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Davey Stokes – Knocknamuckley Church Records and the Hart Family History
Davey Stokes is a member of Newtownabbey Family History Society, but has local family connections to Knocknamuckley Church. He has visited us on several occasions in the past and has had a number of interesting conversations with some of our … Continue reading
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Annual General Meeting
The next meeting will be on Wednesday, 17th April at 7:30pm in the Town Hall, Portadown. The first part of the meeting will be taken up with the Annual General Meeting and that will be followed by one of our … Continue reading
David Hobson – My Family History
David is a member of the Belfast branch of NIFHS, but has been a regular attender at our meetings over the years. He will be talking about his family history, how he set about finding things out about his family, … Continue reading
James Hunniford “Researching the Hunniford Surname”
Jim Hunniford is a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies and has been researching the Hunniford surname for some time now. His talk will cover how he set about researching the surname which include local celebrity Gloria Hunniford and … Continue reading
Publishing your family tree.
Ann, Barbara and Richard will talk about their experiences in publishing their family trees. Ann produced a part of her family tree as a book, while Barbara used ancestry.com free service to publish her family tree on the web, and … Continue reading
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Richard Edgar – the 1912 Ulster Covenant.
With the centenary of the Ulster Covenant of 1912 occurring this year, Richard Edgar provides a timely reminder of this historic event. The Ulster Covenant was signed by just under half a million of men and women from Ulster, on … Continue reading
Members “Show and Tell”
Our next meeting will be held on the 18th January. It will be a members’ “Show and Tell” evening and we are hoping that members will take part by volunteering to talk for 5 or 10 minutes about a person or … Continue reading
Roddy Hegarty – Christmas Traditions.
Christmas is a time of year when we hear a great deal about tradition. Traditional foods, habits and practices. However have you ever stopped to think about where these traditions have come from, when we began to mark them or … Continue reading
Christmas Dinner
The Society will be holding its annual Christmas dinner at ‘Tipplers’ on Tuesday, 6th December at 7:00pm.
Ernie Cromie – 502 ‘Ulster’ Squadron
Ernie Cromie has been a member of the Ulster Aviation Society since 1979 and its Chairman for 29 years. He has never worked in any aspect of the aviation industry but has been an enthusiast since he was five years … Continue reading