The following was written by the Irish Genealogical Research Society: The Council of the Irish Genealogical Research Society is pleased to announce that the 2021 recipient of the Wallace Clare Award is Julian C. Walton, MA, FIGRS. Julian has made a truly remarkable contribution to the study of Irish genealogy over five decades. Through his …
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IGRS Announces the Presentation of the 2021 Wallace Clare Award
The following was written by the Irish Genealogical Research Society: The Council of the Irish Genealogical Research Society is pleased to announce that the 2021 recipient of the Wallace Clare Award is Julian C. Walton, MA, FIGRS. Julian has made a truly remarkable contribution to the study of Irish genealogy over five decades. Through his …
Killed in a 1961 Crash, ‘Unknown Boy’ Is Finally Identified
The mystery of a teenage hitchhiker, now identified as Daniel Paul Armantrout, was solved 60 years later because of advances in DNA technology and genealogy. They called him “Unknown Boy.” The blue-eyed hitchhiker with olive skin drowned when the car he was riding in crashed through the rail of a bridge and plunged into the …