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Before you register, please read carefully the information provided below. Any questions you may have will be addressed here and on our FAQ page.


About the Conference

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.

The CCC 2025 will be a virtual, live event that will take place via Zoom on 5 April 2025 from 9 A.M to 5 P.M. Eastern Time. The conference will include four 50-55 minute presentations followed by approximately a 30-minute live Q&A with the speaker. The link to the syllabus will be sent with the Zoom link shortly before 5 April 2025. The syllabus is fully downloadable and printable and will be available along with the recordings until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 31 July 2025.

Payment Information

Payment options: Electronically or Check.
Electronically: Click the PayPal button. To pay by debit or credit card, select "Debit or Credit Card" in the PayPal list of options. You do not need a PayPal account to pay online.
Check: Make payable to TIARA-CCC2025 and mail to 121 Boston Post Road, Suite #3, Sudbury, MA 01776. Your registration will be "pending" until the check clears (please allow two full weeks).

Note: The discounted early-bird registration fee of $60 is available until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 28 February 2025. The full $75 fee runs from 12:00 AM Eastern Time on 1 March 2025 until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 2 April 2025.


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Who do I contact if I am having trouble with registration?
Direct inquiries to: registration@celtic-connections.org.

Conference Schedule

5 April 2025 (all times are Eastern Time Zone)

9-10:30 AM: Fiona Fitzsimons
Suffer the nation: finding women and children in care in Ireland, 1840-1972.

10:30-11 AM: Break

11 AM-12:30 PM: Dr. Maurice Gleeson
Methodology for solving "unknown parentage cases" (from an Irish perspective).

12:30-1:30 PM: Lunch Break

1:30-3 PM: Dr. Penny Walters
From separation to reconnection: psychological and ethical dimensions finding missing family in Ireland's historical context.

3-3:30 PM: Break

3:30-5 PM: John Grenham
Crabwise: indirect research can get you around a dead end.

More detailed information is available on the Presenters page.