Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
Don't miss this opportunity to gain the most valuable and updated information required to uncover your Irish past with renowned genealogist Chris Paton!
About Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
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TRACING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS
Chris Paton renowned genealogist has ample experience in enabling others to discover their Irish forebears.
In 1848 during the height of the great hunger, the average weekly inflow of Irish into Glasgow was estimated at over 1000. In 1851 almost 29% of all Irish migrants settled in Glasgow whilst 35.8% of the Coatbridge population were Irish born. In Airdrie 1861, Irish born was recorded as 18.45%
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain the most valuable and updated information required to uncover your Irish past.
Originally from Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, Chris Paton lives in Ayrshire, where he works as a professional genealogist. A holder of a Postgraduate Diploma in Genealogical Studies from the University of Strathclyde, Chris is an author, tutor and lecturer specialising in Scottish and Irish research, and teaches Scottish and Irish genealogy courses online via www.pharostutors.com.
Chris's recent books include Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland, Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Sharing Your Family History Online, available from Pen and Sword at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Chris-Paton/a/1799. He also blogs regularly at Scottish GENES at https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com.
A Scottish Gaelic speaker, Chris has also previously worked as a BBC television documentary maker and as a Scottish parliamentary case worker.
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