Historical Articles

We have gathered some of our most interesting and informative articles from the genealogy archives

Lost & Found: The troubled history of the Irish Census

Up in flames: The Four Courts on the River Liffey, Dublin, burns following shelling by the Free State Army. Ireland's Public Record...

Hedge schools: Education under the Penal Laws

It is difficult to comprehend the efforts made by the Catholic and non-conformist people in Ireland to educate their children in Ireland...

So, who were the IRA?

Who were the IRA? At the start of the 20th century Ireland was part of the United Kingdom. The majority of Irish MPs in the Westminster...

So, what's the story with those Coastguard Stations?

When Napoleon Chick married Mary Coyle in Belmullet church in June 1867, it wouldn’t have taken an experienced local genealogist to...

Emigration stories: The Carrolls of Bodie, California

Bodie California. A well preserved ghost town. Thirteen miles off State Highway 395 on the California/Nevada border lies the modern day...

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