Saturday, July 4, 2020

Irish Websites

This week we attended our first virtual class at the National Genealogical Society's 2020 Family History Conference. We chose the session called "Shamrocks in Cyberspace."

Subscription websites:

Ancestry - Begin by using the card catalog for "Ireland." Catholic parish records for 1655-1915 are available, as well as Griffith's Valuation.

FindMyPast.ie - It looks as if the Irish collection is a separate subscription. Two databases were recommended: Ireland Petty Court Records 1828-1914 and A-Z Record Sets for Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1885.

Roots Ireland is the website of the Irish Family History Foundation. You can purchase a 24-hour pass to view transcribed records of baptism/birth, marriage and death records. There are a few early census records and the 1901 and 1911 census.

JohnGrenham.com provides a surname search plus the ability to cross reference a second surname.


Free websites:

Irish National Archives - This is the best website for the 1901 and 1911 census records.

National Library of Ireland - There are maps available to locate parish names and Catholic parish registers have recently been added to the site.

Proni - The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland has an online database of freeholders who were eligible to vote. Proni would be a place to begin for Scots-Irish research.

Irish Genealogy ie - New civil vital records include births 1864-1919, marriages 1845-1944 and deaths 18778-1969.

The Ireatlas (The Core.com) - Find the 1851 index to Townlands and Towns and Parishes.

Ask About Ireland - Griffith's Valuation for those who do not have an Ancestry subscripton.


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