Springtime Talks at Castlerea Library

Castlerea Library is hosting a series of three talks with Martin Curley, Genealogist, starting on Thursday, February 16th at 6.30 pm.

The first talk will concentrate on Tracing Your Family Roots. Martin will be exploring the local and online resources available to enable you to research and share your family story. This talk will be suitable for the newcomers to family history research, giving valuable tips on how to begin your search. It will also be suitable for the more advanced researcher and Martin will be giving information on many new resources which have become available online in recent times.

The second talk on March 9th (again at 6.30 pm) will concentrate on DNA testing and Martin will be explaining the advantages of having a DNA test done. If you have already had a test done and wish to make full use of the data that is obtained, he will go through the various aspects and help you to understand how DNA testing can help you uncover family connections.

The third talk, on April 20th, will explore the links to your local parish and further afield as well as identifying where your ancestors may have settled and locating information on various famous or infamous ancestors who emigrated around the world.

All talks are free, and you can reserve your place by contacting Castlerea Library at 094-9620745 or email at castlerealibrary@roscommoncoco.ie