Tracing Your Irish Roots by Christine Kinealy

Description

Appletree Pocket Guides – Revised and updated edition

Appletree Press, Belfast 2019

Tracing Your Irish Roots looks at an increasing popular pastime. This is particularly true for those with an Irish ancestry as so many Irish families emigrated all over the world during the 19th and 20th centuries. Ancient Irish families enjoyed hearing tales of their ancestors stretching back far into the realms of myth and legend.

The great emigration of the 19th and 20th centuries has left many people, several generations away from the original emigrants, keen to find out about their Irish family roots. This detailed and practical handbook gives you all the information you need to start researching your own family history