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Learn everything you ever wanted to know about journaling, including inspiration and ideas for getting started.
http://www.journals.about.com

Family and Personal History Resources:

  • My History Is America’s History -- to read or share your stories or to learn of additional resources:
    http://www.myhistory.org/
  • American Life Histories -- first-person accounts of Depression and pre-WW II life, compiled through the WPA’s Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1940
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
  • Links to an assortment of journals, ranging from the 20th century to ancient times:
    http://www.journals.about.com/arts/journals/msubmenu4.htm
  • For Cyndi’s List of diaries and letters:
    http://www.CyndisList.com/diaries.htm

    • Photos and Memorabilia -- A list of sites for sharing and identifying old photos and other memorabilia, as well as resources to help you decipher the secrets in old photos:

  • Honoring Our Ancestors:
    http://www.honoringourancestors.com/library.html#nine
  • Cyndis List of photo and memories sites:
    http://www.CyndisList.com/photos.htm

    • Family Bibles:
    http://www.CyndisList.com/bibles.htm

    For Irish roots:

  • Cyndi’s List of Irish Resources:
    http://www.cyndislist.com/ireland.htm
  • RootsWeb’s Guide to Tracing Irish Ancestors:
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson21.htm
  • Irish Family History Foundation:
    http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/roots.htm
  • Yahoo! Irish genealogy sites
    http://www.yahoo.com/

    • New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS):
    http://www.nehgs.org

    Harshaw Diaries:

  • Public Records Office Northern Ireland (PRONI) account of the diaries:
    proni.gov.uk/introduction_harshaw_d4149-2.pdf [PDF Document]
  • Partial Diary of "Honest" John Martin, Young Irelander:
    www.burgoyne.com/pages/ballark/John/Diary.html
  • Kevin's Harshaw Diary:
    www.theballards.net/Harshaw/