Past Speaking & Consulting Schedule
Kyle J. Betit 1995-2004
September 1995 & 1997 Irish
Genealogy Conferences, New England Historic Genealogical Society: 3-4 lectures
on Irish research and immigration.
August 1996, 1997 & 1998 Irish Summer School, University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee: two week-long courses on aspects of Irish and Irish immigrant
research
1996-2002 Irish Festivals (August), Dublin, Ohio: Cultural workshops on
introductory Irish research, Scots-Irish research
May 1996 Utah Genealogical Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. Topics:
Irish research, Scots-Irish research
Jan 1997 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Salt Lake City, Utah. Topics: series
of classes on aspects of Irish research
Feb 1998 lecture, Irish Chapter, Utah Genealogical Association, "Records of
Irish Priests, Religious, and Ministers."
April 15, 1998 lecture. "An Introduction to Genealogy and Family History, "Grand
Lodge of Freemasons, Salt Lake City, Utah.
May 1998 lecture to Irish Research Group, Ottawa Branch, OGS, Ottawa: "Sources
and Strategies for Tracing Irish Immigrant Origins"
May 1998 lecture, Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, University of Vermont
Medical School: "How Genealogy is Important to a Family Genetic Study"
Dec 1998 lecture, Heritage Quest Christmas Tour, Salt Lake City, "Canadian
Resources at the Family History Library"
Jan 1999 lecture, The Irish Ancestral Research Association, Boston College,
Boston, Massachusetts: "Irish Estate Papers: Identifying Landowners and
Identifying Records"
Jan 1999 lecture, Middlesex Chapter, Massachusetts Society of Genealogists,
Boston: "Sources and Strategies for Tracing Immigrant Origins"
Feb 1999 - Panel Discussion, "Genealogical Publishing," Salt Lake Chapter,
Association of Professional Genealogists, Plaza Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
September 1999 lectures in
Ireland:
1. Armagh Ancestry, Armagh, Northern Ireland, "Tracing Irish Catholic Priests,
Nuns, Church of Ireland Clergy, and Protestant Ministers"
2. Dublin Corp. Central Library, Dublin, Ireland, "Tracing Irish Emigrants
Abroad: North America, South America, and Australasia"
3. Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (APGI), Genealogical
Office, Dublin, Ireland, "The Irish in Society Records"
4. Ballinteer Family History Society, Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland, "Tracing
Irish Emigrants Who Went to North America: What Happened to my American
Cousins?"
23 September 1999 lecture,
Quebec Family History Society, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, "The Trip of a
Lifetime ... The Dos and Don'ts of Genealogical Research in Ireland"
24-26 September 1999, keynote speaker, British Isles Family History Society of
Greater Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Lectures:
1. The Don Whiteside Lecture: Finding the Place of Origin of your Irish
Ancestors
2. Griffith's Valuations of Ireland
3. Using the Internet for Irish Research
4. Irish Estate Papers and Wills
5. What's New in Irish Research
16-17 October 1999, keynote speaker, Global Genealogy & Heritage Fair, Milton
(near Toronto), Ontario, Canada. Lectures:
1. Using Catholic and Protestant Church Records (in Canada) for Tracing
Immigrants
2. Sir Richard Griffith's Valuations of Ireland (c. 1830-1882)
3. What To Do If You Only Know A County In Ireland
4. What's New in Irish Research (including the Internet)
1 April 2000, Region V Colloquim Ontario Genealogical Society, hosted by York
Region Branch OGS, Richmond Hill (near Toronto), Ontario, Canada. Lectures:
