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Finding My Irish Roots Part 8: The Story of John & Lessons Learned

In this series: I am tracing my Irish roots and trying to pinpoint what part of the Emerald Isle my...

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott Apr 2, 2019
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Finding My Irish Roots Part 7: DNA Deep Dive

In this series: I am tracing my Irish roots and trying to pinpoint what part of the Emerald Isle my...

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott Mar 18, 2019
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Finding My Irish Roots Part 6: The DNA Connection to Bayonne

In this series: I am tracing my Irish roots and trying to pinpoint what part of the Emerald Isle my...

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott Mar 14, 2019
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Finding My Irish Roots Part 5: Bartholomew of Bayonne

In this series: I am tracing my Irish roots and trying to pinpoint what part of the Emerald Isle my...

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott Mar 7, 2019
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Finding My Irish Roots Part 4: The Search for John

In this series: I am tracing my Irish roots and trying to pinpoint what part of the Emerald Isle my...

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott Feb 21, 2019
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Finding My Irish Roots Part 3: From Kiltoghert to Newark

In this series: I am tracing my Irish roots and trying to pinpoint what part of the Emerald Isle my...

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott Feb 6, 2019
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Finding My Irish Roots Part 2: Setting the Stage

This is the second post in my series on finding my Irish roots. In the first post, I briefly introduced...

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott Jan 29, 2019
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Finding My Irish Roots Part 1: Journey Back to the Emerald Isle

One of the biggest challenges in my family tree has been pinpointing where exactly in Ireland my ancestors lived. It's...

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott Jan 24, 2019