The Neely’s had a garage and coach house at 71 Foyle Road for their horse drawn carriages. They probably lived over it. They later moved the business to Magazine Street and the family... Read more

I have had many emails regarding research in Ireland and what software to use etc.  So we put together some of our favorite picks for you to look at here Read more

Dr Desmond McCourt (OBE) – Memorial Tribute by E. Estyn Evans Desmond McCourt (Des, or Dizzy as I always called him) was one of the most interesting of the hundreds of students who pas... Read more

My great grandmother Eliza Mary Laird was born c.1815 in Northern Ireland. When Eliza and her husband Andrew Kerr came to Australia as Bounty Migrants in 1841 Eliza is listed on the shipping... Read more

The wonders of Google.  My Dad could only remember a few lines from his childhood related this 1948 song “I open the door an’ the flies swarm in.  I shut the door an... Read more

Andrew Kerr and Elisa Mary (nee Laird) resided at 113, Palmer-street Woolloomooloo in 1858 at the same time one street over Robert Laird and his wife lived at Crown Street.   There is a clea... Read more

Elagh is a townland to the North-West of Londonderry city in the parish of Templemore, Northern Ireland. Read more

    After living in Singapore for 2 years now it has given me a much greater appreciation of  traditional Chinese culture.   A typical Chinese family will ... Read more

A FASCINATING directory for the city of Londonderry – dating from the early nineteenth century – has been newly-published on the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)... Read more