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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.
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"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?
== 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.


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


:&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>
===Vital Events ===
 
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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:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
| Birthplace
|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*Obituaries
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[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]]
|}
|-
|-
| Boundaries of parishes, districts, and counties
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland History|History]], [[Ireland Maps|Maps]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Coats of arms
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| <br>
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland History|History]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church History|Church History]]
*[[Ireland Census|Census]]
*[[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]]  
|-
|-
| Emigration date
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]],[[Ireland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Language helps
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Ireland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| <br>
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
*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]]
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Marriage
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Occupation
| align="left" | Residence
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]; [[Ireland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]; [[Ireland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc]].; [[Ireland Schools|Schools]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Noble families
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Ireland Maps|Maps]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Directories|Directories]], [[Ireland History|History]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ireland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
*[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
 
| 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]]
*Obituaries
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
*[[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
*[[Ireland Biography|Biography]]  
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
| [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Record-finding aids
| [[Ireland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]  
| [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland History|History]]
*Social Customs and Activities
*Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| Understanding names
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[Ireland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
|}


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[[Category:Ireland|Record Selection Table]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
[[Category:Ireland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

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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