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Helen Kelly, with Nicola Morris a consultant genealogist for the Irish Ancestry Group at The Wild Geese, has been involved in genealogical research since the late 1980s. She holds an extra-mural certificate in genealogy from UCD and a Diploma in Local History from NUI Maynooth.
 
Helen has been a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (APGI) since 1995, has been on the council of APGI since 1996, and served terms as Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer and Vice President of that Association. In 2012 she completed a three-year term as President of APGI.
 
In 1995, she joined the APGI team of consultant genealogists at the Genealogical Office, and later served as a consultant genealogist at the National library of Ireland and National Archives.
 
Since 2007 Helen has been genealogist-in-residence at Dublin’s historical Shelbourne Hotel, where she holds the unique title of Genealogy Butler and in that capacity has broadcast on the subject of Irish genealogy research and consultancy on international radio and television, including stations in New York, New Zealand, Australia, Dublin, London, Birmingham, Manchester and Paris.
 
Helen is particularly interested in roots tourism. For many years she has worked closely with Bord Fáilte, and later Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, gaining their sponsorship when presenting lectures on Irish genealogy at the Family Records Centre (GRO) in London. Since 2010 she has been consultant genealogist on Tourism Ireland’s stand at the annual Who Do You Think You Are Live genealogical event in London, and since 2012 has provided daily lectures at this event, under the aegis of Tourism Ireland.
 
In her capacity as a genealogy advisory consultant, and through her research, Helen has been to the forefront in encouraging the descendants of Irish emigrants to reconnect with their Irish heritage. To learn more about Helen's work, visit HelenKelly.com.
 

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At 1:35pm on August 10, 2014, Kevin said…

i have been trying to trace my ancestry for years and have been frustrated with it for over ten years, ancestry takes you down many roads and you will find a lot of dead ends. But thanks to Helen Kelly who I met in Manchester Irish and she help me, we met again and she sorted the other side of my family. I hope to meet Helenagain in the future and iI am proud to call Helenand her husband friends. Helen is a great person and a clever genealogist she can help and works quickly.

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Find Your Roots While Visiting Ireland

Posted on December 8, 2014 at 8:27am 0 Comments

Are you planning a trip to Ireland, and do you hope to carry out some family history research during your visit?  If you happen to have an Irish born ancestor who emigrated to the United States, and are planning a visit to Ireland in the near future and hope to do some family…

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Westmeath Emigrants to Argentina

Posted on October 21, 2014 at 4:30am 3 Comments

A game of hurling in Mercedes, Argentina (1917)

A frequently asked…

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Researching Your Irish Family History: Census Search Forms

Posted on September 5, 2014 at 8:00am 4 Comments

Those of us who are involved in long term genealogical research note that ages recorded on census returns and, indeed, on death records are frequently found to be quite inaccurate. There may be many reasons for such inaccuracies, not least because some individuals may not have known…

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Census Substitutes in Irish Genealogical Research

Posted on August 6, 2014 at 4:30am 0 Comments

The scarcity of 19th century census returns for Ireland means that we genealogists place a huge emphasis on census substitutes. What is a census substitute ? My colleague, John Grenham explains it very well when he states, "Almost any document which records more than a single name can…

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