Virtual Celtic Connections Conference 2025
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Join Us for CCC 2025 - FINDING MISSING FAMILY

Discover expert strategies to reconnect with lost family members in CCC 2025! This year's theme, Finding Missing Family, explores the tools, records,
and methodologies to locate relatives separated by history, life circumstances, or other challenges.
When: Saturday, April 5, 2025 | 9 AM-5 PM (Eastern Time)
Where: Online via Zoom
What You'll Learn
Dive into compelling topics led by top experts in Irish genealogy and family history:
- Using DNA and indirect evidence to solve puzzles
- Tackling ethical and psychological challenges
- Exploring the lives of women and children in care in Ireland
Why Attend?
- 4 Live Lectures: Delivered by internationally acclaimed speakers
- Interactive Q&A: Get your questions answered live by the experts
- Downloadable Syllabus: A handy PDF to guide your research
- On-Demand Access: Watch recorded sessions anytime until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 31 July 2025
Meet the Speakers and Topics
- Fiona Fitzsimons: Suffer the Nation: Finding women and children in care in Ireland, 1840-1972
- Dr. Maurice Gleeson: Methodology for solving Unknown Parentage Cases from an Irish perspective
- John Grenham: Crabwise: indirect research can get you around a dead end
- Dr. Penny Walters: From Separation to Reconnection: psychological and ethical dimensions of finding missing family in Ireland's historical context
Don't Miss Out!
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced genealogist, CCC 2025 will inspire and equip you to uncover your family's hidden stories.
Questions? Contact us at registration@celtic-connections.org.
Since this is a live event, CCC 2025 reserves the right to offer an alternate presentation should a speaker be unable to participate.