My friend, and professional genealogist, Dwight Radford, recently started a terrific blog dealing Irish research. Dwight is adept at finding Irish ancestors – so much so that he’s been making a living at it for the last 25 years. Dwight works with us on the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour, consulting with those folks who may be doing Irish and Scots research. Not surprizingly, Dwight doesn’t get many breaks during the Christmas Tour week.
Following are links to Dwight’s recent posts. Check them out:
Why I’m Attracted to Irish Research
I Can’t Find My Ancestor’s in the Passenger Arrival Lists
Those Hidden Irish Quaker Indexes
So You have a Plymouth Brethren Ancestor
What is a “Census Substitute”?
Developing Your Own “Census Substitute” List
My Ancestor Wouldn’t Have Done That!
Thinking About a Research Trip to Ireland
Those Gaelic Words in Irish Place Names
What does it Mean to be Irish?
The Genealogical Office, Dublin
And I Would Look at Mormon Records, Why?
The Irish and the African American Connection
Female Surnames in the Records
They Came from County Cork – Maybe Not…
What to Expect from Irish Roman Catholic Registers
Sorting Through Irish Common Names
Christened Before Birth – Hum…
Variations to Irish Given Names
The Scots-Irish and Native American Connection
Using “Surname Clusters” to Sort Through Common Irish Surnames
What the Heck is a Sub-Denomination?
Geographic Places Preserved on Irish and Irish Immigrant Tombstones
Passenger Lists Leaving Ireland and the UK (1890-1960)
Leaving Ulster in the 1700s: The Newspaper Trail
Canada to America Border Crossings
The Value of Joining a Genealogical Society
Researching Families on the American Frontier
What is an Indentured Servant?
Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
Migration Patterns from Ireland to North America
The Scots-Irish in The Netherlands
Don’t Forget to Look in the Caribbean
Why is My Ancestor Not in the Tithe Applotment?
Historic Land Measurements in Ireland
Historic Terms from Irish Tax Records
Historic Terms from Irish Tax Records
The Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
Historic Terms Used in the Irish Registry of Deeds (Part 1)
Historic Terms Used in the Irish Registry of Deeds (Part 2)
Did You Look at the Vestry Minutes?
Did You Look at the Session Minutes?
The Congregational Union of Ireland
The Scots-Irish and Catawba Connection
Irish Registry of Deed Indexes (1708-1929)
Locating the Ancestral Home Site
The Irish Workhouse (1838-1948)
Church of Ireland Diocesan Marriage Licenses
Church of Ireland Prerogative Court of Armagh Marriage Bonds
Irish Wills at the National Archives of Ireland
Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
The Difference Between Catholic and Protestant Research
Canadian Passenger Lists (1865-1935)
The Irish in the Greek Ionian Islands
The Scots-Irish and Chickasaw Connection
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Society of Australian Genealogists
Black Biographical Dictionaries
An Introduction to RootsIreland.ie
The Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgians)
An Introduction to Irishgenealogy.ie
The Importance of Men Religious in the Family
The Importance of Women Religious in the Family
The Family History Library Catalog
Western Canada Land Grants (1870-1930)
Australasian Genealogical Computer Index (AGCI)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Irish Genealogical Research Society
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
American Hereditary (Lineage) Societies
Irish, African, Slave, Muslim, Christian and Hoodoo Practitioner
The Irish in the Ottoman Empire
National School Records of Ireland
Irish Petty Court Session Records
Scots-Irish and Choctaw Connection
Two Little Known Penal Colonies Where Irish Were Sent – Ships in Bermuda & Gibraltar…
Smith’s Inventory of Genealogical Sources: Ireland
A “Super Index” to Will Indexes
New Zealand Society of Genealogists
India and the Colonial America Connection
The Censuses of England and Wales (1841-1911)
The Irish Migration to South Africa
The Important Irish Connection to Barbados
Dictionary of Quaker Terms and Phrases (Part 1)
Dictionary of Quaker Terms and Phrases (Part 2)
Dictionary of Quaker Terms and Phrases (Part 3)
TROVE as a Major Research Tool
Why was Greenock, Scotland so Popular?
The “O” and the “Mc” in Irish Surnames
Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
Why Would I Look at Tax Records?
An Introduction to ScotlandsPeople
The Daughters of the Utah Pioneer Collections
When is it Time to Subscribe to an Online Database?
Using the 1870 U.S. Census in African American Research
The Irish Connection to Bermuda
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
What is a Dispensation Record?
Oregon and Washington Donation Lands
Why Would You Use Irish Dog Licenses?
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland (1844)
What Does “Cherokee” Mean? (Part 1)
What Does “Cherokee” Mean? (Part 2)
In Search of Missing Friends Database
Lists of Townlands in Poor Law Unions (1885)
Tracking Down Particular Authors
Baptism for the Dead and the Genealogical Record (Part 1)
Baptism for the Dead and the Genealogical Record (Part 2)
My Grandma Has Done All of Our Genealogy
Did Grandma Have Access to Current Material?
Did Grandma Do Original Research?
Using the Index of a Book as a Research Tool
The Un-Churched Dictionary of the Churched (1811) – Part 1
The Un-churched Dictionary of the Churched (1811) – Part 2
Scots-Irish and Muscogee (Creek) Connection
Hi there
I am a Radford (maiden surname) living in South Africa. Ended up marrying a Macguire! But I am very interested in my genealogy. My dad always told me that his grandfather came from Ireland on a ship to South Africa. He would joke and say that he came from a line of pirates … ! Would love to find out where our family history dates back to…
Kind regards