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February 13, 2023 - Medium - "Captured in Time: Syrian Immigrant Sultana Numeir upon Arrival in America in 1890" by Megan Smolenyak
December 25, 2022 - The Buffalo News - "For Henry Wesley, the greatest Christmas gift: Family he never knew" by Sean Kirst
April 17, 2022 - The Buffalo News - "'From death comes life, and that's Easter': For West Falls woman, emotional meeting on bridge" by Sean Kirst
December 4, 2021 - The Buffalo News - "In Seneca Falls, a desperate leap and real-life angel tie in to 'It's a Wonderful Life'" by Sean Kirst
November 14, 2021 - The Buffalo News - "After man's death, his WWII service came to life through a scrapbook" by Sean Kirst
September 4, 2021 - The Buffalo News - "Infant in wartime photo offers goodbye from afar, to an old soldier" by Sean Kirst
July 30, 2021 - The Buffalo News - "'Kind of like Jackie Robinson': Stunning legacy of Buffalo hoops pioneer, lost too soon" by Sean Kirst
June 29, 2021 - Medium - "I Was the Only One Who Knew" by Megan Smolenyak
May 31, 2021 - The Buffalo News - "'I would give my life': A WWII platoon leader's letter reaches generations" by Sean Kirst
April 6, 2021 - The Buffalo News - "Scrawled 86 years ago at Statler, hidden names summon a family" by Sean Kirst
February 25, 2021 - Medium - "Animate Your Ancestors" by Megan Smolenyak
February 17, 2021 - Medium - "Name Game: Celebrities Have Nothing on the Rest of Us" by Megan Smolenyak
February 10, 2021 - Medium - "The Gift of the Double Census" by Megan Smolenyak
January 10, 2021 - Medium - "Philip Reed, The Enslaved Man Who Rescued Freedom" by Megan Smolenyak
December 21, 2020 - Medium - "Solving the Mystery of Arne Pettersen, the Last to Leave Ellis Island" by Megan Smolenyak
October 9, 2020 - Medium - "Best Babyhood Ever" by Megan Smolenyak
September 19, 2020 - The Buffalo News - "In Lackawanna, a labor martyr's tombstone rises from the earth" by Sean Kirst
September 5, 2020 - The Buffalo News - "Reclaiming a hero who tried to save President McKinley" by Sean Kirst
February 1, 2020 - The Buffalo News - "After 65 years, she learns she exists because Kenmore man rescued her dad" by Sean Kirst
April 13, 2019 - The Buffalo News - "After 75 years, lost airman who longed for Buffalo comes home" (Rogers Jr., Vince) by Sean Kirst
May 16, 2018 - The Times-Tribune - "Unclaimed but still remembered" by Joseph Kohut
May 13, 2018 - Times Union - "Henry Johnson, Albany's WWI hero, gets new honor a century after battle" (Johnson, Henry) by Steve Hughes
May 4, 2018 - Medium - "Kanye, Meet Your Great-Uncle" by Megan Smolenyak
April 26, 2018 - Medium - "Why Hasn’t Devin Nunes Assimilated Yet?" by Megan Smolenyak
April 14, 2018 - Medium - "On the Prowl for Bruce Springsteen’s Irish Roots" by Megan Smolenyak
April 8, 2018 - The Washington Post - "After 73 years, the remains of a Tuskegee airman lost over Europe may have been found" (Capt. Dickson, Lawrence E.) By Michael E. Ruane
February 13, 2018 - Medium - "Chain Migration: What’s Changed?" by Megan Smolenyak
August 2017 - Kidsville News - "What Is It Like To Be A Genealogist?"
