Past Speaking & Consulting Schedule
Kyle J. Betit, lectures from 1995-2004

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

December 2003: Heritage Quest Christmas Tour, Family History Library, Salt Lake City
(1) "American Church Records"
(2) "Canadian Records at the FHL."

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."

September 2002 Irish Genealogy Conference, New England Historic Genealogical Society: 3-4 lectures on Irish research and immigration.

July 2002, British Isles Family History Society, Long Beach, California, Annual Conference aboard the Queen Mary. Eight lectures on Irish genealogy subjects.

March 2002, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC: Irish Research Seminar with Marie V. Melchiori.

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 Don'ts"

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

11 September 2001, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, England "Using Genealogy Research for Medical Genetics Studies."

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."

March 2001, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC: Irish Research Seminar with Marie V. Melchiori.

March 2001, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York: Irish Genealogy Lecture, Irish Land Records Seminar.

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).

Wednesday, 6 December 2000, Heritage Quest Christmas Tour, Salt Lake City, Utah. Topic: "Canadian Research at the Family History Library."

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

Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 7pm, Quebec Family History Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Topic: "Using an Irish Heritage Centre"

14-15 October 2000, Global Genealogy Conference, Milton (near Toronto), Ontario, Canada. Topics:
10:15am, 14 October: Sources and Strategies for Tracing Immigrant Origins
2:25pm, 14 October: What to Do if you Only Know a County in Ireland
9:00am, 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

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.

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."

19 June 2000, Collège des Irlandais, Paris, France, "Tracing Your Irish Roots" with emphasis on records of the Irish on the continent.

14 June 2000, Certified Genealogists Alumni Group, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland, "Freeholders, Freeman and Voting Records in Ireland."

7 June 2000, Cape Cod Genealogical Society Annual Meeting and Luncheon, Orleans, Massachusetts. Topic: "Sources & Strategies for Finding Immigrant Origins"

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"

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 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"

30 April 2000, Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, Illinois, "What's New in Irish Research"

29 April 2000, British Isles Genealogical Society of Wisconsin and Illinois (BIGWILL), Richmond, Illinois:
1) Irish Genealogy in the Third Millennium: What's New and What's Coming
2) Sources & Strategies for Finding Irish Origins.

1 April 2000, Region V Colloquium 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.

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)

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

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"

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?"

Feb 1999 - Panel Discussion, "Genealogical Publishing," Salt Lake Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists, Plaza Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jan 1999 lecture, Middlesex Chapter, Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Boston: "Sources and Strategies for Tracing Immigrant Origins."

Jan 1999 lecture, The Irish Ancestral Research Association, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts: "Irish Estate Papers: Identifying Landowners and Identifying Records."

Dec 1998 lecture, Heritage Quest Christmas Tour, Salt Lake City, "Canadian Resources at the Family History Library."

May 1998 lecture, Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, University of Vermont Medical School: "How Genealogy is Important to a Family Genetic Study."

May 1998 lecture to Irish Research Group, Ottawa Branch, OGS, Ottawa: "Sources and Strategies for Tracing Irish Immigrant Origins"

April 15, 1998 lecture. "An Introduction to Genealogy and Family History," Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Feb 1998 lecture, Irish Chapter, Utah Genealogical Association, "Records of Irish Priests, Religious, and Ministers."

Jan 1997 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Salt Lake City, Utah. Topics: series of classes on aspects of Irish research.

May 1996 Utah Genealogical Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. Topics: Irish research, Scots-Irish research.

1996-2002 Irish Festivals (August), Dublin, Ohio: Cultural workshops on introductory Irish research, Scots-Irish research.

August 1996, 1997 & 1998 Irish Summer School, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee: two week-long courses on aspects of Irish and Irish immigrant research.

September 1995 & 1997 Irish Genealogy Conferences, New England Historic Genealogical Society: 3-4 lectures on Irish research and immigration.