Ireland Research Tips and Strategies

Ireland Research Tips and Strategies

Historic Ireland (pre-1922) Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder
Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Directories Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Directories Emigration & Immigration Genealogy Jewish Records Heraldry Land & Property Military Records	Naturalization & Citizenship Newspapers Nobility Occupations Online Records Periodicals Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc. Probate Records Record Loss Religious Records School Records Taxation Websites
Ireland Background
Biography Church History Gazetteers History	Languages Maps Names Personal For Further Reading
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers
Northern Ireland Wiki Topics (post-1922)
Record Types
Cemeteries District Registrars	Census Probate Records

Ireland Research Strategies

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:

• Birth
• Marriage
• Death/Burial
• Immigration:

Ireland Research Tips

• Date of birth or finding parents.   Irish civil registration marriage records give the names of the fathers of the bride and groom, and often give the ages of the bride and groom.  Search the Ireland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Finding children or parents.    Civil registration records may contain a birth record with this information.  Search Ireland Civil Registrations
• General A Primer in Irish Genealogy