Family History

Irish Family History

Ask About Ireland
Use the link to the Reading Room to explore the contents of Ireland's public libraries, museums and archives. You can access Griffiths Valuation free.The site has good Digital Books section too, which includes a history category
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/

Genuki: Ireland
Gateway to many national and county resources.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/ big/ irl/

Glasnevin Trust
Dublin area. About 1.5 million records available for Glasnevin Trust cemeteries and crematoria, from 1828 to the present day. Searching is free, but there is a charge to view. Click 'Trace your roots...' link to begin
http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/

Ireland Reaching Out
By working parish-by-parish across Ireland, Ireland XO seeks to identify members if the Irish Diaspora, wherever they may be found across the world, and invite them to become involved in their place of origin
http://www.irelandxo.com/

IrelandGenWeb
Gateway to county resources
http://www.irelandgenweb.com/

Irish Family History Foundation
The coordinating body for a network of county based centres. You can have research carried out for you from the millions of genealogical records the centres have gathered. The centres are now making their records available online
http://www.irish-roots.ie/

Irish Family Research
A wide range of databases you can search online
http://www.irishfamilyresearch.co.uk

Irish Genealogical Research Society
Includes details of the society's library in London and links to other sites for Irish family history.
http://www.igrsoc.org/

Irish Genealogy
Various chargeable search services but also a free introductory document called 'Tracing your ancestors'. Click the 'Tracing your ancestors' link on the menu for a page that enables you to download the document.
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie

Irish Origins
Includes the definitive versions of Irish ancestor records and survey maps of Ireland associated with Griffith's Primary Valuation of Ireland, as well as the Irish Wills Index (1484-1858) and the 1851 Dublin City Census.
http://www.irishorigins.com/

Irish Roots
Gateway provided by The Irish Family History Foundation, "the co-ordinating body for a network of government approved genealogical research centres in the Republic of Ireland (Eire) and in Northern Ireland which have computerised tens of millions of Irish ancestral records of different types". Provides links to the Irish Family History Foundation centre for each county
http://www.irishroots.net

Moving Here: Irish Roots
This 'Tracing your roots' section of the 'Moving Here' web site gives a great deal of information on how to research your Irish roots, looking at the resources available both in Ireland and in the UK.
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/ galleries/ roots/ irish/ irish.htm

National Archives of Ireland - 1911 Census
All 32 counties on the 1911 Census for Ireland are available online, and the records are free to view, including images
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

Northern IrelandGenWeb
Gateway to resources.
http://www.rootsweb.com/ ~nirwgw/

PRONI: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
PRONI aims to identify, preserve and make available Northern Ireland's unique archival heritage and community memory. Site has searchable online resources
http://www.proni.gov.uk/

The National Archives - Early Irish maps from State Papers c.1558 - c.1610
These maps come from the �State Papers Ireland�, the main record of government business in the early modern period. The maps were originally bound with papers in a specific map series, SP 64, which runs parallel to the main series of State Papers Ireland in SP 63, among which maps can also be found. You can download these state papers free of charge using the links in the table. The table also shows the original references, and which map extract references the maps are now held under.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ documentsonline/ irishmaps.asp

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