Lisa posted an article on A light that shines again - Nov 5, 2009, 4:46 am
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is at the heart of America's history, not to mention my personal family history and that of many other Americans. It is unreal to think that its state library ma...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Nov 4, 2009, 7:44 pm
Welcome to the 16th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture. This is a special week for the carnival as we celebrate both our 16th edition and our second anniversary on the web. A specia...
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Lisa posted an article on Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture - Nov 4, 2009, 7:08 pm
The upcoming 17th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture will be a Genealogy treasure "show and tell". Here are the details: Genealogists are treasure hunters of a different kind. Instea...
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Lisa posted an article on Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture - Nov 4, 2009, 7:07 pm
The 16th edition of the carnival has been posted. You can find Irish portraits: An "album" of stories over at Small-leaved Shamrock. Also please plan to join us for the upcoming 17th edition of the ...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Nov 1, 2009, 8:55 pm
Margaret Foley Cowhey was surely no stranger to the trials of motherhood. She and her husband had ten children. Before she gave birth to those children, she had become mother to at least four children...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Oct 27, 2009, 7:04 am
It was with great interest that I read the article in Rachel Murphy's Irish Family History blog about the rite of churching. "Churching" refers to the visit to the church and corresponding priestl...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Oct 25, 2009, 8:15 pm
The deadline for the upcoming 16th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture, entitled Irish Portraits, is coming up on Sunday, November 1. Hope you'll join us in creating an "album" of...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Oct 14, 2009, 11:13 am
Here's a last minute project for you writers out there... Eneclann is running a competition and has requested entrants to submit a short "weird and wonderful" Irish story that has been passed dow...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Oct 8, 2009, 6:18 am
While I've been busy living in "babyland" and trying to keep up with the rest of life, the genealogy blogging world has been busy. I haven't quite been able to get fully back into the blogosp...
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Lisa posted an article on Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture - Sep 5, 2009, 4:10 am
The upcoming 16th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture will be entitled Irish Portraits. Here are the details: Share with us a story about an Irishman or Irishwoman within your family ...
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Lisa posted an article on Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture - Sep 5, 2009, 4:01 am
The 15th edition of the carnival has been posted. You can find A few new books on good "ould Ireland" over at Small-leaved Shamrock. It's short and sweet compared to last year's edition of the...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Sep 5, 2009, 3:12 am
Welcome to the very short and sweet 15th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture: the results of the 2nd annual Small-leaved Shamrock Summer Reading Challenge. As you may know by now, I...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Aug 31, 2009, 11:35 am
The deadline for the Small-leaved Shamrock Summer Reading Challenge (the 15th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture) has been extended to Wednesday, September 2 due to a little glitch wi...
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Lisa posted an article on Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture - Aug 31, 2009, 11:13 am
The deadline for the Small-leaved Shamrock Summer Reading Challenge (the 15th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture) has been extended to Wednesday, September 2 due to a little glitch wi...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Aug 27, 2009, 2:10 am
Wondering where I've been for the past few months or so? Stop over at 100 Years in America for the announcement of the "project" I've been working on lately that has kept me away from the blo...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Aug 27, 2009, 2:04 am
Sunday is the deadline to share with us your summer reading on the topic of Ireland and the Irish. Details are below. Hope you'll join us! Ireland has a long tradition of literature, both in the ...
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Lisa posted an article on A light that shines again - Aug 27, 2009, 1:38 am
There's a new little light in the world that's recently been warmly welcomed into my family! Visit 100 Years in America to learn more about why I've been away from blogging lately.
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Lisa posted an article on 100 Years in America - Aug 19, 2009, 8:10 am
Regular readers of 100 Years in America and my other blogs have surely noticed that new posts from me have been few and far between for awhile now. In fact, I have recently had a fellow blogger write ...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Jul 30, 2009, 9:06 pm
The 14th edition of the carnival has been posted by Colleen Degnan Johnson over at CMJ Office. You can find it at The Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture, 14th Edition, Vacations. Thanks very much to...
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Lisa posted an article on Small-leaved Shamrock - Jul 9, 2009, 9:06 pm
Sometimes making family history gets in the way of studying and recording our family heritage. That's been the case with this blogger as of late, and also more recently our guest hostess of the 1...
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Lisa posted an article on 100 Years in America - Jun 30, 2009, 9:40 pm
With great appreciation to Katharine Lee Bates who penned the beloved song America, The Beautiful in 1913. O beautiful for spacious skies that welcomed all my kin who crossed the seas with hopeful dr...
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Lisa posted an article on Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture - May 28, 2009, 7:11 am
The 14th edition of the carnival has been posted by Colleen Degnan Johnson over at CMJ Office. You can find it at The Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture, 14th Edition, Vacations. Thanks very much to...
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