UPDATE – Apologies, I am several weeks behind in emails (nothing new there, says you). I tend to abandon email for periods of time. Sorry, must do better. I know some subscribers like to hear the latest about my cats,…
I love looking through old newspapers and books, and finding articles and images that are long since in the public domain (i.e. out of copyright and usable). The long-forgotten stories can then be augmented with supplementary research. Old related images…
Update. Apologies, I haven’t published anything in recent weeks. September is never easy. There are still some emails that I have not got caught up with as yet. Thanks for the comments. They make it all worthwhile. I was…
Irish Famine and the Migration to the New World The first mass migration of Irish people to the United States was caused by the famine. The failure in 1850 of Ireland’s potato crop, wiped out by a devastating fungus, spurred…
Emigration from Ireland to America. John Black and Jane Stewart Black's family left Innisrush, County Derry - Londonderry, for Coney Island, then Philadelphia.