Search All Irish Records for Free This St. Patrick’s Day! – February 25, 2021

I saw this on MyHeritage recently – Search All Irish Records for Free This St. Patrick’s Day!: https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/02/search-all-irish-records-for-free-this-st-patricks-day/. Slightly longer article. Looks like access starts March 11 and runs through March 18, 2021.

 by Esther February 25, 2021 Historical Records, MyHeritage News

St. Patrick’s Day is all about celebrating your Irish heritage… and what better way to celebrate your connection to the Emerald Isle than to make discoveries about your ancestors who lived there?

From March 11–18, you’ll be able to do just that on MyHeritage for free! We’re opening all Irish records to the public for the entire week. Don’t miss your chance to delve into the historical records and find new information about your relatives!

Search Irish records on MyHeritage

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As many as 100 million people all over the world are believed to have Irish ancestors. In the 2019 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, around 32 Americans identified as being of Irish heritage — but the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that around 40 million Americans have some Irish ancestry. That leaves around 8 million U.S. citizens who don’t know that they are from an Irish background! Perhaps making these records readily accessible will help more of them realize their connection to Ireland.

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