[Genealib] Irish genealogy programming

[Sharon Centanne]

When I taught my Irish genealogy class, "Discover Your Irish Roots", it 
was in three parts: 1. Finding your Irish Immigrant Ancestors in America 
2. Finding the Ancestors of Your Irish Immigrants in Ireland 3. Irish 
History as it relates to Genealogy.

I taught this class 17 times over a ten year period.(1982-1991).  It 
grew from an hour and a half presentation to a full six-hour class 
presented three weeks in a row in two hour segments. Today I would have 
to add a fourth section on Finding Your Irish Ancestors Using Online 
Resources.

If you were located in or near Florida, I could come present this
for you; however, I charge a dollar a mile from my home so I would have 
to charge you $2500 to come Arizona, but only $35 to come to Tampa.

Someday I will have to put this presentation online, or on a cd and sell 
it. So far, I have only put my online tutorial on the web. I used my 
Irish class script to develop my tutorial. Originally, I had 
self-published a book with the contents of my course. I need to put out 
a new edition, however, as it was published in 1991 when I got my first 
computer. At that time, my bibliography was 68 books!

I teach my class promoting both offline and online resources.  I use 
dozens of Irish books and magazines as props, as well as hanging my 
extensive collection of St. Patrick's Day decorations in the 
presentation classroom. Then I dress up like a leprechan and the fun 
begins. The information is serious however, but I like the room 
decorated to put folks in an Irish mood<g>.

Maybe what I should do is make a DVD?

Let me know if you need any ideas.

Sharon Troy Centanne
Irish Genealogical Research Instructor since 1982
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/centans/sharon4.html

Judy Shappee wrote:

> If "Finding Your Ancestors in Ireland " means mainly the country of 
> Ireland , I would not start with that one. Many people may know only 
> that they are Irish and not know the ancestral town of origin.  
> "Tracing the Irish in U.S. Records" sounds better to me because those 
> records can lead to the town of origin, and we should work from the 
> present to the past.
>
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>
> Judy Shappee
>
> Arizona State Library
>
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> From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu [mailto: 
> genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu ] On Behalf Of Deena Butta
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:23 PM
> To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
> Subject: [Genealib] Irish genealogy programming
>
>  
>
> hi all,
>
>  
>
> hope i can pick your brains...
>
>  
>
> i am trying to schedule an Irish genealogy program for March...and am 
> wondering, in your experience, which of the following six presentatins 
> might appeal the most to a general genealogical audience:
>
>  
>
> <<Finding Your Ancestors in Ireland
> Brief Summary: This is a good overview of procedures to follow in
> performing Irish research. Lots of examples illustrate the wide variety
> of records that can be utilized in the research process.
>
>
> Tracing the Irish in U.S. Records
> Brief Summary: An overview of U.S. records and research procedures with
> a special emphasis on unique sources for finding Irish ancestors.
>
> thank you for your guidance!
>
> Deena Hartray Butta
>
> Reference Librarian / Genealogy Specialist
>
> Glenview Public Library
>
> 1930 Glenview Rd.
>
> Glenview IL   60025
>
> dbutta at glenviewpl.org <mailto:dbutta at glenviewpl.org>
>
> (847) 729-7500 x152
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