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== Record Finder Table for Ireland ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
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 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Ireland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
{| width="65%" 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:'''
|-
| Age
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Birth date
| 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 Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| 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]]
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Ireland History|History]], [[Ireland Maps|Maps]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
|
| Death information
*Obituaries
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Ireland Biography|Biography]]
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]],[[Ireland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
|-
*[[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| Historical background
|}
| [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland History|History]]  
| [[Ireland Church History|Church History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| —
*[[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:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[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
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[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
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
*[[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
| —
*[[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:'''
| Noble families
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]], [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| —
|-
|-
| 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
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Social Life and Customs, [[Ireland History|History]]
*[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
|}


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Revision as of 15:14, 6 September 2018

Ireland Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Historic Ireland
(pre-1922)
and Republic of Ireland
Wiki Topics
Record Types
Northern Ireland (post-1922)
Wiki Topics
Record Types
General Wiki Topics
Ireland Cultural Groups
Ireland Background
Ireland Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

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

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

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 (parish, district, or county) Gazetteers History, Maps
Death information Cemeteries, Church Records, Civil Registration, Newspapers Court Records, Probate Records, Land and Property
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration Church Records,Naturalization and Citizenship
Historical background Genealogy, History Church History
Language helps Language and Languages —
Living relatives Civil Registration, Directories Newspapers, Periodicals, Societies
Maiden name Church Records, Civil Registration Newspapers
Marriage information Church Records, Civil Registration Biography, Genealogy, Newspapers, Nobility
Naming customs Names (Personal) —
Noble families Heraldry, 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
Social activities Social Life and Customs, History Societies
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Links to Ireland-related articles
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