John Grenham
John Grenham is a consultant genealogist who writes on the Irish Roots blog on IrishTimes.com. John has authored a number of books on ancestry, his most recent being the 4th edition of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, published by Gill & Macmillan (2012).
How to trace your Irish family history: a step-by-step guide
- Abroad
- March 12, 2018, 14:30
It’s easier than ever to trace your ancestry, using online church records to DNA kits
Irish Roots: seven years of genealogical delving
- Heritage
- February 8, 2016, 01:00
Our column calls it a day with a look at recent progress aided by the internet
Irish Roots: Who makes a living from genealogy in Ireland?
- Heritage
- February 1, 2016, 01:00
There are several ways to turn an interest in family history into paid work
Irish Roots: The Revolution Papers is a work of genius
- Heritage
- January 25, 2016, 01:00
This is the best piece of popular history publishing in Ireland for many years
Irish Roots: Digging up burial records
- Heritage
- January 18, 2016, 00:00
Until recently, death records supplied no family information
Irish Roots: Why genealogy is seasonal
- Heritage
- January 11, 2016, 00:00
The great annual family gathering causes the post-Christmas genealogical website spike
Irish Roots: Free-range, grass-fed Irish genealogy
- Heritage
- January 4, 2016, 01:00
Irish Roots: Hiding from Big History
- Heritage
- December 28, 2015, 00:00
Irish Roots: Home of begrudgery
- Heritage
- December 21, 2015, 00:00
Evidently the B word is exclusively Irish, which clearly means something about the national psyche
Irish Roots: One-stop site for everything that connects to genealogy
- Heritage
- December 14, 2015, 00:00
This is the centre of the Irish family history universe
Irish Roots: John O’Donovan’s glorious letters
- Heritage
- December 7, 2015, 00:00
For anyone interested in local history in rural Ireland they are a magnificent treasure trove
Irish Roots: Floundering with valuation maps
- Heritage
- November 30, 2015, 00:00
New maps accompanying ‘Griffith’s Valuation’ just add to mountain of undated maps
Irish Roots: Have Irish surnames stopped changing?
- Heritage
- November 23, 2015, 00:00
The evolution of surnames has slowed throughout the developed world
Irish Roots: the use of Gaelic patronymic prefixes
- Heritage
- November 16, 2015, 00:00
How the Os and Macs came back to make their names
Irish Roots: how our surnames were Englished
- Heritage
- November 9, 2015, 00:00
Because any Anglophone record-keepers who knew Irish had only a smattering, mistranslation was the rule
Irish Roots: How Gaelic surnames changed beyond recognition
- Heritage
- November 2, 2015, 00:00
During the 17th century, the Gaelic institutions crumbled under the weight of the English conquest, taking with them the centralit(...)
Irish Roots: Norman surnames
- Heritage
- October 26, 2015, 00:00
Irish Roots: Viking surnames
- Heritage
- October 19, 2015, 00:00
True hereditary surnames were only introduced in Scandinavia in the late 18th century
Irish Roots: Irish Family History Foundation can get it right
- Heritage
- October 12, 2015, 00:00
There can be too much complaining, especially in the face of additional new transcripts
Irish Roots: Irish surnames as historical evidence
- Heritage
- October 5, 2015, 00:00
Irish roots: Notebook fills one gap left by lack of Dublin census
- Heritage
- September 28, 2015, 00:00
Between January and October 1875, William Malone noted down details of every household he visited, eventually ranging over the who(...)
Irish Roots: Freedom of Information and a file on informants
- Heritage
- September 21, 2015, 00:00
Various arguments are used to keep a historical document from the public eye
Irish Roots: a headstone in Terryglass
- Heritage
- September 14, 2015, 00:00
Negative outcomes can be just as important as positive ones
Irish Roots: Were there Irish slaves in Barbados?
- Heritage
- September 7, 2015, 00:00
Irish Roots: The late, unlamented Certificate of Irish Heritage
- Heritage
- August 31, 2015, 00:00
Irish Roots: Why we love Heritage Week
- Heritage
- August 24, 2015, 00:00
Irish Roots: Online newsreels are a treasure trove
- Heritage
- August 10, 2015, 00:00
The Pathé, Movietone and AP digital archives store a wealth of local history
Irish Roots: Localised 19th-century Irish surnames
- Heritage
- August 3, 2015, 00:00
Irish Roots: Reactions to the National Library’s parish registers site
- Heritage
- July 27, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: List of irregular marriages from 19th-century Dublin published
- Heritage
- July 20, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: We’re stuck with our ancestors – or are we?
- Heritage
- June 29, 2015, 01:00
Rachel Dolezal has been accused of adopting a black identity, but can we really rewrite our own genealogical history?
Irish Roots: The origins of Molly Bloom get curiouser and curioser
- Heritage
- June 22, 2015, 01:00
Marion Bruére Quin may have partly inspired Joyce’s character, and provided a link with Lewis Carroll
Irish Roots: Professional genealogy lives on despite internet
- Heritage
- June 15, 2015, 01:00
Association of Professional Genealogists of Ireland has name change in light of globalisation
Irish Roots . . . Bloomier and bloomier
- Heritage
- June 1, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: Beware of ‘legacy searches’
- Heritage
- May 25, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: Genealogy dug up and mapped
- Heritage
- May 18, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots
- Heritage
- May 4, 2015, 01:00
Upcoming NLI parish record microfilm site is 90 per cent squint-free
Irish Roots: establishment of Ireland as European centre of genealogical excellence urged
- Heritage
- April 27, 2015, 01:00
Anyone with even the remotest interest in Irish genealogy should read this new report
Irish Roots: Registrations Indexes return
- Heritage
- April 20, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: The fine-scale genetic structure of the British population?
- Heritage
- April 6, 2015, 01:00
A recent study in Nature maps very fine regional variations in genetic make-up in the UK
Irish Roots: Godzilla next door
- Heritage
- March 23, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: Why Irish online genealogy is so peculiar
- Heritage
- March 16, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: Leave something for the next generation to discover
- Heritage
- March 9, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: Digging the line between them and us
- Heritage
- March 2, 2015, 01:00
Irish Roots: 1916 and all that
- Heritage
- February 16, 2015, 01:00
John Grenham: Irish Roots
- Heritage
- December 22, 2014, 01:00
The long and winding road to haystack of needles
John Grenham: Irish Roots
- Heritage
- December 15, 2014, 01:00
Viking society contained very little in the way of humane prisons, flat-pack furniture or Lego
John Grenham: Irish Roots
- Heritage
- December 1, 2014, 01:00
Online Catholic parish registers from the National Library of Ireland available in summer
Irish Roots: Get advice from genealogists
- Heritage
- October 13, 2014, 01:00
Back To Our Past 2014 takes place at the RDS
Irish Roots: chain migration - "Nobody ever left Ireland to go to America"
- Heritage
- September 1, 2014, 01:00
The accumulation of tens of thousands of individual and family decisions drove people overseas
Irish Roots: Recovering the Great War Dead
- Heritage
- August 18, 2014, 01:00
The work of local historians and genealogists
Irish Roots: A rich source of records in Kew
- Heritage
- August 11, 2014, 01:00
Free downloads from the (other) National Archives
Irish Roots: Hidden ancestors
- Heritage
- August 5, 2014, 10:52
Why can’t you find your ancestors online?
Irish Roots
- Heritage
- April 21, 2014, 01:00
Irish genealogy: hyper-competitive, post-modern capitalism?
