Sunday, 7 November 2021

Mrs W. Fitz-Henry's trunk

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I was absolutely delighted to receive an email from Dodi Turney in North Carolina containing photos of a metal trunk which she had recent ac...
Friday, 23 April 2021

Barbara (Morrison) Fitz-Henry's beetle-wing dress: a Webinar 20 May 2021

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If you wish to know more about Barbara Morrison's Beetle-Wing dress (referenced in the previous post about William Fitz-Henry's swor...
Sunday, 11 April 2021

William Fitz-Henry of the 60th Royal Rifles Regiment: what became of his sword?

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The first blog post for a verrrryyy long time, and we open with a mystery and an appeal for help locating a sword. William Fitz-Henry of the...
Monday, 2 April 2018

The GDPR is coming...

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This is a very dry and dull post, but necessary because of the change in data protection legislation coming in next month. From 25th May 20...
Monday, 16 October 2017

The Butchering Art - Lindsey Fitzharris' new book out tomorrow

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There are several of the Fitzhenry and Fitzharris clan who I will freely admit are more literarily (is that a word?!) prolific than me. On...
Thursday, 21 September 2017

The Fitzhenry Schoolmasters of Coolroe, Co. Wicklow: Part 2

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The first post in this series featured Thomas Fitzhenry and his son Enoch, both teachers at the Coolroe , Tinahely  school in Co. Wicklow. ...
Sunday, 10 September 2017

The Fitzhenry schoolmasters of Coolroe, Co. Wicklow Part 1

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This will be the first of a series of posts about Thomas Fitzhenry and his two sons, all schoolmasters. I was idly googling various Fitzhe...
Monday, 21 August 2017

Nancy FitzHenry died Newfoundland 1807 - and her two memorials in Ireland

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I was very pleased to receive this message from John Cullen of Newfoundland. It relates to a group of three Fitzhenry gravestones in St Mul...
Thursday, 1 September 2016

Online launch: Irish birth, marriage & death registers: 8th September

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Oh my!  This is going to be epic. My thanks to Clare Santry of the Irish Genealogy News blog for bringing us this news (and to Debbie Cr...

Charles Fitzhenry of the 9th Battalion AIF - a search for living decendants

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I was very touched to receive this essay as a comment to our post about Charles Fitzhenry of the 9th Battalion AIF and the graffiti he left...
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Monday, 20 June 2016

Ballycanew, County Wexford: A potential hometown for Enoch Fitzhenry?

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The title is just a teaser for many of you Fitzhenrys who can trace your line down from Enoch. But there may well be some mileage in this su...
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Monday, 11 April 2016

Johanna: An unexpected third wife of William Fitz-Henry of Arklow

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I was being creative with my search terms in the Find My Past newspaper collection last night, and turned up this entry:   Deaths April 1,...
Monday, 23 February 2015

Online genealogy resources for Cincinnati, Ohio

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I'm working my way round the Fitzharris family of Cincinnati at present. I've found two online resources which are outside my usua...
Sunday, 22 February 2015

The FamilySearch blog: keeping up to date with new collection releases

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FamilySearch.org is a fantastic resource for genealogists everywhere. Not only is it free to search (and often links to the actual document...