[Born Conservative]

The problem isn't tracing my ancestors once they arrived in the US, it's tracing them in Ireland. The records were not well kept to begin with (since it was more of a poor country as compared to England), and what records there were, burned in a fire (1920's?).

Fortunately, most of my ancestral lines are Scottish and English, with some German in there as well. I have traced back one of my Scottish lines to the late 1500's.

[KPfromDerryNH]

Very interesting story. It starts to answer some genetic questions I have and maybe some day I'll find out when and why my people came here, don't know if it was to work in the mills but then why else? I never recalled anyone being proud to be of Franco-Canadienne descent and so it wasn't talked about. I never even thought about it till 3 people in my high school class were named Arsenault. Also, I have always thought my sister looks like Celine Dion, and she sings very well too, hmmm?! Hey, I have a Cambodian friend who is not even sure what year he was born in so let's count our blessings!