DAVE MILLER

Sometimes you can find new family information in places you just don't expect. Here's an example!

The Celtic Connections Conference has announced that it will hold a virtual conference available on its web site beginning on July 31st. This virtual confere...

I am occasionally asked by folks who are beginning their genealogy, "how do I start?". My comment is always "start with yourself!". Write down information ab...

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 decision was made as...

We have recently filled out household information for the 2020 Census. Do you know how past Census records useful for the family researcher?

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 look back at the Gr...

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 parades have been shut dow...

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 and dates together an...

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 about a family story tha...

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 the oldest churches ...

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 transportation out of convenie...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "a theory" "as a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phe...

Late July and August is the time for ethnic festivals in North America. Milwaukee's Irish Fest is no exception. The four day event wrapped up on Sunday. It w...

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 past and what was l...

The Irish Genealogical Society International has recently announced that THE CELTIC CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE will be held at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hot...

I was clearing through some paperwork on my desk recently and ran across a newspaper article about one of my great uncles Len Goerlinger. My Uncle Len was a ...

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

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 North Atlantic early ...

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 to study your Irish ...