Frances Heales has donated several Family History magazines and as I finish looking them over for hints for this column I will be depositing them in our archives at the Caribou library.

Tips for Researching Irish Records

When doing Irish research you need to understand the territorial boundaries before you start. Province = the largest area in Irish records. Originally there were 8 counties in each of the 4 provinces. In 1922 Ireland was divided into 6 counties in Northern Ireland and 26 in the Republic of Ireland. County = the 32 […]

This Old Tree, April 2016

This month’s column is about “red herrings” in death records.My example is a real person that I have in a branch of my family tree. One of the members of our group had tried to find who the record belonged to and was not able to find the correct person. The death record states the […]

President’s Message, April 2016

As we move from winter into spring, you probably have to-do lists that involve research away from home.I for one like to go to different locations and not just on the internet. There is something about opening up those old books that gets to me. Perhaps you plan to visit a cemetery or two, whatever […]