Irish Family History Detective, Nonfiction Author
Jannet L. Walsh
March 26, 2023
Murdock, Minnesota USA
What are the directions for Ireland?
How might you answer this question? I might say: From North American, Ireland is just east of Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, as an airplane flies, just under 2,000 miles.
Top To pointers to launch Irish genealogy search
If you are searching for family Irish roots, it’s likely you’ll become part historian, storyteller, and mostly a detective of family antiquities.
By Jannet L. Walsh, Murdock, Minnesota – Curiosity and the luck of the Irish are absolutes when setting out to explore your ancestor’s origins.
Jannet L. Walsh
September 14, 2022
Murdock, Minnesota
Belfast, Northern Ireland – Photo Martin J. Walsh Jr, of Murdock Minnesota, Kodachrome, removed from mount for scanning: Information written on slide: Marty Walsh, Seaside, south of Belfast, May 1953.
It’s May 13, 1953, and my dad is staying at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, room 414, according to the hotel register. He’s having trouble booking a hotel room in England before traveling to France, and heading back to the United States. The big snag for his travel is in London, with Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation just a few weeks away, June 2, 1958.
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