Evidence in Printed Sources for Irish Family History - 1600s to 20th Century

Presented by

Fiona Fitzsimons

on March 16, 2022
Duration
1 hour 22 minutes
Subject
Irish
Periodicals

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Printed material captures a greater sweep of the Irish population, of all backgrounds and at an earlier time, than many official or transactional archival documents.

Fiona Fitzsimons walks us through a few transformative centuries and helps connect links from Ireland to New York families by using these sources.

About the Presenter

Fiona is a founder of Eneclann and of the Irish Family History Centre at EPIC. She teaches Irish Family & Social History in Trinity College Dublin.

She writes for History Ireland magazine, and Irish Lives Remembered, and has contributed to national newspapers and radio in Ireland and Britain. Fiona currently lives in Dublin with her husband and three sons.