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Books, Newspapers, Periodicals


Genealogy Books

Claire Santry
New Irish Genealogy Resources 2020 ebook
https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/new-irish-genealogy-records-2011-2020.html

Claire Santry
The Family Tree Irish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Ireland
The eBook is available on  Google
https://www.google.com/searchtbo=p&tbm=bks&q=isbn:1440348804

John Grenham
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
5th Edition 2019 hardcover
https://genealogical.com/store/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-2/
5th Edition softcover
https://www.amazon.com/

Joseph Buggy
Finding Your Ancestors in New York City
Ebook available on Genealogical.com
https://genealogical.com/store/finding-your-irish-ancestors-in-new-york-city/

 Brian Mitchell
A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland,
2nd edition, ebook
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-new-genealogical-atlas-of-ireland-second-edition

 General Alphabetical Index to Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland
https://archive.org/stream/op1248631-1001#mode/1up

 Anthony Adolph
Tracing Your Irish Family History
https://archive.org/details/tracingyourirish0000adol

 

 Books Recommended by IFHF Members

 Family Tree Magazine
Ultimate Guide to Genealogy ebook
https://www.familytreemagazine.com/product/ultimate-guide-to-genealogy-records-ebook-2/

Marie E. Daley with Judith Lacey
Genealogist’s Handbook for Irish Research ebook
https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/e-book-edition-of-genealogists-handbook-for-irish-research


Smith, Helen V.
Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms, 2d ed.
Ebook via Gould Genealogy
https://www.gould.com.au/death-certificates-and-archaic-medical-terms/utp0181/?setCurrencyId=2     

Aaron Goodwin
New York City Municipal Archives: an Authorized Guide for Family Historians
https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/publications/muni

 


Some Suggested Irish Writers

Maeve Binchy   http://maevebinchy.com/
Roddy Doyle  https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/roddy-doyle
Jean Grainger   https://jeangrainger.com/
Pete Hamill    http://www.petehamill.com/
Hugo Hamilton  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Hamilton_(writer)
Morgan Llewelyn  https://www.barrykrostmanagement.com/morgan-llywelyn.html
Colum McCann   http://colummccann.com/
Joseph O’Connor   http://www.josephoconnorauthor.com/about.htmlk
Tom Phelan   http://www.tomphelan.net/
Colm Toíbín   http://www.colmtoibin.com/
Patrick Taylor   http://patricktaylorauthor.com/
William Trevor   https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/william-trevor

 

 

Sources For Ebooks and Audiobooks


Periodicals

 

Keep Up With Irish and Irish American News and Events

 

 

Irish Newspaper Archive


United States Newspaper Archive

Brooklyn Daily Eagle         – free
https://bklyn.newspapers.com/

Chronicling America   Historic American Newspapers
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov       – free 

 GenealogyBank
Newspaper archives from all fifty states including Irish American newspapers such as Gaelic American, Irish Voice, Irish American Weekly, Irish World                  – $$
http://www.genealogybank.com/

Google News Archive
http://news.google.com/newspapers       Some free

 New York State Historic Newspapers is especially good for researching small town newspapers       – free
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/

Newspapers.com
Search thousands of newspapers from the United States, Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Canada, and Australia    – $$
https://www.newspapers.com/

NY Times Archives
Check the website of your local library.
Times Machine: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/       -$$
Livebrary (public libraries of Suffolk County, NY).  https://www.livebrary.com/historic-newspapers    – free

Old Fulton New York Postcards contains newspapers dating back a few hundred years from several states especially New York State. This is a particularly good site to search for family members who lived in small towns.  One newspaper included here is the Irish American Advocate.        – free
www.fultonhistory.com
A newer approach to searching Fultonhistory.com, preferred by some people
https://fultonsearch.org/.

 ProQuest   Newspapers, videos and audio, books, scholarly journals, more
Available through many libraries
http://ProQuest.com

LDS Genealogy
U.S. Newspapers and Obituaries Directories
https://ldsgenealogy.com/newspapers-obituaries/

 

 

 

 

 

May 21, 2022

Patrick Young

The Effect of the Civil War on Irish Immigrants 

Young will discuss the effect of the Civil War on Irish immigrants; their participation in the military; the effect of the massive loss of life on the Irish in the U.S. and on their families at home. He will talk about the politics of war from the decision to join the army, to the resistance to the draft, to the NY Draft Riots. Woven throughout are stories of nuns, revolutionaries, laborers and their wives, and others. Young, who is a Special Professor of Immigration Law at Hofstra University, writes the online series The Immigrants’ War and publishes the Reconstruction Era blog.

This will be a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Zoom)

Hybrid Meeting Format
In-Person at the Bethpage Public Library (Check back here for any last-minute changes due to Covid)
10:00 a.m. Meet and Greet
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Ask the Experts (One on One)
11:00 a.m. President and Guest Speaker
Zoom
11:00 a.m. President and Guest Speakers
*Members with email addresses on file will be invited about one week in advance.
If you don’t receive an invitation, please contact memberstream@ifhf.org.

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In-Person Meetings will be held at the Bethpage Public Library
47 Powell Ave., Bethpage, N.Y.
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Upcoming Presentations
June 18: Nicola Morris, Ireland’s 1901 and 1911 censuses 

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