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| === [[Ireland]], How to Find a Place Name === | | === [[Ireland]], How to Find a Place Name === |
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| <br> Introduction Events in the lives of your ancestors, including [[Ireland Civil Registration|births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths]], may have been officially recorded at the time they took place. In many cases, you need to know exactly where an event took place in order to find a record of it. If you don't know the place, you may be able to find that information in sources readily available to you. [[Ireland Record Selection Table|Ireland Record Selection Table]] which type of Irish records to search. <br> | | <br> Introduction Events in the lives of your ancestors, including [[Ireland Civil Registration|births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths]], may have been officially recorded at the time they took place. In many cases, you need to know exactly where an event took place in order to find a record of it. If you don't know the place, you may be able to find that information in sources readily available to you. [[Ireland Record Finder|Ireland Record Finder]] which type of Irish records to search. <br> |
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| ==== What You Are Looking For ==== | | ==== What You Are Looking For ==== |
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| ==== Step 4 [[Select Records to Search|Look for compiled research sources]] ==== | | ==== Step 4 [[Select Records to Search|Look for compiled research sources]] ==== |
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| <br> [[Organize Your Records|After reviewing home and family sources]] and selecting a research goal, look for research on your family compiled by others. Someone else may have already identified places where the events in the lives of your ancestors occurred. [[Select Records to Search|Compiled research]] may be found in private and public collections of individuals, libraries, and societies, as well as on the Internet. For more information about finding [[Ireland Record Selection Table|compiled research sources]], see [[A Checklist of Compiled Sources and Where to Find Them|How to Find Compiled Sources]]. <br> | | <br> [[Organize Your Records|After reviewing home and family sources]] and selecting a research goal, look for research on your family compiled by others. Someone else may have already identified places where the events in the lives of your ancestors occurred. [[Select Records to Search|Compiled research]] may be found in private and public collections of individuals, libraries, and societies, as well as on the Internet. For more information about finding [[Ireland Record Finder|compiled research sources]], see [[A Checklist of Compiled Sources and Where to Find Them|How to Find Compiled Sources]]. <br> |
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| ==== Step 5 Analyze what you know about your ancestor ==== | | ==== Step 5 Analyze what you know about your ancestor ==== |