The 15th of April is known as Titanic Remembrance Day. It is a day where we pause to remember the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the North...

I've mentioned this in the past, but researchers are finding records from microfilm and books online not only in the U.S. but true also...

The very Best in 2022!

Merry Christmas from the Ancestor Guy!

The holiday season is back and unlike last year, many families have plans of getting back together. For many of us, this will be the...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

There are times in our lives where we become part of an historical event that we later realize how big that event was in history. The...

It has probably been awhile since you have sat down and enjoyed a good old fashioned Irish festival with friends and neighbors. We have...

For those who have read many of my blogs in the past, I frequently mention about writing family stories about your ancestors. Perhaps...

Old Jameson Distillery, Bow St., Dublin, Ireland

Like everything else during the pandemic, libraries, archives and museums were forced to close in some cases, for almost a year.. This...

The 15th of April is now known as Titanic Remembrance Day. It is a day where we pause to remember the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the...

If you’ve been researching your family history for any length of time, I am sure you have run across an index to a document. It might be...

Happy New Year and the best wishes from The Ancestor Guy to all of you in 2021!

The Ancestor Guy wishes you a very Happy Holidays and the very best in 2021!

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...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Stay safe!

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...

This Sunday 13 September marks the 175th anniversary of the saddest event in Irish history. As written in Neil Cosgrove's recent article...

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...