http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/ Irish Genealogy Forum en-us Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:50:14 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly The Irish Genealogy Forum News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/images/logo.gif http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/ http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8 Everton Publishing Company announces new ownership and management, a major reorganization, and public access to the vast, previously unavailable Everton Genealogical Library. Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:50:14 GMT http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7 As I was doing some obituary searching, I ran across a new database on Ancestry.com. The collection of birth notices, marriage announcements and obituaries covers the years 1851 to 2003 from eight major U.S. newspapers in ProQuest's Historical Newspaper Collection. My only problem with it is that the name you search for isn't highlighted as it is with Ancestry's other newspaper databases, but that's just a minor issue. Entries in the fully searchable database were taken from: - The New York Times - Boston Globe - Los Angeles Times - Chicago Defender (Big Weekend and National Editions) - Chicago Tribune - Hartford Courant - The Washington Post - Atlanta Constitution Searches lead you to digital images from the actual newspaper page. Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:16:02 GMT http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6 I always keep backup copies of my genealogy information and other information that is important to me. As I have mentioned before, computer failure is the biggest risk to your data. I often hear members saying, "I lost my genealogy data when my computer crashed. What can I do now?" The only answer is to "go to your backup copy." Sadly, many people do not have such a copy. The reasons for lack of backups are many but all reasons produce the same results: your hard work is in imminent danger of being lost. Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:04:29 GMT http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5 New Oxford Item Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Nov 3, 1899 STORY OF "OCEAN MARY" Baby Mascot of the Sea Won the Heart of a Pirate Touch of Nature that Saved a Ship and Crew Child Grew to Womanhood and Her Wedding Gown was Made from the Pirate's Silk Brocade In the village burying-ground at Henniker, N.H., may be seen standing among a dozen slabs of like design, a small slate stone, whose inscription, in common with the others, in no manner suggests that the story of the one in whose memory it was set was different from the ordinary affairs of the hillside pioneer. It is the grave of Ocean Mary. It was years and years ago that the baby mascot of the sea won a pirate's heart. Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:14:15 GMT http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4 This is an aweseome article I came across on a Polish e-mail list: Quote:: Happy Dance September 24, 2006 10:54AM An interesting thing happened to me yesterday at the Genealogy Conference of the PGSCTNE. During the panel Q&A session with the presenters at the end of the day, I impulsively decided to ask what in retrospect was a "basic frustrated genealogist" question. I pointed out that I had not been able to trace my paternal grandparents back further than my grandfather's declaration of intent for naturalization in 1886, and asked if it was pointless, after 8 years or so of looking, to assume I would ever find a ship manifest or information about their home town or village. I got a number of good suggestions and much encouragement to continue my search, and during discussion of possible name changes I spelled out the surname I've been searching for: STUPINSKI. I have, of course tried many variations on that spelling in my search. Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:14:59 GMT http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3 Annie Moore is memorialized by bronze statues in New York Harbor and Ireland and cited in story and song as the first of 12 million immigrants to arrive at Ellis Island. Her story, as it has been recounted for decades, is that she went west with her family to fulfill the American dream - eventually reaching Texas, where she married a descendant of the Irish liberator Daniel O'Connell and then died accidentally under the wheels of a streetcar at the age of 46. Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:00:39 GMT http://irish.genealogyforum.eu/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2 Dublin City Council considers Civic Plaza because of its space. DUBLIN - The citys signature festival that pays homage to its Irish heritage might be headed for greener pastures. Dublins St. Patricks Day Festival has traditionally been held along Amador Valley Boulevard and in the Shamrock Village shopping center. On Tuesday, the City Council will consider changing the location to the Civic Plaza area ' which houses city hall, the library and the Dublin Sports Grounds ' because the newly renovated Shamrock Village center cannot accommodate some of the activities next year. Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:57:58 GMT