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....

Earlier this spring, two representatives from the Ulster Historical Foundation completed another successful tour of North America as part...

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...

The 16th Genealogy 101 workshop will begin on 26 January at the Brown County Central Library Auditorium in Green Bay. These sessions are...

It's that time of year again! Do you have a lot of holiday traditions you follow each year? Dennis Jacobs from the Brown County Library...

Have you wondered when and where all the Christmas holiday traditions we observe each year originated? Have these traditions changed from...

The Ancestor Guy is remembering the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice that signaled the end to World War 1 and honoring those who...

There has been a recent announcement regarding Church of Ireland records which will be great news for genealogists and family historians....

Genealogy conferences are held each year to help update researchers and family historians on the latest records available and research...