Discovering Where Your Irish American Ancestors Lived on the Emerald Isle

Discovering Where Your Irish American Ancestors

Lived on the Emerald Isle: A Case Study

Saturday, November 15, 2025 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Held at the Irish American Heritage Museum (IAHM)

21 Quackenbush Square, Albany, New York

Sponsored by the Troy Irish Genealogy Society (TIGS)

Presentation by TIGS members Kate & Mike Lancor (Old Friends Genealogy) from Moultonborough, NH.

Formerly from Albany and Troy, NY.

☘️ What are the details you will need to know about your immigrant Irish ancestors before searching Irish records.

☘️ Websites that house Irish records (e.g. civil, censuses, land, religious, mapsand more). Free vs. subscription websites.

☘️ Where to start your search of Irish records and how to navigate from one website to the next.

☘️ Producing historic and modern-day maps of your ancestral Irish townlands.

☘️ Using DNA matches to confirm your genealogy search results.

☘️ Photos of Kate and Mike with their DNA cousins in Ireland.

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Special Treat: Cider Belly Doughnuts and cider will be provided for all attendees.

Special thanks to the IAHM staff and members of the Troy Irish Genealogy Society for co-hosting this event.