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Irish Church Records: Are You Looking In The Correct Place?

___TVE_SHORTCODE_RAW__<p><!– wp:paragraph –><br /> Irish Church Records can provide wonderful information <a href="https://www.aletterfromireland.com/stuck-in-your-irish-ancestry-research-heres-what-to-do-next/">as you dig deeper into your Irish ancestry research</a>. However, it is important to make sure that you are looking for the records in the correct place – as we find out in the following reader <a href="https://www.aletterfromireland.com/letter/">letter</a>.<br /> <!– /wp:paragraph –></p> <p><!–…

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County Donegal Ancestry

Looking for County Donegal Ancestry

Today we feature a letter from one of our Green Room members, Marie Irwin, as she chats about the life and times of her family and their origin in the very north part of County Donegal. Marie: Hello Mike, a very warm welcome from sunny North Queensland to you. Mike: Nice to meet you too, Marie. A little…

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Letter from Ireland Magazine (November/December, 2019)

Welcome to the Letter from Ireland Magazine for March/April, 2019. In this issue you will find features on: Saint Patrick and following in his footsteps, County Mayo – a Homelands feature, using Irish Records for your Irish ancestry research and much more.

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Letter from Ireland Magazine (September/October, 2019)

Welcome to the Letter from Ireland Magazine for March/April, 2019. In this issue you will find features on: Saint Patrick and following in his footsteps, County Mayo – a Homelands feature, using Irish Records for your Irish ancestry research and much more.

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Irish Civil Records – and the Origins of One Irish Grandmother

Over in the Green Room, we often ask our members to share the religion that their Irish ancestor practiced. This is a purely practical matter – as once we know the religion we can look at the correct set of Irish church records. A good example of this can be found in this week’s letter.…

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