Monday 10 October: GEDmatch Tools and Research, with Rita McCaughey. An online event hosted by the North of Ireland Family History Society, Newtownabbey Branch. 7:30pm. All welcome. Details.

Monday 10 October: War Graves of the City & County, with Mark Walmsley. An in-person and online event hosted by the North of Ireland Family History Society, Foyle Branch. Venue: Lecture Room, Derry City’s Central Library, 35 Foyle Street, LondonDerry, BT48 6AL. 7pm–8:30pm. All welcome. Details.

Tuesday 11 October: East Belfast Big Houses, Vol 2, an in-person event with Aidan Campbell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Lisburn Branch. Free. All welcome. Venue: Bridge Community Centre 50 Railway Street, Lisburn, County Down BT28 1XP. 7:30pm–9pm BST.

Tuesday 11 October: The Irish Civil War, an online lecture with Dr Alan McCarthy. Host: London Irish Centre. All welcome. Tickets £5. 7pm – 8.30pm (incl Q&A). Need to book.

Tuesday 11 October: Disbanding the Royal Irish Constabulary and its aftermath, with Dr Brian Hughes. An in-person talk and part of the Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Pearse Street Library, 138–144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Free. 6:30pm. All welcome.

Tuesday 11 October: The National Archives of Ireland, an online talk by Zoe Reid. Hosted by the Genealogical Society of Ireland (GSI). 8pm. All welcome. Request zoom link via [email protected]

Wednesday 12 October: The beat cop: Chicago’s Chief O’Neill and the creation of…