by Paul Gorry | Mar 5, 2021 | Alice Terry, Genealogy, Hollywood Stars, Rex Ingram |
It’s now exactly a hundred years since the name Valentino was first noticed by cinema audiences and became synonymous with romance. On 6 March 1921 the silent motion picture The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had its first public showing at the Lyric Theatre in New...
by Paul Gorry | Feb 18, 2021 | Baltinglass, Genealogy, Graveyards, Joseph Jackson, Kilmurry, Kiltegan, Rathvilly, Scarlatina |
It is impossible to imagine the mental state of John Jackson during his meeting with Dr. Dockeray 150 years ago this very day. John’s mind may have been in turmoil; it may have been numbed by grief. Whether Dr. Dockeray visited his farm in Kilmurry or John travelled...
by Paul Gorry | Jan 11, 2021 | Books, Genealogical Office, Genealogy, Guide Books, Margaret Dickson Falley, PRONI, Registry of Deeds, Wallace Clare |
Margaret Dickson Falley’s publication, Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research, is remarkable, yet the vast majority of people now pursuing Irish genealogical research have never heard of it. The most remarkable thing about Falley’s two-volume work is that it was...
by Paul Gorry | Sep 3, 2020 | AGI, Computer Problems, Genealogy, Professional Genealogists |
A few months ago my website hosting company started sending me early and frequent email notifications about the due date of my annual hosting fee. When I made the payment (of just over €33) there was some glitch. I was assured by one of the staff that, even if the...
by Paul Gorry | Jun 23, 2020 | AGI, Atlantic Canada, BQACG, Credentials for Genealogists, Genealogy, GIM |
It’s getting close to two years since I published my latest book, Credentials for Genealogists: Proof of the Professional. I wrote it because I passionately care about genealogy as a profession and I can see its structure declining before my eyes. Things have...
by Paul Gorry | Jun 2, 2020 | AGI, ASGRA, Genealogy, Genealogy Speakers Guild, ISFHWE |
I’m not happy today to be removing this membership symbol from my website and mention of the organisation from my LinkedIn page. No, I haven’t left the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE). No, they haven’t kicked me out. ...
