March 2025 Meeting
Next Meeting Saturday, March 22nd 2025, 1:30 PM
at The Gaelic League, 2068 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48216
Please join us for the monthly Zoom Only meeting of the 2024 - 2025 season featuring Lianne Kruger as our featured speaker. There will not be an in-person meeting at the Gaelic League this month! 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.
Mark Your Ancestors' Footsteps in Ireland in Google Maps
Find where your ancestors lived through documents and records. Mark these locations on your own Google map, using your Google account, by using addresses, latitude and Longitude, name of the place, or placing a drop. Create a map of Earliest Known Ancestors to organize where to research. Share your map with others.
Lianne Kruger is a professional genealogist and speaker specializing in Canada, U.S. and Canadian homesteading, video recording family history, and using technology such as Google Maps and Drive, Microsoft Office and Evernote. She has spoken live and webinars for RootsTech, Legacy FamilyTree Webinars, Ancestry, NGS, FamilyRoots, THE Genealogy Show (UK), Ontario Ancestors, AGS, and more. She has published articles in BYU Studies Quarterly, FamilySearch, Ancestry, SK Translations, and ISBGFH. After earning a computer degree she has taught computer software courses since 1982. She is a board member and CFO of mitoYDNA.org, Ancestry.ca advisory committee and is President of Alberta Genealogical Society. She has been an ambassador/influencer for RootsTech. She has a Bachelor degree which included a Certificate & Associate Degree in Family History Research from Brigham Young University-Idaho.
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.
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Saturday, Apr. 26th
April Monthly Meeting
"Discovering Your Ancestors in Poorhouse Records" by Elizabeth Hodges
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Saturday, May. 10th
May Meeting
"Selected Detroit and Michigan Genealogical Resources at the Burton Historiacal Collection, Detroit Public Library" by Mark Bowden Following the walk through you will be able to access the Burton collection to do research.
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Saturday, Jun. 21st
June Meeting
"Walking Tour of the Detoit Public Library/Burton Historical Collection" by Mark Bowden
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