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== Record Finder Table for Ireland ==
"Step 1. '''In column 1''' select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 2. '''In column 2''' find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
This Record Finder table links to the Ireland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
:&gt; Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library. <br><br>
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Step 3. '''In column 3''' find additional record types that may be useful. <br>
 
:&gt; Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.<br><br>
 
{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Age
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Birth date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
|
| Boundaries of parishes, districts, and counties
*Obituaries
| [[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| [[Ireland History|History]], [[Ireland Maps|Maps]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| Coats of arms
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]]  
*[[Ireland Biography|Biography]]
| <br>
*[[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
|-
*[[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| Death
|}
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland History|History]]  
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Ireland Church History|Church History]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Emigration date
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]],[[Ireland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| <br>
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
| [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
| [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
*Social media, Facebook, etc.
 
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Marriage
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]; [[Ireland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
| [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]; [[Ireland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc]].; [[Ireland Schools|Schools]]
*[[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ireland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Ireland Maps|Maps]]  
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
| [[Ireland Directories|Directories]], [[Ireland History|History]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]
 
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ireland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Noble families
| Place of residence when you know only the county
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]  
*[[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
| [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]  
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Ireland Biography|Biography]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Social Customs and Activities
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland History|History]]
*Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Understanding names
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
*[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
|}


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[[Category:Ireland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
[[Category:Ireland Research Guidance]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]

Revision as of 23:57, 29 January 2016

The table below can help you decide which type of Irish records to search. Similar types of records in the country to which your ancestor immigrated may provide the information you need.

"Step 1. In column 1 select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?

Step 2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

> Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.

Step 3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

> Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Census, Church Records, Civil Registration Cemeteries, Military Records
Birth date Church Records, Civil Registration Cemeteries, Military Records, Newspapers, Occupations
Birthplace Church Records, Civil Registration Census, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations
Boundaries of parishes, districts, and counties Gazetteers History, Maps
Coats of arms Heraldry
Death Cemeteries, Church Records, Civil Registration, Newspapers Court Records, Probate Records, Land and Property
Historical background Genealogy, History Church History
Emigration date Emigration and Immigration Church Records,Naturalization and Citizenship
Language helps Language and Languages
Living relatives Civil Registration, Directories Newspapers, Periodicals, Societies
Maiden name Church Records, Civil Registration Newspapers
Marriage Church Records, Civil Registration Biography, Genealogy, Newspapers, Nobility
Occupation Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Directories, Occupations, Probate Records Court Records; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.
Parents, children, and other family members Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Probate Records Land and Property; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.; Schools
Physical description Court Records, Military Records Biography, Newspapers, Occupations
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps Directories, History, Land and Property, Periodicals, Taxation
Places of residence Census, Church Records, Directories Land and Property, Names (Personal)
Place of residence when you know only the county Civil Registration, Directories, Land and Property, Probate Records, Taxation Church Records
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Biography, Genealogy, Societies Nobility, Periodicals
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Genealogy Periodicals, Societies
Religion Biography, Church Records, Civil Registration Census, Cemeteries, Genealogy, History
Understanding names Names (Personal)