IGSI - Researching Presbyterian Ancestors in Ireland

Presented by William Roulston

$15 for IGSI members (with Discount Code); $20 for non-members

Are you among the millions across the world with Presbyterian ancestors from Ireland? Dr. Roulston will help you to identify and learn more about these forebears.

Different strands of Presbyterianism were found in Ireland, so a array of records from those denominations can be confusing. Where can this material can be accessed for research? Records vary: the higher courts of Presbyterianism, individual congregations, as well as personal papers of individual ministers. Whether your ancestors were Covenanters, Seceders, or Non-Subscribers, whether devout or merely nominal, whether they remained in Ireland or emigrated, Dr Roulston can help to navigate and have fruitful research.

Dr William Roulston will give his presentation from Belfast. He has a PhD in Archaeology and for nearly 30 years he has been with the Ulster Historical Foundation as a researcher, author, and lecturer. He speaks widely in the UK, Ireland and North America on on a range of historical and genealogical subjects.

Audience level: all
Register here: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/igsi-webinar-presby-irish

The Discount Code will be sent to members via email and is posted on IGSI’s member-only webpage (link). You can reach the IGSI Education team at Education@IrishGenealogical.org

Details of the program

William Roulston grew up in County Tyrone. He has been a researcher with the Ulster Historical Foundation since 1997 and has served as Research Director since 2006. His PhD from Queen’s University Belfast in Archaeology in 2004 included a thesis on places of worship of the Established Church in the north of Ireland, 1600–1740.

He is the author of many books examining different aspects of the history of Ireland and the sources for its study, including

• Restoration Strabane, 1660–1714 (2007)
• Three Centuries of Life in a Tyrone Parish ... Donagheady, 1600–1900 (2010)
• Abercorn: The Hamiltons of Barons Court (2014), Foyle Valley Covenanters (2015)
• Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors, 1600–1800 (2nd edition, 2018)
• Researching Presbyterian Ancestors in Ireland (2020), and
• Researching Farming Ancestors in Ireland (2021).

He was co-editor of Fermanagh: History and Society (2004), Transatlantic Lives: The Irish Experience in Colonial America (2019), Lough Neagh: An Atlas of the Natural, Built and Cultural Heritage (2022), and co-author of Exiles of ’98: Ulster Presbyterians and the United States (2018).