David Dobson sets out to overcome some of the obstacles facing North Americans attempting to trace ancestors in Ireland prior to 1820. Researchers with colonial

Familia,which was first published in 1985, aims to provide informed writing on sources and case studies relating to that area where Irish history and genealogy

These passenger lists, which cover the period of the Irish Famine and its aftermath, identify the emigrants' "actual places of residence", as well as their port

Provides information on searching passenger ship lists and indexes, naturalization and immigration records, and genealogical Websites to find records of ancesto

John Armstrong was destined to be a humble farmer on the Pennsylvania frontier until the American Revolution changed his life. Rising from private soldier to an