Meanings of online genealogy in English

The Taoiseach was speaking in the National Library at the launch of a new online genealogy resource.

What makes Irish online genealogy so distinctive?

Researchers accustomed to the way online genealogy works elsewhere in the English-speaking world find the Irish situation strange.

DNA given to online genealogy websites, a newborn's DNA taken at a hospital and DNA taken from a discarded coffee cup.

Nightingale called the General Registry Office at Southport while I scoured for Pykes on Genepool, Familytrace and other online genealogy sites.

Rookwood chief executive George Simpson told AFP the industry was tapping into online genealogy to connect with as many people as possible.

Online genealogy has its drawbacks - for some, throwing up unwanted, traumatic information, and there are legitimate concerns around the storing of data.

Online genealogy website Ancestry.com has digitised 2,600 records and 60,000 images which will be made available online free of charge into perpetuity from March 22nd.