As many of you know, I produce a monthly video podcast called "This Month at the IGSI in conjunction with the Irish Genealogical Society...

The 15th of April is known as Titanic Remembrance Day. It is a day where we pause to remember the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the North...

I record a video podcast each month in conjunction with the Irish Genealogical Society International. The podcast is called "This Month...

Depsite the cold and blustery weather, it was still a great day to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Northeast Wisconsin. Many stood along...

Early in March, I had the opportunity to speak with John Maino and former Green Bay, Wisconsin Mayor Jim Schmitt on their morning radio...

Is looking for your Irish Ancestors on your New Year's resolution? Well here's a video that might give you some ideas and key points...

Happy New Year and the very best in 2024!!

I hope you have had a great year. It has been a wonderful and fulfilling year for me. I want to thank all the Festivals and events that...

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). There are over 3 million records archived at...

By Dave Miller Many people enjoy listening to the soothing melody from an Irish harp. I always considered the harp a challenge to learn....

Recently, I attended an Irish Fest in Appleton, Wisconsin and spoke to a couple of very talented individuals regarding their skills in...

There has been some exciting news recently announced in the Genealogy world. First, the organizers of Roots Tech plan to provide both an...

The 15th of April is known as Titanic Remembrance Day. It is a day where we pause to remember the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the North...

I've mentioned this in the past, but researchers are finding records from microfilm and books online not only in the U.S. but true also...

The very Best in 2022!

Merry Christmas from the Ancestor Guy!

The holiday season is back and unlike last year, many families have plans of getting back together. For many of us, this will be the...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

There are times in our lives where we become part of an historical event that we later realize how big that event was in history. The...

It has probably been awhile since you have sat down and enjoyed a good old fashioned Irish festival with friends and neighbors. We have...

For those who have read many of my blogs in the past, I frequently mention about writing family stories about your ancestors. Perhaps...

Old Jameson Distillery, Bow St., Dublin, Ireland

Like everything else during the pandemic, libraries, archives and museums were forced to close in some cases, for almost a year.. This...

The 15th of April is now known as Titanic Remembrance Day. It is a day where we pause to remember the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the...

If you’ve been researching your family history for any length of time, I am sure you have run across an index to a document. It might be...

Happy New Year and the best wishes from The Ancestor Guy to all of you in 2021!

The Ancestor Guy wishes you a very Happy Holidays and the very best in 2021!

This holiday season will most likely be a lot different than what we experienced in the past as a result of the pandemic. Despite the...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Stay safe!

A few years ago, I wrote an article about my great great uncle William R. Kidd who was murdered aboard a train very early on a Saturday...

This Sunday 13 September marks the 175th anniversary of the saddest event in Irish history. As written in Neil Cosgrove's recent article...

I have been researching my own family ancestry and others for quite a long time. I've come across a document every so often or learned...

(This was an article that I wrote in 2018 and was published in The Septs magazine October 2018, Volume 39, Number 4.) Many Irish...

Sometimes you can find new family information in places you just don't expect. Here's an example!

The Celtic Connections Conference has announced that it will hold a virtual conference available on its web site beginning on July 31st....

I am occasionally asked by folks who are beginning their genealogy, "how do I start?". My comment is always "start with yourself!". Write...

I hope you are staying safe and healthy. We have been told by the Milwaukee Irish Fest that this year's festival has been canceled. The...

We have recently filled out household information for the 2020 Census. Do you know how past Census records useful for the family researcher?

Since many of the St. Patrick Day celebrations have been canceled this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, I thought it would be fun to...

I would like to wish all of you a Happy St. Patrick's Day. Due to recent events involving the Covid-19 virus, many celebrations and...

The Primrose Girls Project is attempting to locate the descendants of 156 orphan girls who departed Ireland for Canada in 1853.

Some of us who have been working on our genealogy for a long time. It is no doubt a tough task keeping all our family's ancestors names...

I have been researching my own family ancestry and others for quite a long time. I've come across a document every so often or learn...

During a recent trip to Ireland, I had a chance to visit and tour St. Michan's Church in Dublin. Built in the year 1095 AD, it is one of...

Getting to and from work today is a matter of getting in the car or perhaps a bus or even the subway and many of us use public...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "a theory" "as a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles...

Late July and August is the time for ethnic festivals in North America. Milwaukee's Irish Fest is no exception. The four day event...

Wouldn't it be interesting if you could talk to an ancestor or someone who lived over a hundred years ago? Would you ask them about their...

The Irish Genealogical Society International has recently announced that THE CELTIC CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE will be held at the Westin...

I was clearing through some paperwork on my desk recently and ran across a newspaper article about one of my great uncles Len Goerlinger....