October 2024 Meeting
Next Meeting Saturday, October 19th 2024, 1:30 PM
at The Gaelic League, 2068 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48216
Please join us for the monthly Hybrid meeting of the 2024 - 2025 season featuring Derel Blount as our featured speaker. Reminders for this meeting will be emailed out to members as the date approaches. Zoom invitations are sent out to members only due to capacity limitations. Non-Members will be charged $10.00 to access our Zoom presentations.
"Connecting Points on your Family Map"
A review of modes of transportation and routes across the nation and time, and how to apply it to your map. This is a basic, “How did my ancestors get here from there?” There is also discussion of where to look for information about migration across the country.
Derek Blount has been a family genealogist for 35 years specializing in U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, and Commonwealth Nations. Derek is the currently the V.P. of the Oakland County Genealogical Society and also on the Board of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research and the Board of the Michigan Genealogical Council. He is also the Genealogist for the St Andrews Society of Detroit He holds additional memberships in the Irish Genealogical Society of Detroit, and the Welsh-American Genealogical Society. He is also a member of the Society of Genealogists in London.
Welcome
Welcome to the Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan. The Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan is a non-denominational organization focusing on genealogical research in all thirty-two counties of the Emerald Isle. Our meeting is open to everyone who can attend at the Gaelic League. Zoom invitations are sent out to members only due to capacity limitations.
