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*[http://www.clarelibrary.ie/ Clare County Library] hosts the best county collection of online Irish family history. | *[http://www.clarelibrary.ie/ Clare County Library] hosts the best county collection of online Irish family history. | ||
*[ | *[https://www.limerick.ie/archives Limerick City Archives Digital Collections] | ||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives of Ireland] holds manuscript and microfilm collections & is working to digitize and index the 1901 & 1911 census. | *[http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives of Ireland] holds manuscript and microfilm collections & is working to digitize and index the 1901 & 1911 census. | ||
*[http://www.ancestryireland.com/index.php?ai_home/ Ulster Historical Foundation] Contains a lot of useful information and the ability to do a free search on a surname and/or given name. There are more than two million entries in the various databases. A search for the surname Dobb provides reference to 448 sources where the name appears. | *[http://www.ancestryireland.com/index.php?ai_home/ Ulster Historical Foundation] Contains a lot of useful information and the ability to do a free search on a surname and/or given name. There are more than two million entries in the various databases. A search for the surname Dobb provides reference to 448 sources where the name appears. | ||
*[http://presbyterianhistoryireland.com/ Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland] Formed in 1907, it was made up of the three churches which held the Presbyterian Order in Ireland - the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland - with the object of promoting the knowledge of, and advance public education in, the history of the churches of the Presbyterian Order in Ireland by various means, including the collection and preservation of historic materials and records of these churches. | *[http://presbyterianhistoryireland.com/ Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland] Formed in 1907, it was made up of the three churches which held the Presbyterian Order in Ireland - the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland - with the object of promoting the knowledge of, and advance public education in, the history of the churches of the Presbyterian Order in Ireland by various means, including the collection and preservation of historic materials and records of these churches. | ||
*[http:// | *[http://waterfordlibraries.ie/ Waterford County Library] contains online resources such as death registers 1864-1901, grave memorials, and trade directories from 1824-1910. | ||
*[http://www.irishancestors.ie Irish Genealogical Research Society Library], London | *[http://www.irishancestors.ie Irish Genealogical Research Society Library], London | ||
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*[http://www.interment.net/ireland/ www.interment.net/ireland] | *[http://www.interment.net/ireland/ www.interment.net/ireland] | ||
*[http://www.from-ireland.net/ | *[http://www.from-ireland.net/free-gravestone-records/#display www.from-ireland.net]- Ireland Gravestone Database | ||
*[http://www.origins.net/IrishOrigins/Search/Burial/IOSearchBurial.aspx www.irishorigins.com] | *[http://www.origins.net/IrishOrigins/Search/Burial/IOSearchBurial.aspx www.irishorigins.com] | ||
*[http://rootsireland.ie/index.php?id=aboutthesources www.rootsireland.ie]- Gravestone inscriptions | *[http://rootsireland.ie/index.php?id=aboutthesources www.rootsireland.ie]- Gravestone inscriptions | ||
*[http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=country&FScountryid=35 www.findagrave.com]- | *[http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=country&FScountryid=35 www.findagrave.com]- | ||
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61039 Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915] (Ancestry.com) Ancestry.com has indexed the National Library of Ireland's collection of online Catholic parish registers, with links to images of the original record. There are over 25 million records in this collection, making it an invaluable resource for tracing Catholic ancestors. Find through the link or search Ancestry Card Catalog for Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915. Be warned that these dates are collective, each individual parish has its own dates of record coverage. | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61039 Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915] (Ancestry.com) Ancestry.com has indexed the National Library of Ireland's collection of online Catholic parish registers, with links to images of the original record. There are over 25 million records in this collection, making it an invaluable resource for tracing Catholic ancestors. Find through the link or search Ancestry Card Catalog for Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915. Be warned that these dates are collective, each individual parish has its own dates of record coverage. | ||
*[http://www.rootsireland.ie/ www.rootsireland.ie] holds an online index to Irish parish registers from nineteen counties. | *[http://www.rootsireland.ie/ www.rootsireland.ie] holds an online index to Irish parish registers from nineteen counties. | ||
*[ | *[https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ www.irishgenealogy.ie] - Includes searchable church records for Dublin City and for the counties of Carlow, Cork and Kerry. Inlcudes Catholic, Anglican, and and some Presbyterian church records. Images are available free online.<br>[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927084 Familysearch] | ||
