Join us at Back to Our Past

The biggest event of in the Irish Family History calendar is almost upon us, Back to Our Past at the RDS Dublin which starts on Friday 21st of October. It’s the only show in Ireland which offers genealogy professionals, publishers, websites, software and hardware providers, libraries and institutions a unique opportunity to engage with thousands of Irish enthusiasts.

We’ll be at stands 40/44 where you’ll be able to access findmypast.ie for free, we’ll be happy to guide you through the site and give you any help you may need. We’ll also be launching a major new record set, one of the most important Irish record sets ever to be made available online, which will also be available for you to search over the weekend.

One of the most exciting features of the event is the Lecture Hall. We’ll be giving 6 lectures over the 3 days which are sure to perk the interest of novice and expert family historians alike

Details of our lectures are below:


  • Friday 21st 2.30pm: Murders, Rebels & Drunkards: Your Irish ancestors and the law
  • Friday 21st 3.30pm: An Introduction to findmypast.ie: More than just names and dates
  • Saturday 22nd 2.30pm: President Obama’s Irish Family History
  • Saturday 22nd 3.30pm: Landlords & tenants: Land records for family history research
  • Sunday 23rd 2.30pm: How do you think “Who Do You Think You Are?” is done?


As one of the sponsors of the event we’ll have loads of free tickets to give away all this week so keep an eye on our facebook and twitter pages for your chance to win.

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