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The following release was sent from Findmypast.ie: Drunk in charge of an ass and cart, tippling in a sheebeen and the disturbance of a divine service: 1.2 million Irish Petty Session Records now searchable online Another 15 million cases are Continue reading Irish Petty Session Records Now Searchable Online
Family Chronicle is please to announce the immediate availability of our newest special publication, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. The 68-page issue, the fourth in the “Tracing Series”, is feature-packed with all-new content from a variety of experts in the field Continue reading Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
Celebrity fame and interesting television have spiked a frenzy of family history interest in a once disinterested Irish public. Take a look at the following article from the Irish Central: TV show ‘Who do you think you are?’ prompts spike Continue reading Celebrities Increasing Irish Interest in Family History
In an article post this past weekend in the Irish Times, Scientists have joined with the Genealogical Society of Ireland to examine “what it truly means to be Irish.” The complete article, Science and genealogy unite to profile typical Irish Continue reading Genealogist and Scientists Will Work Together to Create an “Irish DNA Atlas”
findmypast.ie has now launched exclusive access to the Irish Prison Registers 1790-1920. The collection is made up of over 3.5 million entries across 130,000 pages. Not surprisingly, drunkenness was the most common offence, accounting for 25% of cases! The following Continue reading Find Irish Prisoners 1790-1920 in Over 3.5 M Entries in Irish Prison Registers Now Online!
If you are lucky enough to be Irish, you are Lucky enough. Author David S. Ouimette uses this Irish proverb to portray the joy of finding your Irish ancestor. His book, Finding Your Irish Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide, was written Continue reading Will Your Lucky Irish Blood Help You Find Your Ancestors?
Refreshing. In a pack-in-all-in world, I like a simple, clean website that does just one thing and sticks to it. Irish-Place-Names.com is just such a site. One database, one search page, one purpose. Irish Place Names is a database “based Continue reading Keeping it simple at Irish-Place-Names.com
The following News Release was received from Eneclann: Eneclann genealogists were delighted to be acknowledged by President Obama in the speech he made in College Green, Dublin. ‘Eneclann were delighted to be given VIP tickets to the reception in College Continue reading President Obama Thanks Genealogists for Researching his Irish Family History
Since its initial publication in 1986, A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland has established itself as a key resource in Irish genealogical research. Now, with the addition of maps detailing the location of Roman Catholic parishes in all thirty-two counties Continue reading A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland
The following excerpt is from an AP article in the May 24, 2011 edition of the Deseret News: DUBLIN — He downed a pint of Guinness with a distant cousin and checked out centuries-old parish records tracing his family to Continue reading President O’Bama Goes Home to Ireland
The following excerpt is from an article published in the April 18, 2011 edition of offalyexpress.ie: DO you think you might be related to someone famous or infamous? Could you be connected to a big event in local history? Or Continue reading New Irish Genealogy Television Show
The following excerpt is from an article in the April 10, 2011 edition of IrishCentral.com. New research has revealed that First Lady Michelle Obama, like her husband President Barack Obama, has Irish roots. Megan Smolenyak, the same genealogist who discovered Continue reading First Lady Michelle Obama’s Irish Roots
The following teaser is from a Letter to the Editor in the April 12 Edition of the IrishTimes.com: Madam, – The report (Home News, April 1st) that the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Jimmy Deenihan, TD, intends pressing Continue reading Paving the Way for a Possible 1926 Irish Census Release
The following was received today from Kathleen Hinckley CG, Office Manager, ISBGFH: WESTMINSTER, Colo., 11 April, 2011—The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History is excited to announce its speakers for this year’s British Institute, to be held from Continue reading The International Society for British Genealogy & Family History Unveils Speakers for Upcoming British Institute
Everyne is related to the rich and famous… Most of us just don’t know how. The online genealogy site, Ancestry.com has carried out a survey revealing 28 Irish Americans share the same Irish ancestor as President Obama. Just four years Continue reading Irish Americans Sharing President Obama’s Irish Ancestry