Finding records of ancestors in Ireland is difficult. Fire and other means is suspected of destroying the vital statistics records stored in Dublin. Read more about the destruction of Irish Census Records here. Also, many Irish were tenant farmers whose lives left little in the way of a paper trail.
Donna Vaughn has over 40 years of experience in genealogy and will share her valuable tips including websites and other avenues to help people trace their Irish roots.
Date: March 2, 2013
Time: 2:00 to 3:30 PM
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A Quarter Million Signatures Provides New Clues on Pre-Great Hunger Ireland
Deb and I went to the Victorian Stroll in Troy this past Sunday. We went to the Greens Show at the Rensselaer County Historical Society which is put on by the Van Rensselaer Garden Club. At the entrance, the Troy Irish Genealogy Society had a table.
That got me thinking about this article I saw on Irish Central News about a petition in the form of a scroll which was signed by thousands of Irish in approximately 1841.
Over 250,000 signatures cover 652 sheets of paper that were glued to a linen cloth.
Those signing were in support of English Lord Morpeth, George Howard, the chief secretary of Ireland, in 1841. He belonged to the Whig party and he opposed religious discrimination.
Morpeth's family kept the scroll for almost 170 years in the basement of Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England.
Many of the signatures seem to be grouped by region, so researchers of particular families might be given clues of where to look once some of the more well known names are used to orient which regions tend to be signed where.
Reportedly, the scroll itself will start a tour from National University of Ireland at Maynooth beginning in February through Farmleigh house in Dublin, Derrynane in Kerry, Kilkenny, Clonmel and Belfast.
Ancestry.com is digitizing it.
Maybe someday I'll find a relative signed the scroll.
Will you?
That got me thinking about this article I saw on Irish Central News about a petition in the form of a scroll which was signed by thousands of Irish in approximately 1841.
Over 250,000 signatures cover 652 sheets of paper that were glued to a linen cloth.
Those signing were in support of English Lord Morpeth, George Howard, the chief secretary of Ireland, in 1841. He belonged to the Whig party and he opposed religious discrimination.
Morpeth's family kept the scroll for almost 170 years in the basement of Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England.
Many of the signatures seem to be grouped by region, so researchers of particular families might be given clues of where to look once some of the more well known names are used to orient which regions tend to be signed where.
Reportedly, the scroll itself will start a tour from National University of Ireland at Maynooth beginning in February through Farmleigh house in Dublin, Derrynane in Kerry, Kilkenny, Clonmel and Belfast.
Ancestry.com is digitizing it.
Maybe someday I'll find a relative signed the scroll.
Will you?
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Lisa Dougherty's Presentation
Another great geneaology presentation.
Now both presentations have been full houses! We had a mix of beginners and experienced folks in genealogy.
Lisa Dougherty gave a great presentation this past Monday night down at The Record Community Media Lab on locating a place of origin for your Irish ancestors. Of course, she mentioned sources at the National Archives in the USA, but she gave many sources online. I've started using some of the links on my computer at home (which explains the delay in this post!).
Also, her presentation was a nice compliment to the one by Jean Nudd.
You can see Tom Caprood's blog posting about Lisa's presentation, and find a link for a video of the entire presenation, at:
Finding a Place of Origin for Your Irish Ancestors
Or You can see Tom Caprood's blog posting about Lisa's presentation, including a video of the entire thing, at:
Finding Your Irish Ancestors at the National Archives
Stay tuned to this blog, because a new posting will feature an interview with Lisa Dougherty.
Now both presentations have been full houses! We had a mix of beginners and experienced folks in genealogy.
Lisa Dougherty gave a great presentation this past Monday night down at The Record Community Media Lab on locating a place of origin for your Irish ancestors. Of course, she mentioned sources at the National Archives in the USA, but she gave many sources online. I've started using some of the links on my computer at home (which explains the delay in this post!).
Also, her presentation was a nice compliment to the one by Jean Nudd.
You can see Tom Caprood's blog posting about Lisa's presentation, and find a link for a video of the entire presenation, at:
Finding a Place of Origin for Your Irish Ancestors
Or You can see Tom Caprood's blog posting about Lisa's presentation, including a video of the entire thing, at:
Finding Your Irish Ancestors at the National Archives
Stay tuned to this blog, because a new posting will feature an interview with Lisa Dougherty.
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