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Tag: Irish American History and Genealogy

Photo: Mount Ben Bulben, County Sligo, Ireland. Credit: Jon Sullivan; Wikimedia Commons.

For Irish American Heritage Month: 3 Resources for Your Irish Research

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 20, 2019

In this article – to celebrate Irish American Heritage Month – Gena Philibert-Ortega describes three resources for Irish genealogy research, with links... (Read More)

Illustration: Irish hat and shillelagh

For Irish American Heritage Month: Free Irish Passenger Lists eBook

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 19, 2019

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about a free eBook providing an index and extract to the arrival records of over 2,000 Irish Americans... (Read More)

Photo: Trim Castle, Co Meath, Ireland, at sunrise. Credit: Andrew Parnell; Wikimedia Commons.

Irish Last Names & Their Meanings

By GenealogyBank on August 3, 2018

In this article, discover the origin of your Irish last name, what it means, and how you can use this to trace your family history... (Read More)

Illustration: Irish hat and shillelagh

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)

Illustration: Irish hat and shillelagh

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)

Free Guide for Irish Genealogy to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

By Tony Pettinato on March 17, 2015

Got Irish roots? Since March is Irish American Heritage Month and we are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day today, everyone is feeling a wee bit Irish this time of year. For Irish Americans, however, that sentiment is year-round, as feeling connected to Ireland is part of their family history. Have you been tracing your Irish... (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)

An Irish Immigrant’s Obituary Tells Her Coming to America Story

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 6, 2015

Ellen Canning O’Rourke (1910-2011) was born in Anskert, near Mohill in County Leitrim, Ireland. She died in Hamden, Connecticut, on 16 December 2011 at age 101. As a little girl she lived through the “Irish Troubles” in County Leitrim, and had keen memories of those events – and her coming to America and finding... (Read More)

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