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    Happy New Year!
    by Dave Miller
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year and the best wishes from The Ancestor Guy to all of you in 2021!
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    Happy Holidays!
    by Dave Miller
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Happy Holidays!

    The Ancestor Guy wishes you a very Happy Holidays and the very best in 2021!
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    Family Holiday Humor
    by Dave Miller
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Family Holiday Humor

    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 fac...
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    Happy Thanksgiving!
    by Dave Miller
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Stay safe!
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    When the Wild Wild West shows up in your family tree! (part 2)
    by Dave Miller
    • Oct 3, 2020
    • 8 min

    When the Wild Wild West shows up in your family tree! (part 2)

    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 m...
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    13 September marks the 175th anniversary of the Irish Famine
    by Dave Miller
    • Sep 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    13 September marks the 175th anniversary of the Irish Famine

    This Sunday 13 September marks the 175th anniversary of the saddest event in Irish history. As written in Neil Cosgrove's recent article ...
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    When your family search turns into an unbelievable story!
    by Dave Miller
    • Aug 11, 2020
    • 9 min

    When your family search turns into an unbelievable story!

    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 ab...
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    When the Wild Wild West shows up in your Family Tree!
    by Dave Miller
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 7 min

    When the Wild Wild West shows up in your Family Tree!

    (This was an article that I wrote in 2018 and was published in The Septs magazine October 2018, Volume 39, Number 4.) Many Irish emigrate...
    576 views0 comments
    Finding those unexpected Family Treasures!
    by Dave Miller
    • May 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Finding those unexpected Family Treasures!

    Sometimes you can find new family information in places you just don't expect. Here's an example!
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    The Celtic Connections Conference announces "The Virtual Journey Home!"
    by Dave Miller
    • May 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    The Celtic Connections Conference announces "The Virtual Journey Home!"

    The Celtic Connections Conference has announced that it will hold a virtual conference available on its web site beginning on July 31st. ...
    10 views0 comments
    A high tech way of remembering a loved one.
    by Dave Miller
    • May 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    A high tech way of remembering a loved one.

    I am occasionally asked by folks who are beginning their genealogy, "how do I start?". My comment is always "start with yourself!". Write...
    18 views0 comments
    More events and conferences  are now canceled this summer.
    by Dave Miller
    • Apr 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    More events and conferences are now canceled this summer.

    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 ...
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    It's Census time! How much do you know about the U.S. Census?
    by Dave Miller
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    It's Census time! How much do you know about the U.S. Census?

    We have recently filled out household information for the 2020 Census. Do you know how past Census records useful for the family researcher?
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    Celebrating St. Patrick's Day through Sean Nos dancing!
    by Dave Miller
    • Mar 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Celebrating St. Patrick's Day through Sean Nos dancing!

    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...
    2 views0 comments
    Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
    by Dave Miller
    • Mar 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    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 parad...
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    Searching for the descendants of the Primrose girls!
    by Dave Miller
    • Feb 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Searching for the descendants of the Primrose girls!

    The Primrose Girls Project is attempting to locate the descendants of 156 orphan girls who departed Ireland for Canada in 1853.
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    A chat with Irish Genealogist Stuart Rosenblatt!
    by Dave Miller
    • Jan 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    A chat with Irish Genealogist Stuart Rosenblatt!

    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 a...
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    When your family search turns into an unbelievable story!
    by Dave Miller
    • Dec 5, 2019
    • 9 min

    When your family search turns into an unbelievable story!

    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 abou...
    60 views0 comments
    Learning the history of St. Michan's Church.
    by Dave Miller
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Learning the history of St. Michan's Church.

    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 ...
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    Riding in the western trolleys during the early 1900s.
    by Dave Miller
    • Oct 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Riding in the western trolleys during the early 1900s.

    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 transporta...
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