OCTOBER 30TH
FRIDAY SCHEDULE
1:30 PM On-Site Check-in & Conference Registration
2:00 PM Committee Welcome to the Conference; Noel Murphy, Chairman, co-Chairs Peter Mannion, & Jim Hollarn
2:15 PM Galway County Heritage Office, Marie Mannion, Promoting awareness, knowledge and pride in the heritage of County Galway
2:30 PM Irish Ancestors and the release of the 1926 Irish Census, John Grenham
3:30 PM Early People Ancient Flora and Fauna of Ireland, John O'Halloran
4:30 PM Break Tea/Coffee (20 mins)
4:50 PM The Coastal Archaeology and Settlement History of Cois Fharraige - Michael Gibbons
5:30 PM Surnames Of Galway, Adrian Martyn
5:45 PM Galway Heritage Groups Panel; Representatives for Galway, Oughterard, Moycullen, Carna, Clifden, Clonbur, Ros Muc, Annaghdown, and Maine Gaeltacht
6:15 PM DNA Testing Resources; FTDNA (Janine Cloud)
7:15 PM End of Friday Programme
OCTOBER 31TH
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
11:00 AM On-Site Check-in and Registration and Welcome
11:30 AM ISOGG Genetic Genealogy Resources, Kathleen Borges
12:00 PM Early Galway Settlements; Ring Forts, Dr. Matthew Stout
1:00 PM Finding New and Lost Family through DNA, Dr. Maurice Gleason
2:00 PM The Chiefly Lines of Ireland, Tibor Feher
3:00 PM Break Tea/Coffee (30 mins)
3:30 PM DNA vs. Legend: A Story of Irish Ancestry. Dr. Tyrone Bowes
4:30 PM DNA testing available at FTDNA, Janine Cloud
5:00 PM NGS Upgrades for Autosomal DNA, Dave Vance
5:45 PM DNA Transfers & GEDMATCH
6:00 PM End of Saturday Programme
NOVEMBER 1ST
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
12:00 PM On-Site Check-in & Conference Registration
12:30 PM Cuig Cuige Connected Hubs, Gerald Corcoran
1:00 PM DNA Testing Resources; FTDNA (Janine Cloud)
1:30 PM Family Tree DNA Projects, What are they, who are the members, and how to join
2:00 PM Civil and Church Records and Galway Graveyards for Ancestry Research
2:30 PM Break Tea/Coffee (30 mins)
3:30 PM Ancestor DNA from descendant DNA, "Lazarus"
4:30 PM Galway, Connemara, and Related Surname Projects, Panel of Attending Administrators
5:00 PM Conference Summary and Conclusion
