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Finding your family’s footprints in Ireland

Maggie Gaffney
Nov 5, 2025
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Griffith's Valuation
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Finding a Place
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Valuation Revisions
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Visit Your Place
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Discovering exactly where your Irish ancestors hailed from can be a tricky exercise, especially with the lack of 19th century census returns. However, there is an abundance of other records that can help in your research, and this talk focuses on Griffith’s Valuation and the subsequent Revision (or Cancelled) books – what they are, what they can tell us, and where you can access them. Case studies are used to highlight a range of sources that can help you identify your family in these records, and discover the place where your ancestors left their footprints in Ireland.

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Valid through: November 11, 2025

About the speaker

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Maggie Gaffney
Maggie Gaffney is a professional genealogist and speaker living in Wellington, New Zealand. She is a tutor with the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies (IHGS) and holds their Diploma in Genealogy as well as an Advanced Diploma in Loca
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    Mike Hannah
    13 hours ago

    Maggie’s presentation was very informative and clearly delivered, it provided me with several more leads for my Irish ancestry search.

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    Clara Lawver
    13 hours ago

    She is very good — the syllabus was helpful and I am looking forward to going deeper looking for my line of M Donald/McDonald/MacDonald – be they Scots or Irish before immigrating to the colonies of America. Thank you Maggie. Personal note: my eldest daughter would have been named Margaret aka Maggie had she not been born on G-Grandma Katherine’s birthday and is much loved as Kate in our family and admired as Kathy by friends and co-workers.

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    Sharon Hornback
    13 hours ago

    Good Information

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    kathleen elkins
    13 hours ago

    Great info at a great oace

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    Denise Beaudin
    13 hours ago

    Great information!

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    Patricia Briggs
    13 hours ago

    What a great webinar thanks Maggie. Great information on where to find Irish ancestors and useful hints like using maps. Griffiths Evaluation seems like an invaluable tool. I have been able to trace my maternal ancestors back to 1700 but my paternal line have stumped me! Now I have some new tools to see how far I can get. Thanks again.

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    Jean Barone
    13 hours ago

    It’s great to find out what records are available, where they’re available, and what areas and years they cover. Finding a record for your ancestor is like finding gold. Maggie Gaffney helps you understand what gems they contain and how to follow the information to more records. Just amazing!

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    Lou Walsh
    13 hours ago

    It was most informative. The syllabus is excellent – all websites Maggie mentioned are in there for our use.

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