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Dec 15, 2011, 2:05 am
In the spirit of Christmas, I'd like to join with my fellow blogging friends to share a bit of caroling this season. Thank-you, footnoteMaven, for gathering us together once again!
My absolute favorite Christmas song is O Holy Night. The beautiful words and ascending phrases of the music stir... Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2011, 5:43 am
If you have roots in Hungary, your research will center around the records of the Roman Catholic Church - no matter the faith of your ancestors. That's one of the basic facts of Hungarian genealogy that I've shared in my latest article over at The Catholic Gene.
King St. Stephen presi... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2011, 1:31 pm
"Along with these mysteries we also weave our intentions, thoughts, imaginations, emotions, and desire for union with Christ."
Thus wrote Alice Camille, M. Div. within her recent article Full of Grace: Reclaiming the Rosary, about the age-old Catholic devotion of praying the Rosary whi... Comment - Like
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Sep 12, 2011, 3:39 am
"The job of a genealogist is much like that of a police detective. Success in both pursuits depends on searching predictable hidden places where evidence would be expected. A true detective genius, however, finds traces of clues out in the open – signs within plain sight yet invisible to t... Comment - Like
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Sep 12, 2011, 3:39 am
"The job of a genealogist is much like that of a police detective. Success in both pursuits depends on searching predictable hidden places where evidence would be expected. A true detective genius, however, finds traces of clues out in the open – signs within plain sight yet invisible to t... Comment - Like
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Sep 4, 2011, 6:37 am
The picture of this beautiful church was truly a gift to me.
Its yellowing photographic postcard passed down to me from my immigrant great-grandmother: a link to the past.
Its facade: a reminder of the connection that my ancestors and I share across language, cul... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2011, 6:10 am
is here to make a special announcement. She is hanging out over at a new blog and would love for you to come visit!
The Catholic Gene is a brand new project in the works dreamed up by one of my favorite genealogy bloggers: Donna Pointkouski of What's Past is Prologue. The new blog will fe... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2011, 6:09 am
This little girl dressed in her finery on First Communion day is here to make a special announcement. She is hanging out over at a new blog and would love for you to come visit!
The Catholic Gene is a brand new project in the works dreamed up by one of my favorite genealogy bloggers: ... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2011, 6:06 am
This little girl dressed in her finery on First Communion day is here to make a special announcement. She is hanging out over at a new blog and would love for you to come visit!
The Catholic Gene is a brand new project in the works dreamed up by one of my favorite genealogy bloggers: Donna ... Comment - Like
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Aug 19, 2011, 4:24 am
Thomas Lynch in his memoir Booking Passage: We Irish and Americans mentions his memories of the words that his grandfather repeated often after blessing the food and giving thanks at family meals. He states, "This was part of the first poetry of my life."
I enjoyed reading the impression tha... Comment - Like
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Jun 10, 2011, 2:29 am
Only days after President Lincoln's call to arms following the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, the men of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania turned out in droves to offer their assistance. The Cowhey brothers were among them: 21-year-old Thomas and his older brother William (Great-Great-Gram... Comment - Like
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Jun 3, 2011, 4:23 pm
When (thanks to Colm Doyle's Corcaighist) I came across Gaelchultúr's Language Placement Test on the Irish language, I thought I would at least give myself a chance to try out one or two questions. One quick look at the test made me think otherwise. I decided right then and there to "make quick the... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2011, 2:31 pm
On April 12, 2011 the United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War with the firing on Fort Sumter. Back in April 1861, it did not take long for the news to arrive in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In fact, it was the first northern town to hear the news, as ... Comment - Like
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Mar 18, 2011, 4:53 pm
The celebration of Irish heritage continues this St. Patrick's week as Thomas MacEntee's GeneaBloggers Radio presents Irish Roots – A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration! tonight from 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. Eastern.
Listen to internet radio with Geneabloggers on Blog Talk Radio
Special guest Brian... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2011, 7:25 pm
The Irish have long been known for their love of poetry. One of the most popular of Irish verse which some say could serve as the national anthem of Ireland itself, is the poem entitled "Wearin' of the Green".
The poem, which dates back to about 1798 and was written by an unknown poet, strikes a cho... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2011, 12:35 pm
You may be thinking, “It’s a miracle! Finally a new blog article from Lisa!”
Though this very well might be a small miracle, there is a real miracle I’d like to share with you in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. It is a documented phenomenon that occurred over three centuries ago that i... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2011, 12:24 pm
You may be thinking, “It’s a miracle! Finally a new blog article from Lisa!”
Though this very well might be a small miracle, there is a real miracle I’d like to share with you in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. It is a documented phenomenon that occurred over three centuries ago that i... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2010, 9:14 am
As 2010 comes to a close, I realize that I should have put the "not at home" sign out here at Small-leaved Shamrock months ago. The eternal optimist, I had hoped to keep busy at this humble blog despite a hectic year for my family, even if I could not be as prolific a blogger as I had bee... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2010, 7:14 pm
Thanks to my faithful 100 Years in America readers who have checked back here for updates every now and then over the past year. I have neglected to "officially" announce that I was taking a break from blogging this year because I really haven't wanted to do so. Yet here it is almost Christmas!
... Comment - Like
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Sep 2, 2010, 1:59 am
After twenty editions of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture, I've decided to send the carnival on a little sabbatical. The 21st edition was in the works, but due to lack of publicity on my part and the busy lives of other bloggers, it neglected to get off the ground. (Apologies to you,... Comment - Like
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Aug 19, 2010, 6:31 am
Just a few more days left to send in your submissions for the Irish stories edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture!
