Terrence M. Punch is a prolific genealogy writer and lecturer, specializing primarily in Eastern Canada research. I have a couple of his books on my bookshelves and have used them often. Now I see that Lorna Inness has written a nice article about Terrence in the ChronicleHerald.ca web site:
"Being a successful genealogist requires a tireless dedication to the subject, an enthusiasm for following many leads only to have them turn into dead ends, and an ability to carry masses of details, not only in files but readily to mind. Such a person is Terrence M. Punch, a retired Halifax schoolteacher who has become a noted authority on the genealogy of 18th and 19th century Irish settlers in Atlantic Canada.
"Punch has written many articles on the subject and is well known as a lecturer. (Appropriately enough, on St. Patrick’s Day he will give a talk at the Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library on tracing Irish ancestors and what to look for if you go to Ireland.) He is the author of two books on Irish immigration to Atlantic Canada. His Erin’s Sons was published last year and a second volume now has been released. Erin’s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853, Volume II, adds some 7,000 names to those recorded in Volume I and gives more details, in brief words here, several sentences there, about many of those people."
You can read the entire article at http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1111434.html.
