Irish American Ancestors: Using U.S. Strategies and Records to Identify Irish Origins

Irish American Ancestors: Using U.S. Strategies and Records to Identify Irish Origins; Dwight Radford: 2022: 306 pp; 8.5x11; Soft cover; Perfect Bound; ISBN: 978-1-62859-297-9; Item #: FR0153

This volume was written for Americans who are doing research on their Irish Ancestors. It deals with Irish research using American records - as opposed to using the records of Ireland itself.

This is the third volume in an Irish research series entitled "Getting Them Over the Water." The first two volumes dealt with the Scots-Irish and Irish Research in Ireland, while this guide dives deep into Irish American research. The author, professional genealogist and Irish research specialist Dwight Radford, details the many United States sources available for Americans who wish the extend and expand their Irish ancestry. Dwight tells us where to find, and use many American record sources, those being records of cemeteries, census, churches, directories, immigration, institutions, land, military, naturalization, newspapers, biographies, and vital records, as well as Internet sites. In addition to detailing these many American sources, Dwight includes four Special Strategies chapters. They are 1. Convicts, Indentured Servants, Runways, and the "Spirited Away (1615-1776); 2. African Americans and the Irish Slave Holder; 3. Catholic Religious (Priests, Brothers, and Nuns); and 4. The Irish and American Spiritualism.

Thi sbook is sure to be a great help to those with an Irish background in the U.S.A. Based on census records, It is said that 31.5 million residents claim Irish ancestry, second only to the 43 million German residents. This book is written from an American perspective by the leading Irish research genealogist in the country. Order your copy today, and find the records of your Irish ancestors.

From the Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One: Cemeteries and Tombstones 1-9
Chapter Two: Census Records 10-18
Chapter Three: Church Records Part 1, Introduction, Congregational, 19-60 Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, Stone-Campbell
Restoration Movement, Moravians
Chapter Four: Church Records Part 2, Roman Catholic, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Society of Believers (Shakers), Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgians), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)Chapter Five: Directories and Convention ReportsChapter Six: Immigration Records
Chapter Seven: Institutional Records
Chapter Eight: Internet Websites
Chapter Nine: Land Records
Chapter Ten: Military Records
Chapter Eleven: Naturalization and Citizenship
Chapter Twelve: Newspapers and Obituaries
Chapter Thirteen: Published Biographical Books and Who’s Who
Chapter Fourteen: Vital Records
Special Strategies
Chapter Fifteen: Convicts, Indentured Servants, Runaways…
Chapter Sixteen: African Americans and the Irish Slave Holder
Chapter Seventeen: Catholic Religious (Priests, Brothers, and Nuns)
Chapter Eighteen: The Irish and American Spiritualism

Maps
Episcopal Provinces and Dioceses in the United States
Bishop Francis Ashbury’s Circuit Route
Catholic Archdiocese and Diocese Jurisdictions
The Oregon Territory, 1848-1853
Federal-Land States
Mexican War Claims, 1848
Mormon Battalion March, 1846
Union/Confederacy Civil War Affiliations, 1861-1864
Spanish-American War Battlefields, 1898-1899
Spanish-American War Service Record Card, 1899
Tri-Racial Isolates and Nineteenth-Century Demographics
Present-Day Tribal Demographics in North Carolina
Generalized Slave-Trade Routes
1860 Slave Demographics

