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Article: EYES WILL BE SMILIN' AS GENEALOGISTS PORE OVER `IRISH RECORDS'.(Lifestyle)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- December 11, 1997
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``Initiative is an important ingredient in finding Irish roots, particularly where family details are sparse,'' says James G. Ryan, Ph.D., an Irish research expert.
Ryan is head of BioResearch Ireland, Ireland's biotechnology development program, as well as the genealogy columnist for ``Irish America'' magazine and author of several books on Irish research. His latest work - ``Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History'' - is a huge book (668 pages), with a comprehensive listing of the genealogical record sources for each county in Ireland.
``Once the normal land and church record sources have been consulted, imaginative use of local historical ...