Several weeks ago, I got a call from from my friend, Brian Donovan, in Ireland. He was making plans to attend the National Genealogical Society conference in Las Vegas, and was trying to come up with a way of displaying Eneclann’s CD-ROMs. He just happened to call the right person, as Family Roots Publishing has [...]
The following excerpt is from an interview with my friend, Megan Smolenyak, published in the March 31, 2013 edition of IrishCentral.com Background: Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (who goes by Megan Smolenyak2 on her website in a nod to her married name) is a genealogist who has unearthed the Irish roots of many well-known people, including President [...]
The following excerpt is from the April 4, 2013 edition of IrishCentral.com: Tom Cruise was presented with an Irish heritage certificate yesterday at an official Government ceremony to celebrate his ancestry. Eneclann, part of Trinity College, found that his great-great-great grandfather was a landlord called Patrick Russell Cruise, who helped evicted families reclaim their homes [...]
Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores is a scholarly book, full of details and amassed facts in an effort to explain the mass migrations from the war torn Rhine Valley in the early 1700s. The Palatines were driven from their homes, into the British Empire, by circumstance [...]
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the 30 March 2013 edition of IrishCentral.com: Since Ireland was the first European country to adopt inherited paternal surnames it should come as no surprise that the Irish lead the way in using DNA, surnames, and place names to literally pinpoint precisely where one’s direct male [...]
The following excerpt is from an article in the 1 April 2013 edition of westmeathindependent.ie: There is growing speculation that actor Tom Cruise will be presented with a Certificate of Irish Ancestry this week thanks to his apparent links with Kilteevan between Knockcroghery and Roscommnon town. … Genealogists believes [sic] Cruise, whose full name is [...]
Church records may be the most prevelant record available in Irish genealogical research. And, not just church records for one church either. There are historically eight major religions in Ireland. Irish Church Records: Their history, availability, and use in family and local history research details the records for each of these eight major religions, including: [...]
The website of the Irish Genealogical Research Society has an excellent page with important links to Irish research sites. Take a peek.
The following excerpt is from the March 14, 2013 edition of RTE News/Ireland: One of Ireland’s most extraordinary historic documents, the 420-metre long Morpeth Roll, has been digitised and is being made available online as part of a collaborative project between NUI Maynooth, Castle Howard in Yorkshire and Ancestry.com. The unique testimonial document, on 652 [...]
The Maritimes, a.k.a the Maritime Provinces or the Canadian Maritimes, consist of the eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunsick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Ports on these islands became a major debarkation point for European emigrants. From these ports people spread all over North America. One major group to come through these ports are [...]
Flyleaf Press has just released another addition to its Tracing Your [Irish] Ancestors book series. The latest publication straight in from the Emerald Isle, is Tracing Your Clare Ancestors, by Brian Smith and Gerry Kennedy. “Clare is the northern-most county in the province of Munster and famous for its music and scenery, including the Cliffs [...]
The following excerpt is from the January 29, 2013 edition of the Derry Journal. A Derry genealogy expert says a revamped digital street directory database will be a valuable tool for the city’s amateur family historians. Brian Mitchell, the genealogist with Derry City Council, says the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland’s (PRONI) Street Directories [...]
The following excerpt is from an article by Rachel Laird, published in the January 19, 2012 edition of Irish Central: Dublin-based Findmypast.ie announces inaugural day to celebrate launch of massive genealogy resource Family historians will be able to access 21 million birth, marriage, and death records free of charge, on Thursday 24th of January. Findmypast.ie [...]
The following excerpt is from the first page of several in a good article published in the December 25, 2012 edition of IrishCentral.com on doing online Irish research. Over the past three years IrishCentral has witnessed history in the field of Irish genealogy. The 1901 and 1911 censuses are now online and provide a wealth [...]
Like the other county books in this series, Tracing Your Westmeath Ancestors, by Gretta Connell, describes the records available for County Westmeath. Descriptions include the location of these resources, how they can be accessed, and how they can be used in tracing local families. “Westmeath is an inland county in the province of Leinster, it is [...]