May 22, 2017 - Huffington Post - "My Fellow Soldiers: General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War" by Megan Smolenyak
August/September 2016 - Irish America MagazineDigital Edition [Pages 72 - 73] - "5 Things You Didn't Know About Melissa McCarthy's Family Tree" by Megan Smolenyak
August/September 2016 - Irish America - "Roots: Melissa McCarthy" by Megan Smolenyak
August 9, 2016 - Megan Smolenyak - "Tim Kaine Ancestral Samplings" by Megan Smolenyak
June 27, 2016 - Megan Smolenyak - "Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Revolutionary Ancestors" by Megan Smolenyak
April 4, 2016 - Huffington Post - "Genealogy Is Officially a TV Genre" by Megan Smolenyak
April/May 2016 - Irish America Magazine - Digital Edition [Pages 76 - 78] - "Annie Moore's Long Lost Irish Cousins" by Megan Smolenyak
March 30, 2016 - Megan Smolenyak YouTube Channel - "Annie Moore, 1st to arrive at Ellis Island, serenaded by her Irish cousin, tenor Paul Linehan" by Megan Smolenyak
March 30, 2016 - Irish America - "Celebrating the 2016 Irish America Hall of Fame" by Adam Farley
March 30, 2016 - The New York Times - "A New Verse in the Ballad of Ellis Island's First Immigrant" by Sam Roberts
February/March 2016 - Irish America - "The Spy in the Castle" by Megan Smolenyak
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Irish America Digital Magazine [See Pages 82 - 85] "The Spy in the Castle" by Megan Smolenyak
March 18, 2016 - The Irish Times - "Generation saga: Relatives of Annie Moore traced" by Barry Roche
December/January 2016 - Irish America Magazine - "From Ellen to Eileen" by Megan Smolenyak [See Pages 88 - 89]
December/January 2016 - Irish America - "From Ellen to Eileen" by Megan Smolenyak
October/November 2015 - Irish America Magazine - "On the Prowl for Springsteen's Irish Roots" by Megan Smolenyak [See Pages 90 - 91]
October/November, 2015 - Irish America - "On the Prowl for Springsteen's Irish Roots" by Megan Smolenyak
August 13, 2015 - Huffington Post - "Inmates Indexing Genealogy Records" by Megan Smolenyak
August/September 2015 - Irish America - "Photo Album: The Shields Family" by Megan Smolenyak
and Irish America Digital Magazine [Page 96] - "My Irish Mother" by Megan Smolenyak
June 1, 2015 - Huffington Post - "World's Largest Family Reunion: Genealogy or Preen-ealogy" by Megan Smolenyak
April/May 2015 - Irish America Magazine [See Pages 54 - 60] - "Jersey Boys: Irish Soldiers in WWI" and "How Many Irish-Born Died in Service to the U.S. in WWI?" by Megan Smolenyak
April 6, 2015 - Irish Independent - "1,000 Irish died with American army in WWI" by Claire McCormack
April 6, 2015 - Huffington Post - "Hillary Clinton Family Tree a Wake-Up Call for Genealogy" by Megan Smolenyak
April/May 2015 - Irish America Magazine - "Hillary Rodham Clinton's Celtic Roots" by Megan Smolenyak [See Pages 50-52]
Feruary 17, 2015 - Huffington Post - "Historical Accuracy as Prison?" by Megan Smolenyak
April 17, 2014 - Roots World - "Memorial for Philip Reed, Slave Who Placed Freedom on the Capitol" by Megan Smolenyak
January 12, 2014 - The Post-Standard - "111-year-old Syracuse Irish woman the longest-living person in Irish history" by Sean Kirst
January 9, 2014 - Irish Central - "The longest-lived person ever born in Ireland? Kathleen Snavely, 111, here in greater Syracuse" by Sheila Langan
September 18, 2013 - Huffington Post - "DNA Stories: Did She Marry Her Cousin? (VIDEO)" by Megan Smolenyak
August 2013 - Irish Lives Remembered [Pages 36 - 37] - "A Missing Letter in Kerry Unearths a Family Mystery" by Megan Smolenyak
August 19, 2013 - Huffington Post - "DNA Stories: A Tale of Two Fathers (VIDEO)" by Megan Smolenyak
August 8, 2013 - Huffington Post - "5 Reasons HBO Needs to Renew Family Tree" by Megan Smolenyak
July 26, 2013 - The Huffington Post - "Genetic Family Reunion: DNA Reveals Alex Haley's Scottish Roots (VIDEO)" by Megan Smolenyak
June 26, 2013 - The Huffington Post - "Who Do You Think You Are? Celebrities Announced" by Megan Smolenyak
June 15, 2013 - The Huffington Post - "Lost and Found for Humans" by Megan Smolenyak
May 23, 2013 - The Huffington Post - "A Memorial Day Tribute to Dad for his Service in Vietnam" by Megan Smolenyak
