Bookmarks : Genealogy: Ireland
Maps & Placenames:
- SWilson.info. Has maps, dataases of townlands and Roman Catholic parishes and much more. Very useful.
- Irish Townlands with detailed maps.
- Placenames Database of Ireland aka Logainm.ie.
- 1871 Townland Index.
- Index of Townlands, 1901. With explanations.
- Townland Database.
- Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland adapted to the new Poor Law..., 1846.
- Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837.
- Ordnance Survey.
- Maps of Ireland.
- History in Maps to the Famine.
- Obtaining maps, FamilySearch wiki.
- Irish Geography 101, an explanation of Irish jurisdiction terms.
- Surnames of Ireland, 1890, an interactive map.
- Historical Mapping Atlas. Population change, etc.
- Irish Surname Maps based on the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
- Irish Famine Project. Maps census data for famine period.
- Petty's Down Survey of Ireland, maps 1656-1658.
- Slater's Commercial Directory 1846.
- Thom's Directory 1868 and Thom's 1880.
Resource and Database Sites:
- National Library of Ireland. Catholic Parish Records at the NLI, digitized microfilm ot the actual registers. Also with a YouTube channel. About their newspaper project.
- RootsIreland. Registration and $. Irish Family History Foundation. Links to the Catholic Parish records. Includes list of Irish first names. Has occasional newsletter, "Irish Geneaogy Matters".
- FamilySearch has some Irish vital records -- search by location. See also British batches.
Also Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929 from the Registry of Deeds.
- National Archives and specifically genealogy. Includes 1901 and 1911 census, Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37 and Valuation Office Books, 1824-1856.
- Griffith's Valuation. See Townland Valuation Translator, making sense of Griffiths, and Is There More in Griffiths Valuation Than Just Names?, a pdf to download.
- Ireland GenWeb Project.
- Virtual Treasury. Project "re-imagines and reconstructs through digital technologies the Public Record Office of Ireland, a magnificent archive destroyed on June 30th, 1922."
- Main Genuki page for Ireland.
- Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives.
- Irish Genealogy.ie with searchable countrywide civil records. Also church records for Dublin City and Counties Carlow, Cork, and Kerry.
- PRONI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
- Ulster Historical Foundation.
- Northern Ireland genealogy, a guide.
- From Ireland. Records, cemeteries, and blogs; can sort by county.
- irish Family History Society $, publishes a journal.
- IGRS Early Irish Marriage Index from alternative sources; also Index to the Irish Genealogist.
- Church of Ireland records and information including a list of parish registers and the digitized Church of Ireland Gazette.
- Registry of Deeds Index Project.
- Landed Estates Database. Estates in Connacht and Munster.
- "Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1885" at FamilySearch.
- Documenting Ireland, includes Irish Immigration Database and Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland.
- Irish Parliamentary Debates, searchable.
- Dictionary of Irish Biography.
- Ask about Ireland; ebooks by county here.
- Fáilte Romhat includes Flax Growers 1796 and Landowners, 1876 plus more.
- Irish Times Archive, beginning 1859. $
- Irish Newspaper Archives. $
- Illustrated Police News (England) is available in FindMyPast and includes Irish crime news.
- Irish Death Notice Index compiled from various sources especially Cork.
- Duchas.ie includes The Schools Collection -- folklore and memories compiled by school children in the 1930s.
- Connected Histories searches British history resources 1500-1900; for Ireland see British Parliamentary Papers and Irish Census reports. $
- Free Irish eBooks.
- Bureau of Miltary History. 1913-1921.
- Eddie's Extracts. Mostly Belfast and Ulster.
- Irish Soldiers' Records, 1920-1922 from British Regts disbanded after 1922.
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This page last updated 17 Oct 2022.
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