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A biography is a history of a person's life. In a biography, you may find the individual's birth, marriage, and death information as well as information about parents, spouse, children, and other family members. Verify information from biographies because it may be inaccurate. | A biography is a history of a person's life. In a biography, you may find the individual's birth, marriage, and death information as well as information about parents, spouse, children, and other family members. Verify information from biographies because it may be inaccurate. | ||
== | ==Online Resources == | ||
*[http://www.greatirishpeople.com/ Great Irish Pople - A Dictionary of Irish Biographies and Irish Portraits] | |||
*[http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ Irish Ancestors/Surnames 1500's - 1900's] | |||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1804761?availability=Family%20History%20Library Ireland and her people : a library of Irish biography], e-book, 4 volumes | |||
== Books == | |||
*Grenham, John. ''Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide''. 3rd ed. Dublin, Ireland: Gill and Macmillan, 2006. (Family History Library book Ref {{FHL|955440|title-id|disp=941.5 D27gj 2006}}.) | *Grenham, John. ''Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide''. 3rd ed. Dublin, Ireland: Gill and Macmillan, 2006. (Family History Library book Ref {{FHL|955440|title-id|disp=941.5 D27gj 2006}}.) | ||
*MacLysaght, Edward. ''Bibliography of Irish Family History''. 2d ed. Blackrock, Ireland: Irish Academic Press, 1982. (Family History Library book {{FHL|118533|title-id|disp=941.5 D23m}}.) | *MacLysaght, Edward. ''Bibliography of Irish Family History''. 2d ed. Blackrock, Ireland: Irish Academic Press, 1982. (Family History Library book {{FHL|118533|title-id|disp=941.5 D23m}}.) | ||
*Crone, John S. ''A Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography''. 1937. Reprint. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1970. (Family History Library book Ref {{FHL|140733|title-id|disp=941.5 D3cr}} 1970.) This dictionary contains short biographical summaries of famous Irishmen who lived between A.D. 350 and 1970. | |||
*Lee, Sir Sidney, et. al., eds.''Dictionary of National Biography''. 63 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1885-. (Family History Library book Ref {{FHL|920.042 D561n|disp=920.042 D561n}}; fiche {{FHL|244797|title-id|disp=6051261}}.) This series includes biographies of noteworthy British subjects who lived between a.d. 500 and 1985. | |||
== Locating Individual or Family Biographies == | |||
You can locate individual or family biographies in the Surname Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under the surname you are looking for. For information on biographies of royalty, nobility, and those with coats of arms, see [[Ireland Nobility|Ireland Nobility]]. | |||
== Biographical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries == | == Biographical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries == | ||
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*''British and Irish Biographies.'' London, England: Chadwyck- Healey, 1986-. This is a major and still growing microfiche collection of biographical dictionaries. A large portion of the collection is indexed in ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=Index+to+British+and+Irish+Biographies%2C+1840-1940.&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Index to British and Irish Biographies], 1840-1940.'' Manchester, England: Chadwyck-Healey, 1987. | *''British and Irish Biographies.'' London, England: Chadwyck- Healey, 1986-. This is a major and still growing microfiche collection of biographical dictionaries. A large portion of the collection is indexed in ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=Index+to+British+and+Irish+Biographies%2C+1840-1940.&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Index to British and Irish Biographies], 1840-1940.'' Manchester, England: Chadwyck-Healey, 1987. | ||
*The biographical dictionaries included in the collection, together with their Family History Library call numbers, are listed in the Author/Title Search of the microfiche catalog under BRITISH AND IRISH BIOGRAPHIES. | *The biographical dictionaries included in the collection, together with their Family History Library call numbers, are listed in the Author/Title Search of the microfiche catalog under BRITISH AND IRISH BIOGRAPHIES. | ||
*Sieveking, Paul, ed. ''The British Biographical Archive''. New York, New York: K. G. Sauer, 1986. (Family History Library fiche {{FHL|567444|title-id|disp=6029709}}-35, {{FHL|567444|title-id|disp=6066966}}.) This collection contains biographies from 324 printed sources dating from 1600 to 1900. | *Sieveking, Paul, ed. ''The British Biographical Archive''. New York, New York: K. G. Sauer, 1986. (Family History Library fiche {{FHL|567444|title-id|disp=6029709}}-35, {{FHL|567444|title-id|disp=6066966}}.) This collection contains biographies from 324 printed sources dating from 1600 to 1900. | ||