Ship Manifests – November 5, 2019

Ireland expert Tom Toohey offers an overview of Irish history from prehistoric times until the Flight of the Earls in 1607. Some of the topics covered include the megalithic tombs of Newgrange, the arrival of the Celts and St. Patrick, the invasions of the Vikings and the Normans, and the effects of [ . . . ]

Janis Duffy discusses the genealogical information and ancestral stories that can be found in ship manifests.

Author and filmmaker Mary Pat Kelly discusses her new novel of historical fiction, "Irish Above All," which draws upon family heritage to continue the story of Nora Kelly, begun in "Of Irish Blood."

David Dearborn, a Fellow and current secretary of the American Society of Genealogists, discusses Scottish genealogical resources available both here and in Scotland, including civil registration and church records, censuses, probates and cemetery records, newspapers, and poor law records. In [ . . . ]

Prof. Lori Lyn Price, a professional genealogist and an assistant professor at the Tufts University School of Medicine, discusses epidemics (smallpox, measles, yellow fever, diphtheria) and other illnesses in 17th-19th Century New England, and what remedies were used to treat these illnesses at the [ . . . ]

The Gravestone Girls, hosted by the Chelmsford Genealogy club, lead a program that looks at cemetery spaces as a valuable resource for learning about a family’s history, using both direct observation and deductive reasoning to gain new insights.