Tag Archives: Beyond 2022

Archives around the world join forces to bring Ireland’s destroyed Public Record Office back to life

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Gail Dever

If you’ve researched your Irish ancestors, you likely know that when the Public Record Office of Ireland was reduced to rubble and ashes in the Irish civil war 100 years ago, seven centuries of historical documents — including census records — were … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 24, 2020

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsQuebec and Eastern Quebec Poll Books 1814-1841 by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. “This province is your country”: Understanding the Acadian Deportation by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past. Researching African American … Continue reading →

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Irish prime minister announces funding to recreate records lost in civil war fire in 1922

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Gail Dever

Almost every genealogist with Irish ancestors eventually discovers that centuries of the Public Record Office of Ireland’s historical records were destroyed by fire at Dublin’s Four Courts at the beginning of the Irish Civil War on June 30, 1922. It … Continue reading →

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