Ireland Research Tips and Strategies

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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

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

Finding Birth, Marriage and Deaths

• 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

• 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

Northern Ireland Research Tips

Differences Between Ireland and Northern Ireland

1. Although originally Roman Catholic, over time what now constitutes Northern Ireland became predominately a Protestant country. This trend appears to be reversing due to differing birth rates.
2. The majority of records are based on English law since it became a part of the United Kingdom, however, some residual laws from pre-partition Ireland remain in force (i.e. when all of Ireland in the UK)
3. Many of the original records have been destroyed by conflicts and/or accidental damage. Some of these were destroyed in the various conflicts that culminated in the 1921 "troubles", but copies of some records do exist. Water damage and neglect have also damaged a number of records.
4. Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, people from Northern Ireland can hold dual citizenship with the Republic of Ireland, if they opt to do so.
5. Northern Irish records tend to be distinctive in that Irish is not used in an official capacity. The crown also appears on some of them.
6. Pre-1921 records can be accessed from both Belfast and Dublin. Post-1921 Northern Irish records are not available in Dublin, unless that person has become an Irish citizen.