Back to our past

On Friday I went to the Over 50'show in the RDS, Dublin.
I love this show because lots of the exhibitors are hotels with competitions.There are also interesting talks,I love Gerry Daly, he has me convinced I have a wildflower garden and not a weedy mess. They had lots of coin and stamp collectors selling there wears too.
The most important bit for me is the Back to our past section.
There were talks all day, I wish I could divide myself up so I could attend them all.
The first one I attended was about the Society of Genealogists.

www.sog.org.uk not free but worth a search to see what they have

http://www.lostcousins.com/

http://www.curiousfox.com/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

http://www.genuki.org.uk/

Then I attended a talk by Jane Lyons of  http://www.from-ireland.net/
She is really passionate about gravestones
The best time to read them is in full sunshine, which was demonstrated with photographs.
You can also use a mirror to reflect the light onto the stone or a bright torch.
http://www.irishgraveyards.ie/index.html

http://historicgraves.com/

http://www.igp-web.com/

http://www.findagrave.com/

Then I caught the end of a talk about adoption
The book Directory of irish archives is available in library s

http://www.eneclann.ie/NLI-Lectures/FionaFitzsimons.pdf

.http://www.tusla.ie/services/alternative-care/adoption-services/tracing-service/adoption-information-and-tracing-services

Then There was a talk on tracing your Irish  Military ancestors by Nicola Morris

This is where I am stuck in my own search at the moment but more stuff is becoming available all the time.
 What to have For WW1
Date of birth
Name
Regiment
look in Medal rolls
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/905.htm
Unit Diaries
http://www.militaryarchives.ie/en/home/
http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/.for Irish records both sides of war of independence
map
1922 Military census

The last talk I caught was the Glasnevin Trust who have the records of
Glasnevin Cemenetry.  use the advanced search button, not free.to get records.
My previous post about tracing ancestors.

Presentation area 2 was upstairs in a lovely room.

Ahh a tea break

The view from above.

Over 50'show