Ireland Newspapers: Difference between revisions

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*[http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/genie/ The Irish Times, 1600's - 1900's]
*[http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/genie/ The Irish Times, 1600's - 1900's]
*[http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Ireland Online Newspapers]
*[http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Ireland Online Newspapers]
*{{RecordSearch|2562508|British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries}}


Pre-1750 newspapers included very little local news or other news of genealogical value. By 1750 newspapers included notices of marriages and deaths with increasing frequency. Still, few notices of births were published. Newspaper advertisements published such useful genealogical information as:  
Pre-1750 newspapers included very little local news or other news of genealogical value. By 1750 newspapers included notices of marriages and deaths with increasing frequency. Still, few notices of births were published. Newspaper advertisements published such useful genealogical information as:  
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*Notices of claims against estates.
*Notices of claims against estates.


By the 1800s, notices of births, marriages, and deaths became both more numerous and more detailed than in earlier newspapers. Advertisements, in contrast, generally became less genealogically useful as family businesses declined.  
By the 1800s, notices of births, marriages, and deaths became both more numerous and more detailed than in earlier newspapers. Advertisements, in contrast, generally became less genealogically useful as family businesses declined.


== Books ==  
== Books ==  
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