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk Findmypast.co.uk] has published recent Ireland offerings which now makes accessible, numerous additional Irish databases online, and are worth searching. | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk Findmypast.co.uk] has published recent Ireland offerings which now makes accessible, numerous additional Irish databases online, and are worth searching. | ||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927084 www.familysearch.org] Indexes some births/baptisms, 1620-1881; marriages 1619-1898; (Most of the church records do not go into the 1600s-1700s); also includes microfilm copies of church records at the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Family History Library]. Also indexed and coinciding with the era of church registers-keeping, are the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths commencing in 1864 (and 1845 for Protestant marriages only) up to 1959.<br>[http://ireland.anglican.org/ Anglican] | *[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927084 www.familysearch.org] Indexes some births/baptisms, 1620-1881; marriages 1619-1898; (Most of the church records do not go into the 1600s-1700s); also includes microfilm copies of church records at the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Family History Library]. Also indexed and coinciding with the era of church registers-keeping, are the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths commencing in 1864 (and 1845 for Protestant marriages only) up to 1959.<br>[http://ireland.anglican.org/ Anglican] | ||
*[http://ireland.anglican.org/ www.Ireland.anglican.org] (Representative Church Body Library) holdings of the Church of Ireland church records.<br>[http://www.proni.gov.uk/ Proni Government UK] | *[http://ireland.anglican.org/ www.Ireland.anglican.org] (Representative Church Body Library) holdings of the Church of Ireland church records.<br>[http://www.proni.gov.uk/ Proni Government UK] | ||
*[http://www.proni.gov.uk/ www.proni.gov.uk] (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) has copies of the Church of Ireland church records from the Representative Church Body Library. | *[http://www.proni.gov.uk/ www.proni.gov.uk] (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) has copies of the Church of Ireland church records from the Representative Church Body Library. | ||
*[http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse]- Provides information and links to surviving Irish church records. [http://www.cyndislist.com/uk/irl/ Cyndislist] | *[http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse] - Provides information and links to surviving Irish church records. [http://www.cyndislist.com/uk/irl/ Cyndislist] | ||
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/uk/irl/ www.cyndislist.com]- Links to other websites containing Irish births, marriages, and deaths. | *[http://www.cyndislist.com/uk/irl/ www.cyndislist.com]- Links to other websites containing Irish births, marriages, and deaths. | ||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/betham-genealogical-abstracts www.findmypast.com] - Betham Genealogical Abstracts; abstracts of genealogical records collected by Sir William Betham. Useful substitute to records lost in the 1922 Public Record Office fire in Dublin. | *[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/betham-genealogical-abstracts www.findmypast.com] - Betham Genealogical Abstracts; abstracts of genealogical records collected by Sir William Betham. Useful substitute to records lost in the 1922 Public Record Office fire in Dublin. | ||
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/2110821 www.familysearch.org] United States, Famine Irish Passenger Index,1846-1851 | *[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/2110821 www.familysearch.org] United States, Famine Irish Passenger Index,1846-1851 | ||
*[ | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/missingirish/ Boston Pilot Search for Missing Friends] 1831-1920, Ancestry ($); [https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/UNJU3N Harvard Dataverse] (downloads) | ||
*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] (includes Filby's ''Passenger & Immigration Lists Index'' and indexes to [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=112 incoming passenger lists] for most U.S. ports; also includes incoming passenger lists, passenger lists for those [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1518 returning to visit Ireland from 1878-1960], [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 passport applications], [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=115 naturalization records], [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=114 border crossing records], [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=118 ship pictures and descritptions], etc. | *[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] (includes Filby's ''Passenger & Immigration Lists Index'' and indexes to [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=112 incoming passenger lists] for most U.S. ports; also includes incoming passenger lists, passenger lists for those [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1518 returning to visit Ireland from 1878-1960], [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 passport applications], [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=115 naturalization records], [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=114 border crossing records], [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=118 ship pictures and descritptions], etc. | ||
