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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.Column 1 lists the types of information you may need.Column 2 lists the sections of this outline that discuss the records that are most likely to have the information you need.Column 3 lists other sections that may be useful.The section headings used in columns 2 and 3 are the same headings as those used in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog.Records containing previous research (biography, genealogy, history, nobility, periodicals, and societies) may be helpful for most types of information. These have not been repeatedly listed unless they are especially helpful for the information you need.
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== Record Finder Table for Ireland ==
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.


{| class="vertical listing"
== List of Topics ==
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need '''
This Record Finder table links to the Ireland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
| align="left" | 2. Look First In
 
| align="left" | 3. Then Search
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Age
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Military Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Military Records, Newspapers, Occupations
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[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" | Birthplace
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Census, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Boundaries of parishes, districts, and counties
|
| align="left" | Gazetteers
*Obituaries
| align="left" | History, Maps
*[[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ireland Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|}
|-
|-
| align="left" | Coats of arms
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | <br />
*[[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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Church Records, Civil Registration, Newspapers
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Court Records, Probate Records, Land and Property
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Historical background
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | Genealogy, History
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church History
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Emigration date
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
|-
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Language helps
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Language and Languages
 
| align="left" | <br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Newspapers, Periodicals, Societies
*[[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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Newspapers
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography, Genealogy, Newspapers, Nobility
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Directories, Occupations, Probate Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Court Records; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Probate Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Land and Property; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.; Schools
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Court Records, Military Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography, Newspapers, Occupations
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Directories, History, Land and Property, Periodicals, Taxation
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Places of residence
| align="left" | Noble families
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Land and Property, Names (Personal)
*[[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Place of residence when you know only the county
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Directories, Land and Property, Probate Records, Taxation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
*[[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" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | Biography, Genealogy, Societies
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Nobility, Periodicals
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Ireland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Archives and Libraries, Genealogy
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Periodicals, Societies
*Social Customs and Activities
*Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Biography, Church Records, Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Census, Cemeteries, Genealogy, History
*[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Understanding names
*[[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]
| align="left" | Names (Personal)
|}
|}
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 February 2024


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Record Finder Table for Ireland

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

This Record Finder table links to the Ireland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
  • See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Noble families
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Customs and Activities
  • Obituaries
Physical description
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