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Story posted at Thousand Islands Life, search for Irish Canadian Ancestors!

Jannet L. Walsh
Monday, May 4, 2026
Murdock, Minnesota USA

My top viewed blog at my website is Top 10 pointers to launch Irish genealogy search, originally published June 22, 2022.

It’s the same story that’s been featured and republished a few times at IrishCentral online, most recently January 8, 2026.

Today I’m reposting my story with tips to help you search for your Irish family roots. Many of the tips I learned along the way trying to splice together my family’s lost history.

My dad’s 1953 vintage photos from Ireland are featured below. You view more photos of Martin J. Walsh Jr., 1953, online gallery, Flickr.

You can read the story below or directly at IrishCentral website.

Canada Day! Search for Irish Canadian ancestors, Irish genealogy tips

Jannet L. Walsh
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
77F, sunny
Murdock, Minnesota USA

Today is Canada Day, July 1, 2025. Canada’s national holiday is celebrated on July 1.

Canadians around the world show their pride in history, culture and achievements. Canada has been celebrating since 1868, with festivities are held across the nation. Learn more about Canada Day at the Government of Canada website.

I’m an American with Canadian heritage, very proud to say. My Walsh family from County Kilkenny, Ireland arrived in Canada as early as 1842 to Kingston and Wolfe Island, Ontario. They farmed and raised a family on Wolfe Island, staying 35 years, until departing in 1877, migrating south to Minnesota, joining an Irish Catholic colony started by the late Archbishop John Ireland in De Graff, Minnesota, a few miles from where I live today.

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