{"id":225,"date":"2018-09-18T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T18:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2018-09-18T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T18:36:30","slug":"new-resources-for-tracing-new-york-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"New Resources for Tracing New York Irish–"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anbinder, Tyler, \u201cMoving Beyond Rags to Riches: New York\u2019s Irish Famine Immigrants and their Surprising Bank Accounts,\u201d Journal of American History<\/em> <\/strong>99 (Dec 2012): 741-70. The Emigrant Savings Bank records in everyday Irish life.<\/p>\n

Bayor, Ronald H., and Timothy J. Meagher, eds. The New York Irish<\/strong><\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.\u00a0Massive and thorough examination of the Irish impact on New York City and America. Includes\u00a0maps of each borough of New York City, and the location of the Irish churches.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s Green-Wood Cemetery.<\/em>\u00a0Online index to more than 500,000 persons buried there. http:\/\/www.greenwood.com<\/a>\u00a0You can search first name, surname.\u00a0Index gives name, date of interment, lot and section#s<\/strong>.\u00a0See also article in New York Researcher<\/strong><\/em> by Leslie Corn (Fall 2002\/Winter 2003):\u00a061-69 for very detailed instructions on how to find someone in the Index.<\/p>\n

Buggy, Joseph. Finding your Irish Ancestors in New York City<\/em><\/strong>. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2014. Sage advice in the use of familiar genealogy records to identify and trace your Irish ancestor. One essential section is on Periodicals\u2014with an alphabetical list of family data and pedigrees from specific genealogy periodicals.<\/p>\n

Daly, Marie E. Genealogist\u2019s Handbook for Irish Research: Resources and Strategies to Trace Your Irish Ancestors the Five Boroughs of New York City, w<\/em><\/strong>ith Judith Lucey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016. Focus is on linking your Irish ancestors in New York to their origins in Ireland and extending your pedigree in Irish records. See also her article \u201cEviction and Enforced Emigration: Landlord-Assisted Passage from Ireland,\u201d American Ancestors<\/em><\/strong> 8 (Fall 2007): 19-24. Origins for 27,380 Irish emigrants in tenant-related estate records.<\/p>\n

Fisher, James, On the Irish Waterfront<\/em><\/strong>. Cornell University Press, 2009.\u00a0See review written by Jane Berger, http:\/\/digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu\/ilrreview\/vol63\/iss4\/14\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Goodrich, Victor B. \u201cSending Money Home: The Accounts of an Immigrant Financial Agent in Deposit, New York, 1851-1860,\u201d Tree Talks<\/strong><\/em> 32 (Dec 1992): 1-55.\u00a0Separate issue, #4.\u00a0Original ledger in the Deposit Historical Society archives.<\/p>\n

Haberstroh, Diane Fitzpatrick, and Laura Murphy DeGrazia. Voices of the Irish Immigrant: Information Wanted Ads in Truth Teller, New York City,<\/strong><\/em> 1825-1844.<\/em><\/strong> New York:\u00a0New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2005. See also their article in the New York Researcher<\/strong><\/em> (formerly the New York Genealogical and Biographical<\/em> Newsletter)<\/em> (Summer 2005): 59\u00a0ff.<\/p>\n

Inskeep, Carolee. The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian\u2019s Guide to New York City Cemeteries.<\/em><\/strong> Orem UT: Ancestry, 2000. Essential guide.<\/p>\n

Irish Family History Forum Newsletter<\/em><\/strong>, Box 67, Plainview NY 11803-0067. Published since 1990, the Newsletter was winner of the National Genealogical Society Local Society Newsletter Award<\/em>, 2013. Stay informed about genealogy resources on both sides of the Ocean.<\/p>\n

Jones, Henry Z. (Hank). The Palatine Families of Ireland<\/em><\/strong>. 205 plus families from Rathkenle, Ballingrame, Adare, Killiheen, Kilfirame, Ireland. Available from the author. See also the Palatine Irish Index, MS 540, 1709-1766<\/em>. Six different sources for County Limerick indexed together, Family History Library microfilm #100.212, item 5.<\/p>\n

Kincaid, Roberta.\u00a0\u201cPayments to People Involved in Building the Erie Canal, 1820-1821,\u201d\u00a0Tree Talks<\/strong><\/em> 35 (Dec 2008).\u00a0Separate issue #4.\u00a0Includes map showing completion dates of each section of the canal. As each section was finished, it was opened to traffic.<\/p>\n

Maguire, Jean. \u201cBreaking New Ground: Our Historic Catholic Records Online Project,\u201d American Ancestors<\/em><\/strong> 18 (Winter 2018): 24-28. Records of the Archdiocese of Boston are being digitized to create a new Irish database. The records are voluminous\u2014the period 1789-1900 encompass nearly 1,000 volumes and 10 million names!<\/p>\n

Rich, Kevin J. Irish Immigrants of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank,<\/strong><\/em> 1850-1853, Volume I.\u00a0 1-2500 Accounts.\u00a0Volume II.\u00a02501-7500 Accounts.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0For the author: PO Box 158, Massapequa NY 11758-9998. Entries transcribed from the original registers at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in spreadsheets. These accounts are also available on microfilm through the Family History Library.<\/p>\n

Silinonte, Joseph M. Street Index to the 1892 New York State Census:\u00a0 City<\/strong><\/em> of Brooklyn.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0For the author:\u00a07901-4 Avenue, #D, Brooklyn NY 11209.\u00a0 Includes the 6th<\/sup> Ward, which was mostly Irish.<\/p>\n

State Education Department. The Mighty Chain: A Guide to Canal Records in the New York State Archives.<\/em><\/strong> Albany: State Archives and Records Administration, 1992. Description as well as list by Record Group.<\/p>\n

Ward, Nathan. Dark Harbor:\u00a0The War for the New York Waterfront<\/em><\/strong>. Picador Paperback, 2011. http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/things-to-do\/dark-harbor-the-war-for-the-new-york-waterfront.<\/a><\/p>\n

Gentle readers: First, I draft the resource list; then, I read about the sources, how to search them, and where to find them. Finally, I research the surnames and families that are relevant. As I go through the records, I watch for references to additional sources not yet on my list. And I add them. This genealogy research order has served me well. I invite you to try it\u2014a different approach is a new beginning for hard-to-find ancestors. Your favorite New York genealogist, Arlene Eakle.<\/p>\n

PS The same technique applies to ancestors in Ireland equally well. In fact, many of the resources listed above also reference sources found in Ireland too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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