqXYlt

[AGI.ie @AccGenIreland]

May’s Image of the Month is by Tony Hennessy, M.A.G.I. Tony writes a beautifully reflective piece on the emotional connection between family heirlooms, memory, and ancestry and how everyday objects can become powerful links to the past. To read more click: https://t.co/QsJZS2sZ3e

[AGI.ie @AccGenIreland]

AGI members are at the heart of the 1926 Census conversation: https://t.co/vUl73LdBSd
#1926census #irishgenealogy #irishfamilyhistory

[AGI.ie @AccGenIreland]

Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) has published a concise resource sheet to navigate the newly released 1926 Census of the Irish Free State. Read more here: https://t.co/CVWjBB1l4f

[AGI.ie @AccGenIreland]

Listen to our member Jillian Van Turnhout extol the coming online of the Irish 1926 Census on 18 April. A truly knockout interview. Click here to listen. Wind forward to 27:57: https://t.co/PnE5bF5u2K

And here’s the link again to our free handout: https://t.co/bBbvf8BwaR

[AGI.ie @AccGenIreland]

Enrol Now for AGI & City Colleges Dublin Advanced Family History Diploma. Once more AGI will run its popular Family History course in conjunction with City Colleges Dublin, with the Diploma in Family History, advanced level, commencing on 19 February 2026: https://t.co/pobvZ4niou

[MasseyandKing @IrishProbateGen]

My daughter’s relationship has ended and I fear her ex-boyfriend will claim on the field I gave her – does he have a case? https://t.co/lgHA5DeUIG

[Steven Smyrl 🏳️‍🌈 @StevenSmyrl]

Very disappointed today at the attitude of the bar/kitchen staff at @europahotel. I ordered a sandwich & soup. The latter came with Guinness Treacle Bread, which doesn’t appeal in the slightest. I requested other bread instead, I was refused: it wasn’t possible!!! Words fail me.

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

The IGRS has decided not to post to X for the foreseeable future. We can also be found on Bluesky: https://t.co/9LDFXcJ2tg

[MasseyandKing @IrishProbateGen]

Will aunt’s possible ‘lost child’ have claim on her estate years after she died? – The Irish Times https://t.co/CXMWsSddXX

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

2026 marks the 90th anniversary of the IGRS. Watch this space in the coming weeks for more information about how we will be celebrating this milestone anniversary throughout the year ahead.

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

We've had thrilling news at the start of the Society's 90th year: the launch of our newspaper index database last July proved so popular that it made No 6 in the Top Ten news articles published in 2025 by Irish Heitage News: https://t.co/bQSPkEs8sF

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

IGRS Top Research Tip #188: Here’s a rich online seam of Cork City and County Directories just waiting to be mined, dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries: https://t.co/V3zqgmFcrL

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

Nick Reddan is the 2025 Recipient of the Society’s Wallace Clare Award:
https://t.co/K0s2ml2vHQ

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

IGRS Top Research Tip #187: The earliest records in the Belfast Burial Index date from 1869 & are drawn from three council run sites. The data includes dates of death, ages, addresses, & plot numbers. For older records, register scans can be purchased too: https://t.co/Tz880jr2Gg

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

IGRS Top Research Tip #186: Ancestors from Co Donegal? This site is laden down with a real medley of material arranged by subject and place: https://t.co/3LM2U3eN4c

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

IGRS Top Research Tip #185: The Linenhall Library in Belfast has a terrific collection of Irish postcards (mainly Ulster) which have been scanned, indexed & posted online. Find out what your ancestor’s local town looked like a century or more ago: https://t.co/dvJ9W5ssuU

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

IGRS Top Research Tip #184: OS200 is a Digital Archive bringing together the records of the 19th-century Ordnance Survey of Ireland, historical maps, memoirs, name-books, letters and drawings, into one searchable online platform: https://t.co/xYjpvSMdgn

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

IGRS Top Research Tip #183: Was one of your Irish ancestors in receipt of a US civil war pension? Try this new online resource:
https://t.co/YTnjaKVX8q

[IGRS @IGRS_1936]

IGRS Top Research Tip #182: There are two online databases for records of Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin. Using them both interchangeably can reveal a full list of who is interred in each grave: https://t.co/WuXYWY3HxV & https://t.co/4Knh0wPnbY