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

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...

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

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...

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....

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

This is one of our favorite blogs from the past and one of our favorite places to stop when in Ireland and Northern Ireland. If you plan...

Genealogy is more than just obtaining dates and names of ancestors. Understanding how your ancestors lived and what life was like in that...