PROVO, UT -- 03/13/14 -- Ancestry.com announced today the addition of over three million historical records that will help people of Irish descent explore their connections to the Emerald Isle. These include more than 25,000 birth, marriage and death records as well as 2.7 million new records that form the 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts state censuses. Made possible through a relationship with the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the new records will provide further insight for Irish Americans, the nation's third most common ancestral group, and give them the resources to discover more about their family history. Click here to read more in Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter.