OCTOBER 30TH
FRIDAY SCHEDULE
2PM On-Site Check-in & Conference Registration
Committee Welcome to the Conference; Noel Murphy, Chairman, co-Chairs Peter Mannion, & Jim Hollarn
Recognition of Conference Sponsors
Galway County Heritage Office, Marie Mannion, Promoting awareness, knowledge and pride in the heritage of County Galway
Galway Heritage Groups Panel; Representatives for Galway, Oughterard, Moycullen, Carna, Clifden, Clonbur, Ros Muc, Annaghdown, and Maine Gaeltacht
Early People Ancient Flora and Fauna of Ireland, John O'Halloran
Early Galway Settlements Represented by Ring Forts, Dr. Matthew Stout
Civil and Church Records and Galway Graveyards for Ancestry Research
Irish Ancestors and the release of the 1926 Irish Census, John Grenham
DNA Testing Resources; FTDNA (Janine Cloud) and Ancestry DNA (Christa Cowen/TBD)
Social and Entertainment
OCTOBER 31TH
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
11:00AM On-Site Check-in and Registration and Welcome
Genetic Genealogy Resources, Online and ISOGG, Kathleen Borges/Gerard Corcoran
Finding New and Lost Family through DNA, Dr. Maurice Gleason
The Chiefly Lines of Ireland, Tibor Feher
DNA vs. Legend: A Story of Irish Ancestry. Dr. Tyrone Bowes
DNA Transfers & GEDMATCH
Bringing Back the Dead, the Lazarus tool
DNA Test counseling, and Test Sales; Company and Project Administrators
Entertainment
Dinner Optional
Attendee visiting, family tree and DNA research in conference room
NOVEMBER 1ST
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
12 Noon On-Site Check-in & Conference Registration
Support through Genealogy and DNA Facebook Groups, Administrators Panel Ros Muc Genealogy and DNA, and others if in attendance
Family Tree DNA Projects, What are they, who are the members, and how to join
Galway, Connemara, and Related Surname Projects, Panel of Attending AdministratorsConference
Summary and Conclusion
