New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

Debra, on the right there is the 1925 state census for New York ... Born in county Mayo, Ireland, in 1838, he came to Lyttleton in 1861. He became a member of the police force, and shortly ...

Lackawanna County has the highest percentage of residents reporting Irish ancestry in Pennsylvania. Two Pocono counties are ...

More than 1.9 million Pennsylvanians, or about 14.8%, report having Irish ancestry. That’s second to the 21.7% who report German ancestry, according to Census Bureau data. (Also coming in with ...