*[http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=GP44 aad.archives.gov]- Ireland Famine Emigrants Online (1846-1851) | *[http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=GP44 aad.archives.gov]- Ireland Famine Emigrants Online (1846-1851) | ||
*[http://www.cimorelli.com/ireland/irishpass.htm www.cimorelli.com/ireland/irishpass.htm]- Irish Immigrants Database | *[http://www.cimorelli.com/ireland/irishpass.htm www.cimorelli.com/ireland/irishpass.htm]- Irish Immigrants Database | ||
*[ | *[https://www.johngrenham.com/records/passenger_urls.php?StartLetter=A www.johngrenham.com]- Ireland passengers lists separated from the Immigrants Transcriber's Guild. | ||
*[http://www.findmypast.com/content/irish-genealogy-records www.findmypast.com] - Passengers lists of those leaving the British Isles from 1890-1960 | *[http://www.findmypast.com/content/irish-genealogy-records www.findmypast.com] - Passengers lists of those leaving the British Isles from 1890-1960 | ||
*[http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ www.ancestorsonboard.com]- Passengers lists of those leaving the British Isles from 1890-1960 | *[http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ www.ancestorsonboard.com]- Passengers lists of those leaving the British Isles from 1890-1960 | ||
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*[http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ http://www.thecore.com/seanruad] is an online version of the index to townlands compiled from the 1851 census. | *[http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ http://www.thecore.com/seanruad] is an online version of the index to townlands compiled from the 1851 census. | ||
*[http://www.irishhistoricmaps.ie/historic/ maps.osi.ie/publicviewer] Irish historic maps. Ireland's most comprehensive archive of maps from c1839to about 1900. Maps are free to view. The 6" historic maps are 1st edition O.S.I. and date from between 1837 and 1842, and the 25" maps date from around 1890 to 1910. | *[http://www.irishhistoricmaps.ie/historic/ maps.osi.ie/publicviewer] Irish historic maps. Ireland's most comprehensive archive of maps from c1839to about 1900. Maps are free to view. The 6" historic maps are 1st edition O.S.I. and date from between 1837 and 1842, and the 25" maps date from around 1890 to 1910. | ||
*[http://www.mayolibrary.ie/en/MayoMaps/ Mayo County Maps] (Mayo County Library) | |||
*[http://www.mayolibrary.ie/en/ | |||
*[http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/ www.libraryireland.com/topog]- ''Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. This dates from 1837 and gives historical and statistcal descriptions of Ireland counties, cities, parishes, townlands, and villages. | *[http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/ www.libraryireland.com/topog]- ''Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. This dates from 1837 and gives historical and statistcal descriptions of Ireland counties, cities, parishes, townlands, and villages. | ||
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ www.genuki.org.uk]- Links to maps, gazetteers, etc. | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ www.genuki.org.uk]- Links to maps, gazetteers, etc. | ||
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*Use [http://www.google.com/ Google], Bing or other search engines. E.g. “County Mayo parish map” | *Use [http://www.google.com/ Google], Bing or other search engines. E.g. “County Mayo parish map” | ||
*[http://www.irishancestors.ie/?page_id=5392 The Irish Genealogical Research Society] has an online version of the index to townlands compiled from the 1901 census. | *[http://www.irishancestors.ie/?page_id=5392 The Irish Genealogical Research Society] has an online version of the index to townlands compiled from the 1901 census. | ||
*[https://www.irish-geneaography.com/irish-maps--gazetteers.html Irish Geneaography] - Irish Maps & Gazetteers | |||
*[https://tiara.ie/maps/ The Irish Ancestral Research Association] | |||
=== Military Records === | === Military Records === | ||
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=== Records of the Poor === | === Records of the Poor === | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Ireland/ Workhouses in Ireland]- Gives information regarding the Irish poor and the workhouse life | ||
*[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/records/ www.workhouses.org.uk]- Information on Ireland Poor Law Unions | *[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/records/ www.workhouses.org.uk]- Information on Ireland Poor Law Unions | ||
*[http://www.waterfordcountymuseum.org/exhibit/web/Display/article/97/5/ Waterford County Museum]- Gives information on the famine in Dungarvan and the poor. | *[http://www.waterfordcountymuseum.org/exhibit/web/Display/article/97/5/ Waterford County Museum]- Gives information on the famine in Dungarvan and the poor. | ||
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*[http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse] | *[http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse] | ||
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ www.genuki.org.uk] | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ www.genuki.org.uk] | ||
*[http://johngrenham.com | *[http://johngrenham.com www.johngrenham.com] | ||
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/uk/irl/ www.cyndislist.com] | *[http://www.cyndislist.com/uk/irl/ www.cyndislist.com] | ||
*[http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ www.irelandgenweb.com] | *[http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ www.irelandgenweb.com] | ||