The American-Irish Historical Society was established in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1897 to promote historical research on the Irish in American history. This CD contains 16 volumes of the journal, 1898-1917. Items include: Necrology, John Sullivan and the Capture of the Powder at Newcastle (NH); Early Irish in Virginia; First Irish in Illinois; Irish Vanguard of Rhode Island; Irish Pioneers of the Connecticut Valley; Irish Pioneers of Texas; Kentucky; New Hampshire; The Whistler Family; Irish Emigration during the 17th and 18th Centuries; Irish Blood in American Journalism; The Irish in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee; Early New Hampshire Irish families of Dennis, Cornelius, Patrick, and Michaels; "Anglo-Saxon" Fallacies and many more. A must for the genealogist!
This CD-ROM uses the powerful Adobe Acrobat reader (for Windows and Macintosh, provided free on the CD; the corresponding viewer for other operating systems, can be downloaded free of charge from www.Adobe.com). The format preserves the look of the original page and allows the user to search the text for names of people and places. When you run a search, the hits are highlighted on each page for easy identification. In addition, numerous bookmarks have been added which make it easy to move through the books, and from book to book. This CD is best viewed with monitor resolution 800x600 or higher.
American Irish Historical Society
(1999), 2005, CD-ROM, Graphic Images, Adobe Acrobat v6, PC or Mac, 5168 pp.
ISBN: 9780788411625
101-CD1162
