It starts with you (or your son or daughter if you’re working on a great gift). To create a family tree form or your first family tree chart you write down all the names you know on both sides of your parents’ families. Begin with your name and work backward to your parents and then their parents.
A lot of folks are searching online for blank family tree template sites. This isn’t too much of a surprise when you think of it. We learn so much from using templates. Copying what others have done with little tweaks here and there to make it our own. Why should a blank family tree template be any different?
There is a bit of sadness in all these searches though. It speaks to the level to which people are hoping to Read the rest of this entry »
Another quick plug….! The Rootschat forum at www.rootschat.com is a wonderful genealogy discussion forum for those doing Scottish research, with individual areas devoted to every single county of Scotland.
The site also has threads where you can practice your Gaelic (Irish and Scottish), as well as your Cornish and Welsh! Other areas deal with English, Welsh, Manx, Channel Islands and Irish history, there’s an exchange and Read the rest of this entry »
The following was contributed by an Irish relative in County Sligo, Ireland. He will be a guest contributor from time to time:
Nineteenth century Ireland suffered many years of localised crop failure. The Gotta Mór (the Great Hunger) of 1845-7 is remembered mainly because the crop failure was so widespread, but also because it was accompanied by major epidemics of cholera and typhoid which devastated a weakened population.
Maritime communities fared marginally better as they had access to food from the sea. The men fished, but it was women and children who scoured the shoreline at low tide for shellfish and edible sea-weed. On rocky shores they found periwinkles in rock pools, limpets attached to rocks and crabs in crevices under rocks or under drifts of seaweed. On sandy shores they could find cockles, mussels, razor-fish and clams.
There are four types of edible seaweed. Dillisk (Rhodymenia palmate) comes from the Gaelic word “ Duileasc “ which is derived from “ duill uisce “which translates as “water leaf” and it has almost become a generic name for all edible seaweeds. It is reddish in colour and grows as a parasite on other seaweeds. It does best in sheltered bays and it can be eaten fresh or dried. You can still find it for sale occasionally usually from a van at a market or from a house with a hand written sign outside.
The most common type of edible seaweed found in exposed areas is “Creathnach” (Ulva lactuca) a kind of sea lettuce that grows profusely on the seaward side of rocks. It can be found all year round and can be eaten fresh but it is much more nutritious if it is boiled (on milk) for at least an hour. It cannot be dried.
“ Sleabhach “ ( Porphyra umbilicalis) grows on rocks from Autumn to Spring but is at its best in January – February. The fronds stick together on the rocks when they dry and can be lifted off flat rocks in large sheets and ribbons. It is boiled for at least an hour often on milk. It cannot be dried.
The fourth type of edible sea weed was “Cairrgín” ( Chondrus crispus ). It starts off red but turns green in sunlight and white when dried. It grows low down on the sea shore so it needs to be a very low tide to pick it. If it is cooked in milk for about half an hour and the fronds are removed, it sets into something like a blancmange. It was considered an excellent food for those convalescing after an illness. It can be purchased in some health food shops as Carrageen moss. The blancmange can be improved by adding a sweetened fruit such as cooked gooseberry or raspberries.
Nori used in sushi dishes is a processed form of “Sleabhach”. Apparently the Japanese farm over 600 square kilometres of the seaweed and the annual crop is worth a billion dollars. Here is a recipe to impress your Japanese friends.
Sleabhach agus Ruacháin
(Slough-uck a-guss Roo-caw-in)
Nori and Cockles
Ingredients per individual serving
3-4 oz. Nori
15 – 20 Cockles
Butter
Milk.
Cook the Nori in milk for an hour. Cook the cockles in their own juice. If the Nori sheets have not broken up put them in a food-processor for a few moments Serve with a Nori mound in the centre, pour over it a little of the cockle juice and top it with a generous blob of butter. Surround the Nori with the cockles and serve.
I have never seen Nori or the inside of a sushi restaurant, but believe it should work. The original is delicious and cockles go particularly well with “Sleabhach” though other types of shellfish were also used. Perhaps someone who tries the recipe might post his or her culinary review.
See additional Irish family history articles and lessons learned in earlier posts below and in the archives.
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Roll of the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin (1876-1999)
Isaac Butt, Q.C. 4th Sept., 1876 Irish lawyer and Home Rule leader.
Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, P.C., M.P. 1st Nov., 1877 British Prime Minister and Home Uler crusader.
