Irish Genealogy Information

  • An article entitled Ancestry to Archives: Libraries Are Revolutionizing Family Tree Research was discovered by a homeschool student during one of her classes and she has thoughtfully provided a link to the article as she thought it would be a great addition to our webpage for those of you who are interested in researching your own family tree.  Thank you for sharing this information, Sohana!
  • Traditional Irish Naming Patterns – For about two centuries (from the late 1700s through to the early to mid-1900s), the Irish favored a precise convention for naming their children that can suggest what names to look for in a previous generation. All that’s needed is for one sibling in a family to have used this pattern with accuracy (even if one’s own direct ancestor deviated a little).  Click here for more information.