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This document is a useful starting point for dealing with genealogical queries. However, the information was assembled during the pre-internet period and this has resulted in the emergence of many \u2018gaps\u2019 in the Davitt family story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The museum plan to create an accurate picture of the various strands of the Davitt family and construct a verifiable family tree. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This will enhance\u00a0the\u00a0service provision of the museum and it will identify and no doubt delight many families in Mayo and beyond if they are found to be part of the greater \u2018Davitt Family\u2019. It is also an important project in terms of community, history and education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Unfortunately the museum lacks both the time and the financial resources to carry out this work, while additionally the skillset required is not available within its staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is a very specialised area and the museum plan to utilise\u00a0a dedicated team of genealogical experts to carry out this critical task. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17399,"template":"","class_list":["post-17398","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Davitt Family Tree - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The expansion of the Michael Davitt Museum in terms of service provision and visitor awareness has increased rapidly over the past few years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/michael-davitt-family-tree\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Davitt Family Tree - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The expansion of the Michael Davitt Museum in terms of service provision and visitor awareness has increased rapidly over the past few years. 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