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Category: Irish American History & Genealogy

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Research Your Irish Family History in GenealogyBank

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 9, 2017

An article (with a complete title list) about GenealogyBank’s Irish American Newspapers collection to help you research your Irish American ancestry... (Read More)

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Free Webinar: Learn More about Your Irish Roots in GenealogyBank

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 17, 2016

An article describing a free genealogy webinar provided by GenealogyBank, about Irish American genealogy... (Read More)

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Genealogy Tip: Try Your Luck with Irish American Newspapers

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 17, 2016

In this blog article – in honor of St. Patrick’s Day – Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about GenealogyBank’s online Irish American Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

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Free Webinar: Our Ancestors’ Trip from Ireland – Is There More to Know?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 16, 2016

Article about a free webinar on Irish American genealogy... (Read More)

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What Was Her 1850 Voyage from Ireland to America Like?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 15, 2016

Learning more about Mary Ryan’s trip to America as a 14-year-old with her family on board the brig Falcon in 1850, from old newspapers... (Read More)

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Irish Headstones & Humorous Epitaphs

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on March 14, 2016

In honor of the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, this article shows examples of Irish epitaphs found in old newspaper articles... (Read More)

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Finding Irish Marriage Records

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 10, 2016

An article about using the wedding records of FamilySearch and the newspapers of GenealogyBank to find Irish marriage records... (Read More)

Where in Ireland Are Your Irish Ancestors From? Search Newspapers

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 18, 2015

Newspapers recorded every day of our ancestors’ lives – and that is a good thing for genealogists. Time and time again old documents, from death certificates to the census, simply state that someone like John Clifford was born “in Ireland” – and never tell us where in Ireland. Often it is newspapers that are... (Read More)

Irish Ramsey Family – Descendants of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 13, 2015

In 1922 Irish American Ramsey descendants from all over the northeast gathered for a family reunion in Flemington, New Jersey. According to this newspaper article: The reunion was the largest the family has yet held. The attendees must have been stunned to learn, during a family history presentation given at the reunion, that their... (Read More)

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