We just attended a seminar on Scots-Irish ad Irish research with the Ulster Historical Foundation. This four-hour seminar is presented by Fintan Mullan, Executive Director […]
What Resources I Would Recommend for Irish Research
I get a lot of people asking me about Irish research. What resources are out there to help a beginner get started in Irish research? […]
Irish in America, Part II
Before the Great Famine, in America, conflict between Protestants and Irish Catholics erupted. Bible riots of 1844 created mobs who torched houses and destroyed churches. […]
Cead Mile Failte – Hundred Thousand Welcomes or Was It True in America?
Were the Irish welcomed in the United States when they emigrated? Beginning in 1845, the fortunes of the Irish began to sag with festering potatoes. […]
Just A Little About The Great Irish Famine
This was a period of mass starvation and disease not only in Ireland but in many European countries, but Ireland, for many reasons, was worse. The Famine […]
Ulster Scots: An Unique Ethnic Combination
If you have ancestors from Northern Ireland who came to the Emerald Isle by way of Scotland, you are familiar with the Scots-Irish, or the […]
The Wonderful Irish in Canada
The Irish settled over the generations in many different places. The United States is talked about a lot (sometimes even on this blog) but there are […]
A Little Bit of Irish American History
We as family history seekers can get so focused on finding our ancestors that we sometimes neglect to see the BIG picture. What was it […]
Who Knew? The Stories One Can Tell.
In a previous post, we talked about finding information on ancestors in the newspaper. So, let me tell you a story… No one in our […]
Irish Land Divisions in Genealogy
One thing about researching in Europe – there is no central location for records. Let’s say you are researching your Irish or Scots-Irish ancestors and […]