IMAGE OF THE MONTH – DECEMBER 2016

John Grenham MAGI About six years ago  I was involved in validating the first transcriptions of Catholic parish registers being made from National Library microfilms for IrishGenealogy.ie.  The process required detailed scrutiny of the original image for every transcript that didn’t match my list of standard names, or that just looked fishy. So I had to look closely at records I wasn’t searching for. In the baptismal register for Skibbereen, I came across this: ’23 November 1827 Catharine of Richd Leonard and Mary Regan, New Bridge, Sponsors: John Glosson Cate Sullivan’ I’m not sure why I thought it looked fishy, but … Read More

New book on the Fitzgeralds, with essay by Paul MacCotter MAGI

  A new book on the Geraldines was recently launched in the new common room in Trinity College. This was edited by Prof. Sean Duffy and Peter Crooks of TCD school of History, and consists of fifteen individual essays on various aspects of the history of this great Irish lineage. AGI member Dr. Paul MacCotter contributed a chapter on ‘The Ramifications of the Geraldines’ consisting of detailed genealogical accounts of the various branches of the lineage. Other contributions from Irish and international scholars covered the entire gamut of the history of this lineage from its origins to how the Geraldines … Read More

New book by Paul Gorry, MAGI

Seven Signatories: Tracing the Family Histories of the Men Who Signed the Proclamation, by AGI Member Paul Gorry, details the ancestry of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic in 1916. Researching their varied origins involved a range of genealogical sources. Their stories illustrate the value and uses of these sources. The book developed from a project of the Irish Family History Foundation / Rootsireland while Paul was engaged in editing some of the organisation’s online material. He was asked to research and write up family histories for the seven signatories. Enough material was gathered to warrant a … Read More