Images from Records, Directories, Newspapers, and Books
Tennessee Valley Authority Grave Removal Card
Extraction from Cemetery Record, Cincinnati, Ohio
1860 Federal Census with Indexing Comparison
1860 Federal Census with Irish County Birthplaces
1925 Iowa State Census
1859 Baptism from Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in St. Clair, Pennsylvania 1901 Baptism from St. Patrick’s Church, Chicago, Illinois
Table of Contents from Emanuel Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell
1870 Boston City Directory
Farmer’s Directory of Sullivan County, Indiana
1902 Directory of Marks and Brands, North Dakota
1910 Passenger List for the Port of New York
1916 Canadian Border Crossing
1870 Commitment Register, Stockton State Hospital, Stockton, California 1858-1861 Record from Fairfield School for Boys, Lancaster, Ohio
1890 Penitentiary Record, Boise, Idaho
1828 New York Alien Registration
1853 Oregon Donation Land Certificate
1890 Homestead Claim
1864 Civil War Widow’s Pension
1917 World War I Draft Registration Card
1898 Great Voter Register, California1891 Petition for Naturalization
1892 Obituary
“Missing Friends” from Boston Pilot, Boston, Massachusetts
1899 Biographical Sketch, York County, Nebraska
1913 Who’s Who in Socialist America
1897 Biographies of Women
Ecclesiastical Marriage Record, 1909, Chicago, Illinois
Civil Birth Record, 1891, Nashua, New Hampshire
Civil Marriage Record, 1957, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Civil Death Record, 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Runaway Slave Advertisement, 1739, Virginia
1870 Census, Bald Knob, Franklin, Kentucky
Freedman’s Bank Record
1900 Obituary for Catholic Religious
Newspaper Posting of Spiritualist Meetings
1871 Yearbook of Spiritualism

Photographs/Illustrations
Irish Headstones at Oakland Cemetery, California
Calvary Cemetery in Queens Borough, New York
Puritans on Their Way to Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Detroit, Michigan
Otterbein United Brethren Church, Baltimore, Maryland
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Shaker Dwelling House, Watervliet, New York
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Temple, Idaho Falls, Idaho Old Idaho State Penitentiary, Boise, Idaho
Collage of Website Images
Homestead, A Similar Stretch of Land Along the Kansas-Nebraska Border
World War I Draft Registration Site
1864 Slave Market in Atlanta, Georgia
Episcopal Jubilee at a Franciscan Monastery, Washington, DC
Mount Shasta, California
Franz Anton Mesmer
Andrew Jackson Davis
1908 Postcard of Spiritualism’s Origins, Newark, New York
Postcard of The Maplewood in Lily Dale, New York
Spiritualist Church in Chesterfield, Indiana

Ecclesiastical/Spiritualist/Religious Orders
Congregational Family Evolution Chart
Understanding the Differences Between Pilgrims and Puritans Presbyterian Church Evolution Chart
Largest Presbyterian Denominations in the United States
Baptist Church Evolution Chart
Methodist Church Evolution Chart
Understanding Wesleyan Arminianism
Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Chart
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Evolution Chart
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Disownment Offenses
Shaker Communities
Early Swedenborg Publications
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Evolution Chart 1900 Obituary for Catholic Religious
Religious Orders and Their Abbreviations (Men)
Religious Orders and Their Abbreviations (Women)
Newspaper Posting of Spiritualist Meetings
1871 Yearbook of Spiritualism
Franz Anton Mesmer
Andrew Jackson Davis
1908 Postcard of Spiritualism’s Origins, Newark, New York Metaphysical America: Its Select Development
Postcard of The Maplewood in Lily Dale, New York
Spiritualist Church in Chesterfield, Indiana
Select Spiritualist Directories
Select Spiritualist Publications
Mediums and Mediumship

Access/Reference Aids
List of Dams Accessing the Tennessee Valley Authority Projects
San Francisco Cemeteries Relocated to Colma
Quick-Reference Observations for U.S. Censuses
Understanding the Differences Between Pilgrims and Puritans Congressional Acts for Passenger Lists
Select Canadian Border Crossing Ports
Possible Clues from Land Records
Applicable Land Offices for Oregon and Washington Donation Lands Select National Homes for Disabled Soldiers
Major Laws Relating to Naturalization: 1790-2005
Irish Repeal Societies in North America
Formal Dates of Earliest Vital Records by State
Categories of European Immigrants
Early Immigrant Comparisons
Bondage Dictionary
Locations of Freedman’s Bank Branches
Select Spiritualist Directories
Select Spiritualist Publications
Mediums and Mediumship