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| | Guide to '''Ireland ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. |
| *[[Ireland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
| | ==Country Information== |
| *[[Ireland Biography|Biography]]
| | Today the island of '''Ireland ''' is divided into two countries: (1) the '''Republic of Ireland''', also known as '''Éire''' or '''Poblacht na hÉireann''' and (2) '''[[Northern Ireland Genealogy|Northern Ireland]]''', one of the four constituent countries of the [[United Kingdom]] (together with [[England Genealogy|England]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Scotland]], and [[Wales Genealogy|Wales]]). Prior to 1922 the island of Ireland was one country. The language most widely spoken is English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Ireland," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland, accessed 24 March 2016.</ref> In the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Gaelic language has official status; in Northern Ireland it has some official recognition along with Ulster Scots. |
| *[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Ireland Census|Census]]
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| *[[Ireland Church Directories|Church Directories]]
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| *[[Ireland Church History|Church History]]
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| *[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
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| *[[Ireland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]
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| *[[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]
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| *[[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
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| *[[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| *[[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
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| *[[Ireland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| *[[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
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| *[[Ireland History|History]]
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| *[[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| *[[Ireland Language and Languages|Languages]]
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| *[[Ireland Maps|Maps]]
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| *[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
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| *[[Ireland Names Personal|Names Personal]]
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| *[[Ireland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| *[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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| *[[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
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| *[[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
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| *[[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| *[[Ireland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.]]
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| *[[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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| *[[Ireland Schools|Schools]]
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| *[[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
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| *[[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]
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| | |<span class="community_button">[[Online Research Help|Online<br>Research Help]]</span> |
| | |<div id="fsButtons"><span class="red_online_button">[[Ireland Getting Started|Getting<Br>Started]]</span> |
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| | ==Ireland Map== |
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| | The map below shows the whole of Ireland. The six counties of Northern Ireland are divided from the rest by a heavy black line. |
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| == Introduction ==
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| Ireland has been known by many names throughout time. The first name given to the land was Island of Woods, a name given by a warrior of the people of "Nin, son of Bel.” Other names were Eire, Isle of Mists, and Irlanda.
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| Ireland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, and separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea on the east. It is divided into Northern Ireland, a constituent part of Great Britain, and the Republic of Ireland, also known as Eire. The island comprises thirty-two counties within four provinces: Connaught, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster.
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| Join a Community of Ireland researchers! Ask questions, help others, and share your research successes on [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ireland-Genealogy-Research-Community/111217125636860 Facebook] and/or [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Join_a_Skype_Research_Community#Europe Skype].
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| == Featured content ==
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| *'''Browse by topic:''' [[:Category:Ireland|Pages for Ireland]]
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| *[[Ireland Cemeteries|Gravestone inscriptions]] can be a useful source of family history information. Gravestones may give birth, marriage, and death information. They may also give clues about military service, occupation, or family members buried in the same area. Sometimes they give more information than the parish burial register or civil certificate of death.
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| *[[Atlas to the Topographical Dictionary of Ireland|Topographical maps]]
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| *[http://www.fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/Ireland/ireland_main.htm Here's access] to The Family History Library's Patron Desktop Irish " [http://www.fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/Ireland/ireland_main.htm Favorites]". Please note that currently there are significant county 'collections' for just about every single one of the following genealogical subjects--including Probate, Census, Land & Property, Genealogy and Church/Civil Registration ''with only a few county exceptions.''
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| == Counties ==
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| Before 1922, Ireland was one country consisting of thirty-two historic counties. As a result<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1298415715960_217" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1298415715960_626" /> of Civil War, Ireland was divided in 1922 into two countries:
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| *Northern Ireland with six counties
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| *Republic of Ireland with twenty-six counties
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| For further historic information, see [[Counties of Ireland]].
| | ==Counties== |
| | Click on a county to locate more information about resources in that county. |
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| The map below shows the whole of Ireland. The six counties of Northern Ireland are divided from the rest by a heavy black line. Note that Donegal is part of the Republic of Ireland.
