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- Manchester, England Catholic Parishes
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- Ellis Island Wall of Honor
- Accusation of illegal voting 1888
- Guinness Employment Records c.1880-2000
- Arson in Cavan 1886
- Assisted Emigration Castlecomer Estate, Kilkenny 1847-1853
- Holahan & Buggy, Waukon, Iowa
- 3rd Battalion Kilkenny 1922
- Irish Teachers Union 1874
- Report of the O’Connell Monument Committee 1888
- Evicted Tenants Fund, Laois, Ireland 1882 & 1883
- Irish Newspaper Articles I
- New York City Directories 1849 &1850
- New York City Directory 1871
- 1832 Kilkenny Conviction
- Buggy – the worst character 1855
- Belfast Riots 1886
- Pigot and Co.’s Provincial Directory of Ireland 1824
- Outburst Against English Catholics 1929
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- Information Wanted Ads in The Truth Teller 1850-1871
- US Newspaper Articles VII
- New York City court transcriptions 1803
- Electoral Registers Kilkenny 1832, 1837 & 1838
- List of Freeholders Dublin 1831
- US Newspaper Articles VI
- A Tithe War Attack 1832
- The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913
- Buggy vs Buggy in Victoria, Australia 1883
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
1832 Kilkenny Conviction
Prison and court records can tell us many things about our ancestors who had a brush with the law. The 19th century was a very different era with extremely harsh sentences such as death and banishment to Australia handed down … Continue reading
Buggy – the worst character 1855
A search through microfilmed parish registers in Ireland can often take many hours. However, from time to time the long searches can be interspersed with illuminating comments made by the parish priests. The ‘legitimacy’ of a new born baby and … Continue reading
Belfast Riots 1886
In 1886 prolonged riots broke out in Belfast, of which you can read more about here. A report was published outlining the injuries received by RIC officers and members of the military during the riots. [1] In this report is … Continue reading
Pigot and Co.’s Provincial Directory of Ireland 1824
Countless individuals give huge amounts of their free time towards making genealogical records more accessible to those conducting family history research. One such person is John Hayes at his website failteromhat.com. On this site he has various transcriptions and scanned … Continue reading
Outburst Against English Catholics 1929
A fascinating and slightly humorous story is reported in a 1929 edition of The Manchester Guardian, as The Guardian newspapers was known then.[1] Father John Buggy, in his Sunday sermon at St. Walburgha’s Church in Shipley, West Yorkshire, described those … Continue reading
