Ireland Research Tips and Strategies

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

• Ireland Guided Research
• Birth
• Marriage
• Death/Burial
• Immigration
• "How to" Guides - guides to using records
• FamilySearch Library handout with Pre-1974 map of Ireland counties and a list of key websites.

1619 to 1863

• How to find Birth information
• How to find Marriage information
• How to find Death/Burial information

1864 to Present

Irish genealogical research from 1864 to the present should be relatively straightforward. The main sources used in this period are:

• Civil Registration
• Census (only 1901 and 1911 survive in whole)

Other records that may be used:

• Will and Probate Records
• Newspapers
• Cemetery records

Before 1864

Research in this period can be more challenging. The main source used is:

• Church Records

Other sources that may be used are:

• Census Fragments (where they exist)
• Civil Registration (for Protestant marriages 1845-1863)
• Griffiths Registration
• Tithe Records and other Land, Taxation registers
• Cemeteries

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