Sale! FamilyTree DNA Kits
11 May 2026
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In time for US Mother’s Day, FTDNA are having a sale for mtDNA and atDNA kits. See: DNA Testing for Ancestry & Genealogy – FamilyTreeDNA
Irish Family History Society
Connecting People With Their Irish Roots
New Historical Records from 36 Countries
FamilySearch have released 550 million new records this month. This includes expanding their existing Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 collection of 2,048,990 indexed records.
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Sale! FamilyTree DNA Kits
In time for US Mother’s Day, FTDNA are having a sale for mtDNA and atDNA kits. See: DNA Testing for Ancestry & Genealogy – FamilyTreeDNA
MelHowes
11 May 2026
Lifford Old Courthouse is now home to Donegal Ancestry CLG
In July 2024, due to the upcoming retirement of Joan Patton, the manager of Donegal Ancestry, the board of Donegal Ancestry agreed to reach out
MelHowes
08 May 2026
‘From The Ashes’: The 1922 Irish Public Record Office Fire with David Ryan
The destruction of the Public Records Office in June 1922 at the outset of the Irish Civil War has cast a long shadow over Irish
MelHowes
05 May 2026
The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project
This project, conducted by UCC and funded under the Government of Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries Programme 2023, is the first systematic attempt to investigate the number of
MelHowes
02 May 2026