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| '''Click on a county to go to that county's page:''' {{Irelandimagemap}}
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| | | '''Northern Ireland Counties (Post-1922)'''<br> |
| '''Or click on a county name below:'''
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| | | <li>[[County Antrim, Ireland Genealogy|Antrim, Northern Ireland]] </li> |
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| | <li>[[County Down, Ireland Genealogy|Down, Northern Ireland]] </li> |
| | [[County Antrim|Antrim]]
| | <li>[[County Fermanagh, Ireland Genealogy|Fermanagh, Northern Ireland]]</li> |
| | [[County Dublin|Dublin]]
| | <li>[[County Londonderry, Ireland Genealogy|Londonderry (''Derry''), Northern Ireland]] </li> |
| | [[County Limerick|Limerick]]
| | <li>[[County Tyrone, Ireland Genealogy|Tyrone, Northern Ireland]] </li><br> |
| | [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]]
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| | '''Republic of Ireland Counties''' |
| | [[County Armagh|Armagh]]
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| | [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]]
| | <li>[[County Carlow, Ireland Genealogy|Carlow]]</li> |
| | [[County Londonderry|Londonderry (Derry)]]
| | <li>[[County Cavan, Ireland Genealogy|Cavan]]</li> |
| | [[County Sligo|Sligo]]
| | <li>[[County Clare, Ireland Genealogy|Clare]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Cork, Ireland Genealogy|Cork]]</li> |
| | [[County Carlow|Carlow]]
| | <li>[[County Donegal, Ireland Genealogy|Donegal]]</li> |
| | [[County Galway|Galway]]
| | <li>[[County Dublin, Ireland Genealogy|Dublin]]</li> |
| | [[County Longford|Longford]]
| | <li>[[County Galway, Ireland Genealogy|Galway]]</li> |
| | [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]]
| | <li>[[County Kerry, Ireland Genealogy|Kerry]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Kildare, Ireland Genealogy|Kildare]]</li> |
| | [[County Cavan|Cavan]]
| | <li>[[County Kilkenny, Ireland Genealogy|Kilkenny]]</li> |
| | [[County Kerry|Kerry]]
| | <li>[[County Laois, Ireland Genealogy|Laois (''Queens'')]]</li> |
| | [[County Louth|Louth]]
| | <li>[[County Leitrim, Ireland Genealogy|Leitrim]]</li> |
| | [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]]
| | <li>[[County Limerick, Ireland Genealogy|Limerick]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Longford, Ireland Genealogy|Longford]]</li> |
| | [[County Clare|Clare]]
| | <li>[[County Louth, Ireland Genealogy|Louth]]</li> |
| | [[County Kildare|Kildare]]
| | <li>[[County Mayo, Ireland Genealogy|Mayo]]</li> |
| | [[County Mayo|Mayo]]
| | <li>[[County Meath, Ireland Genealogy|Meath]]</li> |
| | [[County Waterford|Waterford]]
| | <li>[[County Monaghan, Ireland Genealogy|Monaghan]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Offaly, Ireland Genealogy|Offaly (''Kings'')]]</li> |
| | [[County Cork|Cork]]
| | <li>[[County Roscommon, Ireland Genealogy|Roscommon]]</li> |
| | [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]
| | <li>[[County Sligo, Ireland Genealogy|Sligo]]</li> |
| | [[County Meath|Meath]]
| | <li>[[County Tipperary, Ireland Genealogy|Tipperary]]</li> |
| | [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]]
| | <li>[[County Waterford, Ireland Genealogy|Waterford]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Westmeath, Ireland Genealogy|Westmeath]]</li> |
| | [[County Donegal|Donegal]]
| | <li>[[County Wexford, Ireland Genealogy|Wexford]]</li> |
| | [[County Laois|Laois (Queens) ]]
| | <li>[[County Wicklow, Ireland Genealogy|Wicklow]]</li> |
| | [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]]
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| | [[County Wexford|Wexford]]
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| | [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]]
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| | [[County Offaly|Offaly (Kings)]]
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| | [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]]
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| == Beginners Corner == | | ==References== |
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| If you are just beginning to research your Irish ancestors, here are some helps to get you started. Choose an event to learn about in the life of your Irish ancestors:
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| *[[Ireland Strategies for Locating Births, Marriages and Deaths|Birth]]
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| *[[Ireland Strategies for Locating Births, Marriages and Deaths|Marriage]]
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| *[[Ireland Strategies for Locating Births, Marriages and Deaths|Death/Burial]]
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| *[[Ireland Gazetteers|Place of origin]]
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| ==== How Can I Find My Irish Ancestor? ====
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| You may have a family story or a document that says one of your ancestors came from Ireland. You don't know where in Ireland, or perhaps you only know the name of a county. You want to know more. A good place to start is by finding your family in the country where they settled. Read on to [[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|'''learn''']] what you can do.
