Genealogy is a pretty ruthless business in that once someone appears as a new leaf in our family tree, we hunt them down until they eventually wither and fall off. However, sometimes, the leaves just disappear - what happened to them? Ireland's greatest export has always been her people and if you can't trace an ancestor or relative to the grave in the homeland, then there's a pretty good chance they emigrated. I've found plenty of examples of younger sons especially seeking fortunes abroad when there was little prospect of them inheriting businesses or land.
America, Australia and New Zealand are all good places to look for Irish emigrants and once one member of the family had established a foothold somewhere new, you can bet siblings, cousins and even parents and grandparents might have decided to follow. So, I've created "Foreign Fare" to share some of my tips and favourite sources for finding mention of Irish kin abroad. The first page - "American Pie" - highlights a great free newspaper resource in the shape of the New York Herald Archives but you will have to work it, so check out my tips! Do give it a try though if you have leaves that might have blown into New York.
America, Australia and New Zealand are all good places to look for Irish emigrants and once one member of the family had established a foothold somewhere new, you can bet siblings, cousins and even parents and grandparents might have decided to follow. So, I've created "Foreign Fare" to share some of my tips and favourite sources for finding mention of Irish kin abroad. The first page - "American Pie" - highlights a great free newspaper resource in the shape of the New York Herald Archives but you will have to work it, so check out my tips! Do give it a try though if you have leaves that might have blown into New York.
This lovely photograph appears on the website of the New York Herald Newspaper at http://fultonhistory.com/my%20photo%20albums/All%20Newspapers/New%20York%20NY%20Herald/index.html
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