June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada

June already? One of my nephews turns 45 today. Two of my children have birthdays in the next couple of weeks. June is also a month for honoring some specific groups among us. Canada begins National Indigenous History Month and on June 21st honors National Indigenous Peoples Day. A large part of my genealogy and […]

Database of Irish-American emigrant letters launched

Great news this week! The University of Galway has debuted a database of letters and other material that covers roughly the late 1600s to the mid 20th century. It includes material sent from North America back to Ireland. “The archive includes approximately 7,000 letters, running to more than 150,000 documents, along with other important historical […]