Compared to 2014, 2015 was a quieter year when it came to new developments and
record releases in relation to Irish genealogy in North America. However, there
were some very positive additions. The year kicked off in great fashion with
the addition of editions of the Gaelic American newspaper on GenealogyBank.com and the release of Reproductive Loan Fund Records on Findmypast.
March saw the launch of a new website, Irishnewspapers.com, that allows people to pay in dollars
for access to digitized local newspapers from Ireland. In the same month, the
Ulster Historical Foundation had a very successful annual tour of the U.S. and
Canada. They managed to fit in a phenomenal 15 stops in 17 days, no doubt
taking planes, trains, and automobiles to get to all their destinations. They have already earmarked their 2016 tour, so watch out to see if they will be visiting a
city near you.
Season six of the U.S.
Who Do You Think You Are? featured actor Sean Hayes and his Irish-American ancestry. This was quite a good episode that
showcased a number of detailed record sets in Illinois and Ireland.
The New York Public Library launched an interested website in November called Emigrant City. The website is an effort at crowd-sourcing the transcription of mortgage
and bond record books from the Library’s collection of Emigrant Savings Bank
records. Many of those who banked with the Emigrant [Industrial] Savings Bank
were Irish immigrants and their descendants.
Lastly, the Irish Government released two documents this
past year that have the potential to positively impact Irish genealogical
research efforts in the United States and Canada. Global Irish: Irish Diaspora Policy and Local Diaspora Toolkit
encompass a wide range of ideas and it is fantastic to see genealogy begin
discussed in a government policy document. Read my two opinion pieces about these
documents here
and here.
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