The
Winter 2013 issue of Anglo-Celtic Roots continue to live up to its mandate in bringing family history to the British Isles Family History Society of Ottawa
(BIFHSGO) members.
In
this issue, there are articles by –
Eleanor Eagar’s
Descendents by
Carolyn Emblem, in which she tells us about her great-grand-Aunt Eleanor’s
travels across three countries – England, Australia, and New Zealand, and her
various marriages.
Little by Little
from County Mayo to Fitzroy and Beyond
by Brenda Krauter, in which she writes about the Little family who came
to the Ottawa Valley during the Great Potato Famine, and the brick wall that
they presented to a genealogical researcher.
These Old Walls
of Ireland – Recording of Memories by Philip Donnelly is a summarized
version of the Don Whiteside Memorial Lecture at the BIFHSGO conference last
fall, in which Donnelly give an overview of the projects that are preserving
memories of Ireland’s past, and they are -
- The Gathering Ireland 2013
- These Old Walls – the Homes of our Great-Grandparents
- Ireland Reaching Out (Irelandxo.com)
- The Hercules Project in County Waterford
The
Anglo-Celtic Roots also has regular columns by members John D. Reid called The Cream of the Crop, and by Betty
Warburton called The Bookworm, as
well as a report on the Conference of
2013.
