We are pleased to announce the debut of the latest members' group here in The Wild Geese community. The "Irish Ancestry" group is open to all members of The Wild Geese, and will become the hub for all things relating to ancestry and genealogical research. Within this…
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How I am Finding (and Strengthening) My Irish Roots
by Kristin Waggoner, for The Irish Gift
I couldn't tell you when it…
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I have not always been Gerry Regan.
I was born Patrick O’Connor, on February 26, 1953, to a woman I finally met 44 years later. And on learning my first and last name, I was frankly surprised. The name seemed stage-Irish, recalling for me, Harrigan and Hart. For a…
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It's funny, but when I mentioned to a close friend that I was going to be reviewing this book, she said "Oh, I found all of that on Ancestory.com". Fair enough. Some people visit one website and are satisfied with the history they come away with. For my friend (being third…
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The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE Community Chat chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Tuesday, December 10, 2013. The focus for the discussion was The Certificate of Irish Heritage. We were joined by…
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Congratulations to the winners of the three gift vouchers each redeemable for a Certificate of Irish Heritage:
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I wanted to share this very nice (and potentially useful) map created by Kingston University, London. The Irish surnames plotted on this map have either historic or numeric importance to the counties of Ireland. Of numeric importance are the birth counts from the 1891 census.…
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My search for information on my long lost sister, Kathleen, using all means available.
The first knowledge I had concerning the existence of my sister, was relayed to me in Scotland, in January, 1996. I was on holiday, visiting a cousin, along with my eldest daughter and my youngest…
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Mum told me a story years ago about her godchild's mother and aunt being shot by the British army. Even though I have been digging around in her O'Rourke past, she always refers me to this other side of her family who she reminisces about with such fondness. When mum ran away from home, she went to live with Uncle James who…
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