1. Sources & Strategies for Finding Immigrant Origins (Keynote Lecture)
2. Society Records for Genealogy
29 April 2000, British Isles Genealogical Society of Wisconsin and Illinois (BIGWILL),
Richmond, Illinois
1. Irish Genealogy in the Third Millenium: What's New and What's Coming
2. Sources & Strategies for Finding Irish Origins.
30 April 2000, Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, Illinois, "What's New in
Irish Research"
1-3 May 2000, Irish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
1. 1 May. "Determining Your Place of Origin in Ireland"
2. 2-3 May. Seminars on "Irish Landholding Records: Freeholders Lists, Leases,
Landed Estate Papers, and the Registry of Deeds"
6 May 2000, Irish Genealogical Society International, St. Paul, Minnesota
1. Irish Estate Records
2. What's New in Irish Research
3. Finding Your Ancestor in Ontario and Quebec
1- 3 June 2000, National Genealogical Society Conference, Providence, Rhode
Island
1 June 2000 "Irish Research Using the Internet"
3 June 2000 "Finding Your Ancestor in Ontario and Quebec"
7 June 2000, Cape Cod Genealogical Society Annual Meeting and Luncheon, Orleans,
Massachusetts. Topic: "Sources & Strategies for Finding Immigrant Origins"
14 June 2000, Certified Genealogists Alumni Group, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin,
Ireland, "Freeholders, Freeman and Voting Records in Ireland."
19 June 2000, Collège des Irlandais, Paris, France, "Tracing Your Irish Roots"
with emphasis on records of the Irish on the continent.
27 June 2000, Deutsch-Irischer Freundeskreis Bayern e.V. (German-Irish
Friendship Society of Bavaria), Munich, Germany, "The Irish in Germany and the
Germans in Ireland: A Historical and Genealogical Look at Both Migrations."
6-9 September 2000, Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference, Salt
Lake City, Utah. Topics: 9:00am, 8 September: What's New in Irish Research
3:30pm, 8 September: Society Records.
14-15 October 2000, Global Genealogy Conference, Milton (near Toronto), Ontario,
Canada. Topics:
1. 14 October: Sources and Strategies for Tracing Immigrant Origins
2. 14 October: What to Do if you Only Know a County in Ireland
3. 15 October: Irish Resources at the Family History Centers of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)
2:15pm, 15 October: Irish Genealogy in the 3rd Millennium
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 7pm, Quebec Family History Society, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, Topic: "Using an Irish Heritage Centre"
Saturday, 28 October 2000, Irish Family History Forum Seminar, Hofstra
University Student Center, Hempstead, Long Island, NY. Topics:
1. Society Records in Ireland and North America
2. Irish Resources at the Family History Library
Wednesday, 6 December 2000, Heritage Quest Christmas Tour, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Topic: "Canadian Research at the Family History Library."
Wednesday, 6 December 2000, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, Salt Lake City,
Utah. Topic: "Using Genealogy Research for Medical Genetic Studies" (hosted by
Dr. Mark Leppert).
March 2001, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New
York: Irish Genealogy Lecture, Irish Land Records Seminar
March 2001, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC: Irish
Research Seminar with Marie V. Melchiori
16-19 May 2001, National Genealogical Society 2001 Conference in the States,
Portland, Oregon:
16 May: "Finding the Irish Place of Origin: Sources and Strategies for Tracing
Irish Immigrants"
17 May: "What's New in Irish Genealogy"
11 September 2001
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
"Using Genealogy Research for Medical Genetics Studies"
17-23 September 2001, Fourth Irish Genealogical Congress, Trinity College,
Dublin, Ireland
Topics:
1. Society Records for Irish Research
2. Records of Irish Catholic Priests and Religious Brothers
3. Freeholders, Freemen and Voting Records in Ireland
December 2001: Heritage Quest Christmas Tour, Family History Library, Salt Lake
City Lecture topics:
1. "Canadian Resources at the FHL"
2. "Immigration Research Do's and Dont's"
March 2002, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC: Irish
Research Seminar with Marie V. Melchiori
July 2002, British Isles Family History Society, Long Beach, California, Annual
Conference aboard the Queen Mary. Eight lectures on Irish genealogy subjects.
September 2002 Irish Genealogy Conference, New England Historic Genealogical
Society: 3-4 lectures on Irish research and immigration.
December 2002: Heritage Quest Christmas Tour, Family History Library, Salt Lake
City
1. “Canadian Records at the FHL”
2. “Eastern European Records at the FHL”
December 2003: Heritage Quest Christmas Tour, Family History Library, Salt Lake
City
1. “American Church Records”
2. “Canadian Records at the FHL”
January 2004, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Irish Research Course,
coordinator and lecturer.
1. Eighteenth Century Irish Research
2. Taxation Records in Ireland
3. Irish Church Records
4. Irish Occupational Records
5. Land Records in Ireland
6. Irish Internet Sources
7. Going On-Site to Ireland
8. Irish, Scots, and Scots-Irish in the Mid-Atlantic States
