Luck of the Irish
March 21, 2012
What can you find at the Midwest Genealogy Center when searching for your Irish? Look at books located in the library in call numbers 941.5 through 941.96, or 929.1072. These books will give you information on specific subjects like Irish church records, jurisdictions, specific counties, the history of Ireland, estate records, beginner guides, planning a research trip, and finding census records. You will also find information on research tools, where to find the records, what records are available, etc... For example: Tracing your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide by John Grenham.
If you find that your Irish were more in the upper class, check out this book: Indexes to Irish Wills. You haven’t done a thorough search of our collection on Ireland unless you’ve also looked at our periodicals. The Midwest Genealogy Center has many periodicals on Ireland: titles such as Septs, Ireland of the Welcomes, Irish America, Irish Genealogical Quarterly, Irish Roots, Irish Genealogist, and many more.
Cindi F.
Midwest Genealogy Center
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Kansas Irish
Pat Walkenhorst, Blue Springs , MO , has been honored by the Kansas State Historical Society with the acceptance of her 45 years of research into the history of the Irish in Kansas . The collection contains the documentation of her two books, The Callahans of Kansas , With Brady, Burke, O'Donnell, Ryan, White & Young Genealogies, and Irish Settlers of Kansas , Memories of the Pioneer Life, which was co-authored by Fr. John Lahey and Ellen Cregan Anderton. The works will be archived in the Family Histories section under Dickinson and Wyandotte County families and will be available to other researchers.
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