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| ==== Research Guidance ====
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| You may also want to try step-by-step research guidance. This includes suggested records to search and instructions on how to access them. Select a time period for an event type you would like to find.
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| [[Ireland Research Guidance: Death 1619-1863|1619-1863]] <br>[[Ireland Research Guidance: Death 1864-Present|1864-present]]
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| ==== Ireland Research Guide ====
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| You may also wish to review the [http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Europe/Ireland.pdf Ireland Research Guide]. This 538-page resource is from the BYU Family History Library at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and is a collection of many reference sources and articles (far more than just the Ireland Research Outline that appears first). The information is out of date and does not include online sources, but it is still valuable.
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| [[Ireland Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ireland Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| == News & events ==
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| *32,000 baptism records posted by [http://monaghan.rootsireland.ie/ '''RootsIreland'''] for County Monaghan.<br>
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| *Irish census records, 1901 and 1911, are now being digitized by the [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives of Ireland].
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| *[http://www.librarycouncil.ie/irishlibrarynews/december-2010-308/a1/ Clare Library wins major award for genealogy]. "... includes invaluable transcriptions of Tithe Applotment Books, gravestone inscriptions with photographs ..."<br>
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| == Did You Know? ==
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| *Between 1831 and 1841 in Ireland, 34,090 recruits joined the Army.
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| *The [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/index.htm Princess Grace Irish Library] provides online biographical & bibliographical information on 4,500 Irish writers on its EIRData website. EIRData, which stands for Electronic Irish Records Dataset, was compiled by Dr. Bruce Stewart of the University of Ulster. The site also contains primary and secondary bibliographies, commentaries, quotations and notes.
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| *The term 'Census Strays' refers to people who are born in one place whose name appears in a census in another place. A page on the [http://www.nifhs.org/census.htm North of Ireland Family History Society] website contains details of over 15,000 records of persons living in households with one or more people of Irish origin. These "strays" compiled by the Society were sent in from the UK and the rest of the world. office
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| *Records of Officers from first Irish Police force on internet. Record of more than 80,000 officers from the 1st Irish Police Force are being released on line. It will contain personal details of every man that enlisted in the Irish Constabulary between 1816-1921 including their name, year and place of birth, age of enlistment and marital status. It is on the Ancestry Subscription site.
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| *The National University of Ireland in Galway, in conjunction with the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, has created an online index to the landed estates of Connaught Province covering c.1700-1914. Though the project was not primarily intended as a genealogical tool, it is that, and they are to be commended for creating this great resource. The index can be searched alphabetically by the names of estates, families, and houses, and the website includes maps and images of the great houses. The index is found at the [http://landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/ Landed Estates] website.
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| == Useful websites ==
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| *[http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives]
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| *[http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html Irish Genealogy] -- particularly for Dublin City and counties Carlow, Cork and Kerry.
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| *[http://www.brsgenealogy.com/ Irish Family History Foundation's online searchable database]
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| *[http://www.familyhistory.ie/ Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann - Genealogical Society of Ireland]
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| *[http://www.irishhistoricmaps.ie/historic/ Historic Maps]
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| *[http://www.from-ireland.net/ From Ireland]
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| *[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/ Ask About Ireland]
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| *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ GenUKI]
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| ;[[Ireland Websites|More Ireland Websites ....]]
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