Old photos of Ireland

Ancestry.com has added a collection of photos of Ireland to their UK Historical Photographs and Prints 1704-1989 set. There are 120+ photos from the late 1800's to the 1950's, including depictions of daily life as well as historic events such as the Lusitania sinking and the Easter Rebellion.
Ancestry is available (in the library only) in our e-resources. Hover on "research help" on the homepage and click on "e-resources for adults".

Unique online magazine

Shades of the Departed  is a very well done online genealogy magazine- lots of old photos and good articles.  You can page through it like you would an ebook.

Dating Women's clothing; interpreting old documents

Knowing when a photo was taken can help provide a clue to who an unidentified person was. This article tells you how to date the photograph of a women by her clothing....an interesting article on a woman who makes a living deciphering old handwritten documents can be found here. Source: ResearchBuzz

Genealogy in NYC

New rules  will make genealogy research in New York City a lot tougher.

One ancestor buried in 2 different places?

Read about it here

Polish ancestors

Here are some links to get you started on researching your Polish ancestors:
genealogical-sources-in-poland
beginning-your-polish-research
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy