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...