Ireland Research Tips and Strategies

Ireland Wiki Topics

Beginning Research
Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder Online Learning
Historic Ireland (pre-1922) and Republic of Ireland Wiki Topics

Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Directories Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Directories Emigration & Immigration Compiled Genealogies Jewish Records Heraldry Land & Property Medical Records Merchant Seamen	Military Records Naturalization & Citizenship Newspapers Nobility Occupations Online Records Periodicals Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc. Probate Records Record Loss Religious Records Schools and Education Taxation Websites
Northern Ireland (post-1922) Wiki Topics
Record Types
Cemeteries District Registrars	Census Naturalization and Citizenship Probate Records
General Wiki Topics

Ireland Cultural Groups
Cultural Groups	Scots Irish
Ireland Background
Biography Church History Gazetteers History Languages Law and Legislation	Maps Naming Customs Social Life & Customs For Further Reading
Ireland Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
The Ireland Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Ireland. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Ireland Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Guided Research
Getting Started
Record Finder
Online Learning - Video Classes
"How to" Guides - guides to using records

Finding Birth, Marriage and Deaths[edit | edit source]

Guided Research
Birth
Marriage
Death/Burial
FamilySearch Library handout with Pre-1974 map of Ireland counties and a list of key websites.

Ireland Research Tips[edit | edit source]

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