NOVEMBER 15, 2020 When blight struck the Ireland countryside’s crop between 1845 and 1852, families that were deeply affected and starving, scrambled to survive and find ways to protect their loved ones. Many felt compelled to leave their homeland behind and emigrate to the States and elsewhere. One such family included my KEEFFE ancestors, hailing from Lismonihis, County Cork. John Gregory Crace, oldest known photo of an Irish potato famine survivor, 1853, County Waterford, Ireland; The Sexton Collection, The Irish Potato Famine exhibition; Kathy Armstrong, “Who is the Irish man in this rare 164-year-old photo?,” Independent.ie ( https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/who-is-the-irish-man-in-this-rare-164-year-old-photo-35691822.html : accessed 15 Nov 2020). Unfortunately I have not yet uncovered any photos of my Irish emigrant ancestors, nor do I expect to, as photography was quite expensive and still rather new during that period of history. However, I have stumbled acro...