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== What you must know to use these records == | == What you must know to use these records == | ||
To find an ancestor's gravestone inscription, you must know where he or she was buried. Your ancestor may have been buried in a church, city, or public cemetery usually near the place where he or she lived or died. | To find an ancestor's gravestone inscription, you must know where he or she was buried. Your ancestor may have been buried in a church, city, or public cemetery usually near the place where he or she lived or died. There are also beginning to be databases containing inscriptions from multiple cemeteries that can be searched. | ||
You can find clues about burial place in: | You can find clues about burial place in: | ||
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*Death certificates * | *Death certificates * | ||
*Probate records | *Probate records | ||
*Newspapers | *Newspapers | ||
*Census or Census substitutes | *Census or Census substitutes | ||
*Family histories | *Family histories | ||
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If your ancestor was buried in a churchyard, the parish minister of the church may have information about your ancestor in the church's burial registers or burial plot records. For help in finding a minister's address, see [[Ireland Church Directories]]. | If your ancestor was buried in a churchyard, the parish minister of the church may have information about your ancestor in the church's burial registers or burial plot records. For help in finding a minister's address, see [[Ireland Church Directories]]. | ||
*Some gravestone inscriptions have been transcribed by Ireland's county heritage centres. Contact the centre in the county where your ancestor was buried for more information of Irish persons who settled in Australia, giving their native place in Ireland, covering years 1820-1914. | *Some gravestone inscriptions have been transcribed by Ireland's county heritage centres. Contact the centre in the county where your ancestor was buried for more information of Irish persons who settled in Australia, giving their native place in Ireland, covering years 1820-1914. Article in The Irish Ancestor, Vo.III, no.1. 1971, pages 5-10, Family History Ref. 941.5 B2i | ||
*Johnson, Keith A. | *Johnson, Keith A. Some Irish Inscriptions in Old Burial Grounds of New South Wales, Australia. Numerous headstones with inscriptions recording death information | ||
*Jones, Horace E. Some Irish Monumental Inscriptions in England. Found in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cumberland, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire. | *Jones, Horace E. Some Irish Monumental Inscriptions in England. Found in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cumberland, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire. Article is in The Irish Ancestor, Vol. 1, no. 2, 1969 page 97-103, 941.5 B2i FamilySearch Library SLC, also | ||
*Gravestone inscriptions that have been transcribed by other organizations or individuals are listed in: | *Gravestone inscriptions that have been transcribed by other organizations or individuals are listed in: | ||
:#Catalogs and inventories of various repositories. See [[Ireland Archives and Libraries]]. | :#Catalogs and inventories of various repositories. See [[Ireland Archives and Libraries]]. | ||
:#Hayes, Richard J. [[Hayes Manuscript and Periodical Sources for Irish Research|''Manuscript sources for the history of Irish civilization'']]. (FamilySearch Library | :#Hayes, Richard J. [[Hayes Manuscript and Periodical Sources for Irish Research|''Manuscript sources for the history of Irish civilization'']]. (FamilySearch Library book {{FSC|44280|title-id|disp=941.5 A5h}}.) | ||
:#Grenham, John. ''Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide''. 3rd ed. Dublin, Ireland: Gill and Macmillan, 2006. (FS Library book Ref {{FSC|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. (FS Library book Ref {{FSC|955440|title-id|disp=941.5 D27gj 2006}}.) | ||
:#The FamilySearch Library has a growing collection of transcriptions of gravestone inscriptions. To locate these, consult the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Place Search] of the FamilySearch Catalog under the following headings: | :#The FamilySearch Library has a growing collection of transcriptions of gravestone inscriptions. To locate these, consult the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Place Search] of the FamilySearch Catalog under the following headings: | ||
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== Ireland's Gravestone Index == | == Ireland's Gravestone Index == | ||
[[Image:Ireland Cemeteries 2.jpg|thumb|right|233x309px|<center>Ireland Cemeteries<center>]]Ireland's Gravestone Inscription Index provides: | [[Image:Ireland Cemeteries 2.jpg|thumb|right|233x309px|<center>Ireland Cemeteries<center>]]Ireland's Gravestone Inscription Index provides: | ||
*Nearly 400,000 gravestone inscriptions | *Nearly 400,000 gravestone inscriptions | ||
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