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Adoption
and Your Family History
This months talk to Clare Roots Society takes on the tricky
subject of adoption and takes place at the Ennis Civic Rooms
on Thursday, Feb 18th at 8pm. Fiona Fitzsimons will take participants
through obtaining records for Irish children who were fostered
prior to the Adoption Act in 1952...More.
Experts
find the home of president's ancestor, Irish Independent,
11 December 2009
The home of US President Barack Obama's Irish ancestors has
been located in the heart of a small village, despite being
previously believed to have been demolished...writes Barry
Duggan. Read
the article to find out more about the home of Obama's Irish
Ancestor...
On
the Open Market, Ancestors Magazine, October 2009
Fiona Fitzsimons looks at the Landed Estate Court Rentals
as a source for Irish genealogy. If you already know where
in Ireland your ancestor farmed, or have found them in Griffith's
Valuation, then the little-known Landed Estates Court Rentals
may have more information...Find
out more about Ancestors Magazine.
The
Patriot Game, Ancestors Magazine, September 2009
Ireland has a proud military tradition. Fiona Fitzsimons visits
an unusual archive. One of the lesser known archives in Ireland
is the Military History Archives, which contain records relating
to Irish defence forces from 1922, as well as much relating
to the Irish revolutionary period between 1916 and 1923...To
find out more, order a back issue from Ancestors Magazine.
Obtaining
Records for Irish Children Fostered before 1952, Irish Roots,
September 2009
Prior to the introduction of the Adoption Act in 1952, fostering
in legal terms applied to all 'adoption' arrangements in Ireland
in which a child would be permanently raised by people other
than its birth parents...(article by Fiona Fitzsimons of Eneclann).
Find out more about
Irish Roots magazine. Pamper
Your Papa, The Irish World, 20 June 2009
Dublin-based genealogists
Eneclann might well have the answer for a more unusual gift
for your dad. In just 4-6 weeks they can research an Irish
family history - which makes a gift that is unique to him...More
Wexford
Man's Heroic Life Revealed, Wexford Echo Newspapers, 17 June
2009
The life of a Wexford-man
at the centre of the D-Day landings during World War II has
been uncovered by a researcher in Dublin...More
Losing
out to Squatters not as hard as you think, Irish Independent,
1 May 2009
Land has always been
highly prized in Ireland. So you would think no-one would
be so careless as to lose ownership of such a valued asset
to squatters. Not so, it seems...
Home
to a Rogue who Paid Dearly for Dealings, Irish Independent,
27 March 2009
Leopards don't change
their spots. But corrupt financiers don't either - and this
generation is by no means alone in rolling out its rogue traders...More
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