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Does Your Family Tree Bring You the "Luck o' the Irish" ?

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SPRINGVILLE, Utah - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Are you celebrating the "Luck o' the Irish" this St. Patrick's Day? More than 44 million Americans claim Irish ancestry. If you are one of those people and you'd like to uncover your Irish family tree, visit OneGreatFamily.com and the St. Patrick's Day History page.

Many well-known Americans have Irish roots in their background. At OneGreatFamily.com, you can explore the family trees of many famous Irish-Americans, and even see if you're related:

  • U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan
  • Inventor Henry Ford
  • Creative Genius Walt Disney
  • Author Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind)
  • Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (The Birds and Psycho)
  • Beloved Entertainers Bing Crosby and Judy Garland

OneGreatFamily.com hosts a gigantic, interconnected family tree with more than 200 million names that have been submitted by genealogy enthusiasts in their own family trees. You can potentially uncover and connect information about multiple generations to yourself.

Resources for Finding Details About Your Own Family History

  • Join OneGreatFamily.com (free trial or full membership) and begin entering your own family tree (increase your odds of finding a connection by entering at least 18 names).
  • OneGreatFamily's search engine makes connections to any other branches of your family tree that are already there (this may take a while - we plow through more than 18 TRILLION comparisons of family relationships every week).
  • User Charlotte Kendrick recently said, "Thank you for all the families you have connected for me! I am so grateful, as I now have over 80,000 names in my family tree!" You can read about the experiences of other genealogy enthusiasts using OneGreatFamily.com.
  • Learn about Irish history at the Irish Ancestry page. Also, get tips on researching family histories for a variety of other nationalities at the Last Name Origins page.

About www.OneGreatFamily.com

OneGreatFamily.com was founded in 1999 by Alan Eaton with a vision to merge all of the separate family trees created by genealogists into one unified tree. To date, more than 200,000,000 individuals have been submitted. Users can try the site with a free seven-day trial or purchase a full-access subscription.

Note: All trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

OneGreatFamily.com
Claire LaBeaux, 801-491-0335 x275
claire.labeaux@onegreatfamily.com



 
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