Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge: I is for Ireland
I do like a challenge. And yes, I'm late - terribly late....we're almost halfway through the alphabet but I'm sure I can catch up! The wonderful Alona Tester who I met for the first time last week at the Family HIstory Expo has devised this meme - bless her! At first I was going to use surnames but I think place is a better way to go with this challenge because ultimately I think that's how we can all best connect is through place yes? The people come and go but the place remains. So - perhaps rather unimaginatively today I am focussing on - yes, you guessed it...Ireland. Now, what I'm amused at is how proudly I assert my Irish ancestry. When I truthfully look at my ancestry - I am way more English. Of my four grandparents - three were Australian-born and one English-born..Of my eight great-grandparents, three were English and five were born in Australia. Of my sixteen great-great-grandparents eight were born in England, two i...