May 2, 2013 - Huffington Post - "HBO's Family Tree First of Four Genealogy Series to Air in U.S." by Megan Smolenyak
March 19, 2013 - Huffington Post - "Family Tree Mockumentary Series Coming to HBO & BBC" by Megan Smolenyak
March 13, 2013 - The Kerryman - "A letter from America gets a reply - 29 years on!" by Dónal Nolan Read this article in PDF format
March 5, 2013 - Huffington Post - "Letter to Ireland Answered -- 28 Years Later" by Megan Smolenyak
December 17, 2012 - Huffington Post - "How You Can Help Ellis Island Rise Above the Waters" by Megan Smolenyak
November 19, 2012 - The New York Times - "Storm Jeopardizes Building's Survival After Two Centuries" by Sam Roberts
September 28, 2012 - Huffington Post - "Which Countries Could You Be President Of?" by Megan Smolenyak
March 30, 2012 - Huffington Post - "Make History in Your Pajamas" by Megan Smolenyak
February 6, 2012 - Huffington Post - "Unexpected Ways To Find Your Ancestors" by Megan Smolenyak
October 3, 2011 - Huffington Post - "Seeds of a Trans-Atlantic Reunion" by Megan Smolenyak
July 27, 2011 - The New York Times - "Mystery Tombstone Finds Its Place of Rest" by Sam Roberts
June 29, 2011 - Huffington Post - "Summer Genealogy Reads" by Megan Smolenyak
March 31, 2011 - The Tuam Herald - "Obama researcher traces war hero to Sylane" by Tom Gilmore
March 15, 2011 - Huffington Post - "WWI Soldier Representative of Connection Between Ireland and America" by Megan Smolenyak
December 17, 2010 - Huffington Post - "Did I Marry My Cousin?" by Megan Smolenyak
December 2, 2010 - Standard Speaker - "Remains of area soldier killed in WWI returned" by John E. Usalis
October 11, 2010 - Huffington Post - "A Funeral on My 50th" by Megan Smolenyak
August 25, 2010 - Huffington Post - "Roots Travel in Ireland" by Megan Smolenyak
August 24, 2010 - Irish Central - "New details on oldest living Irishwoman uncovered" by Cathy Hayes
August 18, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Following the Trail of the Oldest Living Irishwoman" by Megan Smolenyak
July 7, 2010 - The New York Times - "The Curious Mystery of the Sidewalk Tombstone" by Sam Roberts
February 1, 2010 - Sioux City Journal - "Child's tombstone traced to Danbury" by Tim Gallagher
January 24, 2010 - San Luis Obispo Tribune - "Genealogy expert Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak to speak at seminar sponsored by sponsored by the San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society" by Sarah Linn
November/December 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article - "The Quest for Obama's Irish Roots"
October 13, 2008 - Irish Times article - "Ellis Island's first immigrant honoured" by Lucy Kennedy
October 8, 2008 - Newsweek article - "The Man Who Would Be King" by Kurt Soller
October 8, 2008 - Reuters UK article - "Palin may be related to Princess Diana and Roosevelt" by Ellen Wulfhorst
October 7, 2008 - USA Today article - "Texan is Washington's kin, and could've been king" by Michelle Roberts
October 5, 2008 - Plain Dealer Politics Blog article - "Presidential candidate Obama has Irish kin in southern Ohio" by Margaret Bernstein. Includes PDF download of Obama's Family Tree.
September, 2008 - Irish Times article - "Four Green Fields"
September, 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article - "The Man (or Woman) Who Would Be King"
July/August 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Where is the Honor Guard?"
May/June 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article (digital version) - "Found! Who Gets the Bible"
March 1, 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article - "She Had Me at Junkyard"
December 11, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "If You're a Wee Bit Irish"
September/October 2003 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Who Is the Genealogist Next Door?" Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Ancestry Magazine.
September/October 2003 - Heritage Quest article - "Answers in the Cemetery: James Reynolds of Jersey City, NJ"
November 10, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "All I Want for Christmas..."