April 2026 Membership Meeting
Next Meeting Saturday, April 18th 2026, 1:30 PM
at The Gaelic League, 2068 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48216
Please join us for the April 2026 monthly meeting of the 2025 - 2026 season featuring Derek 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.
"Orphan Trains 1854-1929"
What were the social conditions that prompted the orphan trains? What records were generated on the children and how can we find them?
Derek J. Blount is a professional genealogist. He has worked for 39 years on his family genealogy traveling America, Canada and United Kingdom gathering records, visiting cemeteries and churches. Derek was born in England and specializes in research in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth nations. He on the Board of the Michigan Genealogical Council, the Oakland County Genealogical Society, and the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research. Derek also holds memberships in the Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan and the Welsh American Genealogical Society. He holds memberships in the Association of Genealogical Professionals, the Society of Genealogists in London, The American Heraldry Society, and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy in England.
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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.
