YESTERDAY, CLARE CONFERENCE was the post of the day ... 500 posts later...

"Yesterday, all my 'POSTINGS' seemed so far away 
Now it looks as though they're here to stay 
Oh, I believe in yesterday..."

( with apologies to The Beatles )



Strangely enough, the very first post I made on this blog referred to the initial Clare Roots Society Conference
http://astheywere.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/clare-chatter-clare-roots-dig-deep.html

Here we are just having posted all about the Clare Roots Society Conference of 2013... 

As of yesterday, I reached the grand total of 500 posts and still going strong!

 Thank you to all my readers and contributors, and my followers whether by email, RSS or just those who bookmark and drop in now and then.

To celebrate, I will soon launch an additional page to this blog, to be listed beneath the extra page we already have for Births, Deaths, Marriages.

Please return often and feel free to send me any news or research related items you would like to share here. You can find my contact address in the About Me post  on the LH column.

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http://www.barlabananablog.com/2013_01_01_archive.html

CONFERENCE WEEK ENNIS CO CLARE, APR 2-6 2013

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONCERNED

Message from Clara Hoyne, 

Secretary of Clare Roots Society

I am attaching a few photo's to give you a  flavour of what went on during the conference week.

It was a fantastic week with a packed  programme and lots of visitors to Ennis from near and wide.

Huge thanks to Peter Beirne and the staff in The Clare County Library, Local Studies Centre who gave three tours

during the week as did Mary Kearns and staff in the beautifully refurbished Abbey in Ennis. 

Without the local support we would have had no fringe programme.

We have had great feedback on our speakers on the day, one attendee said:

"Most enjoyable (and sometimes challenging!) list of speakers, with loads to learn from each one."

Thank you all.   

Clara and all of the Clare Roots Society

CLARE ROOTS CONFERENCE... April 2013

As well as watching here for the latest updates on the forthcoming Clare Roots Society Genealogical Conference coming up in April 2013, you can also keep up to date on Facebook as below...

www.facebook.com/ClareRootsSocietyConferenceEnnis2013 Clare Roots Society Conference Ennis 2013 To help people carry out their own family research.

There is also a County Clare Genealogy Group on Facebook, which is having great success in helping with research... you must be a member of Facebook to join, then you can just type the name of the group in the search box at the top of the FB  home page/news feed and that will take you to the site. As it is a closed group, you will 'ask to join' and one of the admins will sign you in. This way, it keeps your details within the group and vets the scammers. If you know someone who is already a member, then they can add you to the group once you are registered with Facebook.

 If you have any questions, please add to the comment box below.