[ arbor : tree ] + [ borealis : northern ]
It has been a very busy few months here at Arborealis, with recent updates to the website in line with WordPress’s new Full Site Editor method for designing, launching, and maintaining a website. At this date, we have completed about two-thirds of this task. We might have made greater progress but have continued to publish … Read more
The children of one of our nearly related Kilpatrick families of Lislea townland seem to have disappeared from the Irish record, qualifying as another family history mystery. Adam Kilpatrick (IV) was born on 13th December 1834 in Lislea townland in the parish of Kilrea, county Derry, the son of Adam Kilpatrick (III) (d.1837) and Hester … Read more
After thirteen years’ study of a wide range of Irish, Canadian, and American records, I’ve decided, finally, that I’m as ready as I’ll ever be to put quill to paper and write the Kilpatrick family history for our branch out of Lislea townland in the parish of Kilrea, county Londonderry. This research commenced in late … Read more