Where You Need to Start Your Irish Ancestry Search – 2 Reader Case-Studies (#504)
Our readers are very keen to trace their Irish ancestors back to a specific part of Ireland, and that is very understandable. However, it's often a better idea to dig up more leads and clues in the ancestors place of immigration BEFORE attempting to make the leap back to Ireland.

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Episode Summary:
Welcome to Season 5, Episode 4 of the Letter from Ireland Show.
As mentioned above, it’s often a good idea to dig up more leads and clues in the ancestors place of immigration BEFORE attempting to make the leap back to Ireland. In this episode of the Letter from Ireland show, Mike takes 2 reader case-studies to illustrate how this approach might work. You can see the 2 letters referred to in this podcast in the “Related Articles and Links” section below.
The Letter from Ireland Show is a weekly podcast that goes out each Thursday from our cottage in County Cork. Tune in to this episode – and dive straight in to a bit of Irish caint, ceรณil agus craic (conversation, music and craic!).
Related Articles and Links
- Letter 1: Starting your Irish Ancestry Search in the right place.
- Letter 2: Where we look for a Callaghan family in Pennsylvania.
- Not a member of The Green Room yet? You can see more about The Green Room here.
- The latest issue of the Letter from Ireland Magazine is available here.
- “A Letter from Ireland: Volume 3” – is available from Amazon.com here OR Amazon.ca here OR Amazon.co.uk here OR Amazon.com.au here.
- See All Current Available Episodes of the Letter from Ireland Show.
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Slรกn for now, Mike and Carina.
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