If you do irish genealogy, you undoubtedly recognize the name Michael O’Laughlin. Michael is known for having founded the irish Genealogical Foundation in the late 70s. He’s written numerous books dealing with irish counties and families.
Michael has just launched the irish Roots Cafe website. The website includes the following:
Free weekly podcasts on irish family history
Free […]
The following News Release reminds us that ireland is nearly treeless - and Rooted in ireland is setting out to remedy that in a small way. Americans can help…
Rooted in ireland is an oak planting project in Drumconwell, which is just outside of Armagh, Northern ireland. The tree site is set on 9 acres of […]
The following excerpt, from a September 16, 2006 New York Times article, continues the newly discovered saga of Annie Moore.
Four generations of descendants of Annie Moore Schayer, the first immigrant to be processed on Ellis Island, gathered yesterday in New York for the first time to celebrate her rediscovery and their own and […]
I blogged a few days ago about the fact that Megan Smolenyak was about to announce who the real Annie Moore actually was.
The New York Times revealed the story today. A great story…
Annie Moore is memorialized by bronze statues in New York Harbor and ireland and cited in story and song as the first […]
The following News Release leaves us wanting more. My friend, Megan Smolenyak, will give us just that on September 15.
New York, NY — (SBWIRE) — 09/07/2006 — Its a classic case of truthiness. For years, weve chosen to believe an oft-told myth about Ellis Island when the truth was readily available. But on September 15th, […]
New Book Announcement:
The full title of the book is: irish Emigrants in North America Part Six
Emigration from ireland to the Americas can be said to have started in earnest during the early 18th century. In 1718 the first successful emigration from ireland to New England occurred, which laid the foundation for the large-scale settlement […]
New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: John Kennedy of County Donegal, Ulster, ireland and His Descendants: A Compiled Genealogy (Including Risk, McCoy, & Pendleton)
This compiled genealogy documents fifty-two family members: John and Lilley Kennedy, their five children, fourteen grandchildren, and thirty-one great-grandchildren. The work contains extensive biographical sketches of the first three […]
Although an irish passport isn’t required to attend the upcoming FGS Conference in Boston, it could be quite a status symbol. I understand in corresponding with some of my irish friends that there will be more irish vendors at this conference than we’ve ever seen at an American genealogy conference before.
They say that having […]
I’ve blogged about the falling of the bell before. It now looks like the Maine irish Heritage Center will be closed until next spring.
The acting director of the Maine irish Heritage Center says the organization essentially will be shut down for several months as workers repair its home, the old St. Dominic’s Church in Portland.
“We […]
New book Announcement:
Mass immigration to the U.S. was nowhere more apparent than in the immigration of the irish between 1815 and the failure of the potato crop in 1845/1846, during which time a million irish men and women crossed the seas to take up permanent residence in America. This work is concerned with the roots […]
New book Announcement:
During the 18th century as many as 100,000 Scottish Lowlanders relocated to the Plantation of Ulster (Northern ireland). Within a few generations the descendants of these Ulster Scots emigrated in substantial numbers across the Atlantic, where, as the Scotch-irish (Scots-irish), they made a major contribution to the settlement and development of colonial America.
This […]
New Book Announcement:
In this much longer sequel to his earlier collection of Scots-irish Links, Parts One & Two, David Dobson sheds more light on a segment of the 100,000 Scotsmen who were re-settled by the British government in the irish Plantation of Ulster during the 17th century. Drawing upon primary source material in the British […]
New Book Announcement:
According to some estimates as many as 100,000 Scotsmen were re-settled by the British government in the irish Plantation of Ulster during the 17th century. After the turn of the next century, the descendants of many of these Ulster Scots, better known as the Scotch-irish, would play a major role in diversifying the […]
(PRLEAP.COM) The Origins Network (www.originsnetwork.com) is offering free access to both British and irish Origins on the 4th July to celebrate US Independence Day. Free access will begin at 00.00GMT and will run until 08.00GMT on the 5th July 2006. In order to access, simply go to www.originsnetwork.com and click on the link to sign […]
A special international conference at the East Tennessee Historical Society, “Three Centuries of Ulster-American History, Tradition and Shared Experience,” begins June 28 and ends July 1.
The conference will explore the historic and continuing connections between the northern province of ireland (Ulster) and America. The conference will feature lectures, performances, exhibits and exhibitors.
A half-day session July […]
Traditional genealogical research, aided by today’s Internet technology is amazing as it is. but when you consider how much more information we can now obtain by DNA research, it’s pretty wild. What will be be able to learn from our DNA (and the massive databases being formed) 10 - or 20 years from now. I’d […]