Ulysses S. Grant, ex-President U.S.A. 30th Dec., 1878 18th President of the U.S.A., on his world tour.
Captain Edward E. Potter. 26th April, 1880 Captain of Relief Ship, Constellation, U.S. Navy, sent to relieve famine of 1879-80
Charles Stewart Parnell 3rd Jan., 1882 Irish nationalist leader.
John Dillon, M.P. 3rd Jan., 1882 Irish nationalist politician.
Kevin Izod O’Doherty 10th Aug., 1885
Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Senator, U.S.A. 22nd July, 1887
William O’Brien, M.P. 22nd July, 1887 Irish political leader
Timothy Daniel Sullivan, M.P. 10th Dec., 1887
Thomas Sexton, M.P. 28th Dec., 1887
The Rt. Hon. the Marquis of Ripon, P.C. 16th Jan., 1888 English politician
The Rt. Hon. John Morley, P.C., M.P. 16th Jan., 1888 British author and politician. Chief Secretary of Ireland (1886).
Our friends at Who Do You Think You Are ? Australia have told us that due to record ratings and popular demand, the recent run of the Australian Who Do You Think You Are? series is going straight back on air as a repeat, starting this Friday 22nd February at on SBS TV. In addition to this the station is continuing to show various episodes of the UK series.
Episode 1 on Jack Thompson was the highest rating Australian production ever on SBS TV. Eneclann researched Jack’s convict Irish Ancestor, Patrick Byrnes, for this episode. You can link to the show’s web site at WDYTYAA
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Eneclann has been awarded a contract by the Irish Government (OPW) to carry out historical research into key Irish Battles and Battlefields. Eneclann is part of a consortium that includes the consultancy Headland Archeology Ltd.
The project is being undertaken against the backdrop of a growing awareness of, and interest in, battlefield sites not just in Ireland but worldwide. Battlefields have not to date been researched in any great depth in Ireland. There is a need to provide information and to promote the conservation and interpretation of these sites. There are also significant educational and amenity aspects to this project. For further details see the full press release from the OPW or some of the press coverage.
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For some time I have been researching the history of the handloom weavers in the main Perthshire town of Perth. In addition to transcribing many records of the weavers which have been made available on CD though Scotland’s Greatest Story, I have now also created a new website entitled The Handloom Weavers of Perth.
The site contains some of the conclusions from a study that I did on the trade from 1770 to 1844 for my postgraduate certificate in genealogical studies last year, as well as some free records. These include the names of weavers in the 1841 census for Perth, weavers in the 1843-44 trade directory for the town, a list of weavers paying seat rentals in 1749 and a list of weavers from 1715, compiled to find out how many arms the Weavers Incorporation could lay its hands on during the first Jacobite threat.
The website is available at www.perthweavers.bravehost.com and will be extended further next year, once I get a chance to continue it!
Hopefully it might be of use to some of those with Perth ancestry!
Chris
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I thought this was interesting when I came across it. More than 2 million family members… that was a big genealogy project for sure.
JINAN, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — He’s been dead for 2,500 years but his family just keeps growing and growing – Confucius, or more properly his descendants, are alive and well and flourishing in China and across the globe, according to the latest version of his family tree which is set to triple the size of his kith and kin.
The job of registering new members to the family tree of revered Chinese thinker and educator Confucius (551-479 BC), was finished by the end of 2007, and the number in the updated tree now stands at more than two million.
The family tree will be published in 2009, according to the Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee.
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This is a neat idea that more county councils should consider. What better way to show your residents about their tax dollars at work than a family tree search Sunday.
The Scarborough Evening News reports…
RESIDENTS in Scarbor-ough will be able to take part in a special day to help them trace their family history.
North Yorkshire County Council’s Record Office is now taking bookings for a unique family history day school which has been especially designed to help beginners take their first steps.
Led by experienced family history tutor, Jackie Depelle, the day includes contributions by Record Office staff on census, registration and other archive sources.
County Cllr Chris Metcalfe, executive member for adult and community services, said: “If you have ever wanted to trace your family tree successfully and extensively, the family history for beginners’ workshop is an invaluable resource in doing so, led by a respected archivist and family historian.”
“With guided access to parish and non-conformist registers and a lesson in researching census and registration records, this study day is useful to all.”
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Too bad it isn’t a bit close to home.
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