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A Brief Look at St. Patrick’s Family Tree

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You don’t necessarily have to be Catholic in order to have at least some familiarity with St. Patrick. Not everything you may have heard about his life can be taken as fact. What is certain is that St. Patrick was an actual person, (and not merely a legend). Here is a very brief look into St. Patrick’s family tree. St. Patrick was born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland somewhere between the year 385 and 387. This means that the saint that is most closely identified with Ireland wasn’t actually Irish at all. He was Scottish. Or, maybe he wasn’t … Continue reading →

ABS Insurance has Tips for St. Patrick’s Day

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St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. People will begin celebrating this holiday all week long, with special emphasis on celebrating this Saturday. ABS Insurance Agency has some tips that can help you avoid having to file an auto insurance claim this week. ABS Insurance Agency is based in Chesterfield, Missouri. They are an independent agency that sells auto insurance, homeowners insurance, business insurance, and life insurance. If you dig around on their website, you can see that they also sell health insurance, and a variety of other speciality types of insurance. St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday that is celebrated … Continue reading →

New Irish Records on Ancestry.com

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Ancestry.com has added new Irish records and enhanced some of their existing Irish records. There are two new sets of records and two sets of records that have been revised. One of the new sets of records is called “Ordnance Survey Maps 1824-1846”. This collection consists of nearly two thousand very detailed (six inches per mile) maps that were created before and during the Irish Potato Famine. The maps were originally used for land valuation for tax assessment purposes. Since the maps are so detailed, you may be able to pinpoint the exact … Continue reading →

Ancestry.com Launches Irish Collection

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The popular genealogy website Ancestry.com has just released “The Irish Collection”. This brand new collection is being released now in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, which is tomorrow. Genealogists who are interested in working on their Irish ancestry should take advantage of this resource. St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th every year. This week is an excellent reason for genealogists to spend some time researching their Irish heritage. Ancestry.com wants to help you do that, with their “definitive” Irish collection. I’ve noticed that they like to put together collections that are relevant to certain holidays. Sometimes, the collections that they … Continue reading →

Gearing Up For St Patrick’s Day

Get out your green, St Patrick’s Day is this week. Forget about all of the Easter baskets and bunnies that are on the shelves at the store, it is time for some Leprechauns, limericks, and all other things Irish. In honor of St Patrick’s Day, I decided to learn a little more about the man who is the reason for this great holiday. St Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. Many of the details of St Patrick’s early life are unclear at best. What is known about him is that he was largely responsible for bringing … Continue reading →

An Enemy To Watch Out For

There is an enemy out there that could sneak up on any genealogist at any time. All genealogists, from the amateur that started her research today to the professional that helps others with tough family history detective work, no one is immune from attack. The enemy that I speak of is not poor vision caused by squinting at tiny print on ancient records or spending hours on the computer doing research, nor is it an inability to speak in anything other than a whisper due to spending so much time in the library. Who, or what, then is this enemy … Continue reading →