We have enormous stocks of two popular Irish research books, and have decided to add them to our Year-End promotion. We made up a bundle of the two volumes, and discounted it 70% off the normal MSRP – making the price just $21.27 (reg. $70.90).
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This bundle is made up of the following two popular Irish research guides:
- NEW! – Tracing Your Ancestors – Irish Research: A Practical Guide, by Dr. Maurice Gleeson, MB
- The Famine Immigrants [Vol. V], Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851: October 1849-May 1850 – Hard Cover
Click on the links to check out each item – including the full surname index for The Famine Immigrants [Vol. V]. Use your back arrow to return to this page to purchase the bundle.
Don’t need both books? You may purchase Tracing Your Ancestors – Irish Research for 35% off at it’s own web page or The Famine Immigrants [Vol. V] at 65% off at its page.
Following are reviews of each of the two books.
The Famine Immigrants [Vol. V], Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851: October 1849-May 1850
Very limited numbers of this hardback volume are available. This is the only volume of the series still available in the hardback printing. The book is available from the publisher in soft cover only, currently also selling for $60.95.
The blight that struck the Irish potato crop in the winter of 1845-46 brought ruin to tens of thousands of tenant farmers and laborers, reducing almost all of Ireland to poverty. Making matters worse, very few farmers owned their own land or even held title to their humble dwellings, so when the crop failed they had scarcely any resources to call on. As a result, countless people faced the choice of leaving Ireland or perishing. In fact, between 1846 and 1851, more than a million men, women, and children emigrated to the United States and Canada, mostly through the port of New York.
The information on these people exists in an invaluable series of port arrival records, the Customs Passenger Lists. Until recently, however, these passenger lists were unpublished and only partially indexed and lay well out of the reach of the average researcher, the more so since they are not classified by nationality. To bring those records dealing with Irish immigrants within the range of the researcher, The Famine Immigrants series was conceived for the purpose of enumerating all Irish passengers who entered the port of New York between 1846 and 1851. There are seven volumes in this series.
The passenger lists found in The Famine Immigrants are arranged by ship and date of arrival in New York, and each person is identified with respect to age, sex, occupation, and family relationships where such was indicated in the original manifests. Additionally, every volume boasts of an extensive index containing all of the passenger names in the text.
In the period covered in this volume, October 1849-May 1850, about 60,000 Irish men, women, and children arrived in New York, and all of the data located on them is provided, and their names are all indexed.
The Famine Immigrants [Vol. V], Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851: October 1849-May 1850; by Ira A. Glazier and Michael H. Tepper, eds; 638 pp.; Hardcover; Published: 1985; ISBN: 9780806311234; Item # CF2215
The following 11,520 Surnames are found within this volume:
- Abba
- Abbot
- Abbott
- Abernathu
- Abernethy
See the full surname index for the volume at: http://www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/product_view.php?id=2326
Tracing Your Ancestors – Irish Research: A Practical Guide, by Dr. Maurice Gleeson, MB
Moorshead Magazines has published another excellent guide for genealogists. This guide is entitled Tracing Your Ancestors: Irish Research – A Practical Guide. Written by Dr. Maurice Gleeson (author of DNA & Your Genealogy), the 66-page booklet lays out how to do your Irish research – using the latest resources and techniques. Anyone with Irish ancestors will find it extremely useful.
On sale for 35% off. Click on the link or on the illustration to order.
The following is from the Table of Contents:
Why You Need This Guide
- Everything is Changing so Quickly
- How Far Will You Be Able to Go Back?
- What Records Are Available?
- What Resources Will You be Using?
- What Challenges Will You Face?
- The DNA Revolution
- Crowd-Source Your Family Tree
Where in Ireland Did They Come From?
- A Brief History of Irish Emigration
- General Techniques for Tracing Your Ancestor
- Genealogical Records for US Immigrants
- Genealogical Records for Canadian Immigrants
- Genealogical Records for Australian Immigrants
Strategic Approach to Finding Records
- What Was Lost in the Fire – And What Wasn’t
- Irish Land Divisions
- Irish Place Names
Census Records – All Free Online
- A Brief History
- What Parts of Ireland Do Surviving Census Records Cover?
- What Information Do They Contain?
- How to Use the Records
- Hints and Tips
- Other Sources for Surveys, Censuses & Census Substitutes
Civil Registration Records – Now Free Online
- A Brief History
- What Information Do They Contain?
- Where Can I Find Them?
- Hints and Tips
Church Records – Many Online, Many Free
- A Brief Overview
- What Information Do They Contain?
- How to Use the Records
- Other Additional Resources
- Hints and Tips
Gravestones & Burial Records
- Ireland Specific Websites
- Global Websites
Land, Streets, Schools & Workhouses
- Griffith’s Valuation – What Came After and Before It
- Other Land Records Collections
- Street Directories
- School Registers
- Workhouse Records
Wills & Probate
Newspapers
Court Records
DNA Testing As an Additional Tool
- The Basics of DNA Testing
- Characterizing Your Brick Walls
- Collaborating With Your Genetic Cousins
- Triangulation
- Y-DNA, Your Surname, and Your Clan
Tracing Your Ancestors: Irish Research – A Practical Guide; By Dr. Maurice Gleeson, MB; 2018; 66pp; 8.5×11; Saddle-Stappled; ISBN: 978-1-926510-09-5; Item #: M0029