The 1st edition of our Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture, published at Small-leaved Shamrock on November 22, 2007, was entitled Everyone Loves a Good Irish St... Comment - Like
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Aug 19, 2010, 6:26 am
Just a few more days left to send in your submissions for the Irish stories edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture!
The 1st edition of our Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture, published at Small-leaved Shamrock on November 22, 2007, was entitled Everyone Loves a Good Irish St... Comment - Like
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Jun 30, 2010, 9:44 am
Welcome to the 20th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture: "I Speak from Experience!"
We are all at different stages of our Irish genealogical research. Some just starting out, others well-seasoned in the search. This short and sweet edition of our carnival focuses on ti... Comment - Like
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Jun 30, 2010, 9:43 am
The 1st edition of our Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture, published at Small-leaved Shamrock on November 22, 2007, was entitled Everyone Loves a Good Irish Story. That edition gave us an upside-down traffic light (with the green on the top of course), an Irish love story, paddy-whacking, Civi... Comment - Like
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Jun 24, 2010, 12:23 pm
The deadline for the upcoming 20th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture is this Sunday, June 27. We hope you'll join us! For this edition, we will again dive back into genealogy. The theme is "I Speak From Experience" and will focus on tips and suggestions for those of us ... Comment - Like
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Apr 29, 2010, 4:56 pm
Open your hearts to this “much-enduring land” of “gypsy gold" where “fairies dance under the Moon”.Here “love long endures”, “in sunshine or in shadow”.It is a place close to our hearts where “God has spread His sweetness”,
where a generous abundance of spirit resides,and... Comment - Like
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Apr 29, 2010, 4:51 pm
For the upcoming 20th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture we will again dive back into genealogy. This edition, entitled "I Speak From Experience" will focus on tips and suggestions for those of us researching our Irish ancestors. Here are the details:
The search for our Iri... Comment - Like
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Apr 29, 2010, 3:46 pm
For Poem in Your Pocket Day this National Poetry Month 2010, I share a special tribute to loved ones gone before us. It was written by Celtic poet John O'Donohue, who himself passed away in 2008.
O'Donohue's poem calls to mind the many loved ones that reside in "that safe place in our h... Comment - Like
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Apr 26, 2010, 11:08 am
Things have been busy for me in the real world - I've hardly had time to pay many visits here to Small-leaved Shamrock, and certainly haven't posted much here lately. One of the projects that I've been busy with is writing poetry this U.S. National Poetry Month 2010. I hope you've spent a little... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 12:31 pm
Welcome to the
3rd Annual
St. Patrick's Day
Blog Parade
(otherwise known as the
18th edition of the
Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture)
If you love the history and culture of Ireland, have Irish ancestry, are an Irish citizen - or just love a parade - you've come to ... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 12:12 pm
The upcoming 19th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture, in honor of U.S. National Poetry Month 2010, will be a celebration of Irish verse. Come join us for the Small-leaved Shamrock Poetry Party! Here are the details:
The Irish have long been known for the "gift of gab".... Comment - Like
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Mar 8, 2010, 10:37 am
It was just a few short years ago that my husband and I took a very memorable trip to Europe. We traveled accompanied by our children, including the newest addition to the family: our baby daughter just shy of five months old.
The trip was challenging in many ways. Long plane flights, long wal... Comment - Like
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Mar 8, 2010, 10:00 am
I have observed that in various branches of my family the daughters often have had better collections of family photographs, heirlooms and keepsakes than the sons. To me (the eager family historian looking for clues to the lives of my ancestors several generations back) these collections have been a... Comment - Like
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Feb 28, 2010, 6:57 pm
For the past two St. Patrick's Days (2008 and 2009) Small-leaved Shamrock has hosted a St. Patrick's Day parade - in the blogosphere, that is. Each one was great fun and we're planning to do it again.
As you probably know, March is Irish heritage month in many places, thanks to the March 17 cel... Comment - Like
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Feb 23, 2010, 2:21 pm
Go raibh maith agaibh!
A heartfelt thanks (in Irish Gaelic) to all of you for a great honor. Small-leaved Shamrock, humble birthplace of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture, is proud to reside within Family Tree Magazine's top 5 heritage blogs - a small contingent among their "Fab Forty... Comment - Like
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Feb 12, 2010, 5:20 am
A new resource for Hungarian genealogy has set up shop on the web this week. The Hungary Exchange website, put together by Nick Gombash, hopes to become a stopping point for many a researcher in search of Hungarian roots. Nick created this new online resource in hopes of helping Hungarian geneal... Comment - Like
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Feb 10, 2010, 5:49 pm
They were married one-hundred-and-five years ago this week, on the day after Valentine's Day: February 15, 1905. Regular readers will recognize the couple whose photo graces the banner of this blog. They are truly the stars of 100 Years in America. Residing here online, their photograph welcomes... Comment - Like
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Feb 5, 2010, 8:36 am
It's that time of year again...
...time for the 3rd annual Academy of Genealogy and Family History iGene Awards at Jasia's Carnival of Genealogy! As the author of 100 Years in America I have chosen some of my favorites from the blog articles published here over the past year and awarded them "... Comment - Like
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Feb 4, 2010, 8:25 am
A great poem that helps to conjure up images of many of our Irish forebears...
Dedicationby Patrick MacGill (1890- )
I speak with a proud tongue of the people who were
And the people who are,
The worthy of Ardara, the Rosses and Inishkeel,
My kindred-
The people of th... Comment - Like
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Feb 3, 2010, 2:32 pm
This vintage postcard of Staten Island's St. Sylvester Catholic Church is housed in the New York Public Library's Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy and is also viewable online at ... Comment - Like
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