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Excellent starting point for Irish Palatine research,
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This review is from: The Palatine Families of Ireland (Hardcover)
To summarize the story of the Irish Palatines - this people group originated in a region along the lower Rhine in Germany. Depending on the historian, various measures of religious persecution, economic hardship due to bad weather and false advertising by the British government all played a part in encouraging a great exodus circa 1709. In fact, all of the ingredients of a good story!These "Poor Palatines" were taken in by "good" Queen Anne of England, some ending up in Ireland where they were sent to prop up the Protestant faith. The Palatines then went on to do all manner of interesting deeds and travel to interesting places - emigrants from the colony included the founder of the Methodist church in North America, Philip Embury. This is where Hank Jones' book comes in to play. Hank has done a tremendous job of researching the genealogy of the various Palatine families of Ireland. I have found his book to be invaluable in tracing my own family roots - the vast majority of this book is purely genealogical information. I am sure that anyone who has similar interests will also find the book to be most useful! |
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The Palatine Families of Ireland by Henry Z. Jones (Hardcover - January 1, 1990)
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