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Causeway Coast & Glens (CCG) Branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society meets once a month (September - June) for talks designed to help folk with their family history, particularly those with ancestors in the CCG area. Some are on specific areas of research such as finding and using land records, censuses or DNA, and others are of a wider historical perspective eg farming or military ancestors, designed to explain how your ancestors lived. What their lives may have been like. Normally there is a workshop every season where folk can ask local experts about how to knock down brick walls and develop their research. Most evenings a speaker will give a talk for around 45 minutes and then take questions. Refreshments are provided afterwards. Membership is £25 a year or non members can pay for individual talks on the night at a cost of £3. Members unable to attend the talk in person can attend by Zoom plus most talks are recorded and available to view later for 2 weeks. February's talk is on: "The Royal Irish Regiment." It will be given by Annie McAleer, the Regimental Museum's Heritage Officer. Annie's talk will cover the 350 year history of Irish service in the British Army. It will include some artefacts from the museum's collections to understand what they can tell the Society about this important shared history. The talk will explain about the 2 relevant museums in Belfast and Enniskillen and how to find military records for folk who served in the British Army.. If you live locally, and are interested, please come along and enjoy this talk. The meeting is on Tuesday 24th February 2026, at the Sandel Centre in Coleraine at 8.00pm. (Ground floor meeting room).
