Irish Research Webinars

On the Legacy family Tree website (http://familytreewebinars.com/) are a series of 12 webinars by John Grenham on doing Irish genealogy research. Each is about an hour long.  They are called: “Foundations of Irish Genealogy …of 6” or … of 12.” The first 6 were made, then 6 more to continue the series. The first 6 really get you started on research in the beginning of the 1900’s and throughout the 1800’s. They are called:

Foundations of Irish Genealogy 1 of 6: The Raw Materials of Irish Genealogy

 “ 2 of 6: The Major Records I, General Register Office

 “ 3 of 6: The Major Records II, Censuses

 “ 4 of 6: The Major Records III, Church Records

 “ 5 of 6: The Major Records IV, Nineteenth-Century Property Records

 “ 6 of 6: Bringing the Major Records Together

If you want to watch one webinar that brings the record sets together and tells you what happened to the major records of the 1700’s and 1800’s watch John Grenham’s “Why are Irish records so weird?” on the same website.  Free online core collections discussed include:

• Civil Registration (birth/marriage/death) beginning in 1864 --- www.irishgenealogy.ie
• Griffiths Valuation (1847-1864) --- http://askaboutireland.ie
• 1910/1911 Irish Census --- http://census.nationalarchives.ie
• Catholic Parish Registers --- http://registers.nli.ie

All of these webinars tell about the digitization of these records and where you can find them whether they are still original paper, on microfilm, or digitized.  These webinars are on the site where Sue paid for a subscription and gave us her login.

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Limerick City Trades Register 1769-1925

The local studies collection includes fifty trades and street directories of Limerick City and County, published between the years 1769 and 1976. These directories are an excellent source of historical and genealogical information. Through the directories you will be able to trace any family that operated a business or was listed in street directories during the period covered. In the absence of census records prior to 1901 these directories are of immense value in establishing addresses and occupations of people who lived in Limerick.

These directories were not, however, exhaustive and you should note that small traders and the disadvantaged classes in general tend not to be listed here. Virtually all other classes do receive some coverage.

The directories can be used for a much broader range of research than simple genealogical queries. For example, one can trace the development of the city of Limerick from the late eighteenth to late twentieth centuries, one can analyse the rise and fall of different types of business activities and, indeed, the rise and sometimes fall of prominent Limerick families.

To search the database of Limerick Trades Directories click here (Limerick City data only)

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Irish Genealogy @ National Library of Ireland

Irish Genealogy Just Got More Accessible!

Today the National Library of Ireland released their entire collection of Catholic parish registers online. Previously accessible only on microfilm, these digitized images are free to search. These unindexed images can be filtered by location and date. The parish register records consist mainly of baptismal and marriage records, and span from 1740 to 1880. The home page has a handy interactive map where you can click on a county and have all of its parishes displayed.

http://registers.nli.ie/

1901 and 1911 Irish Census

Irish Census 1901 & 1911

The original Ireland household scheudles are available for FREE via the National Archives of Ireland website.

All thirty-two counties for 1901 and 1911, searchable by all information categories, are now available on this site. Corrections and improvements will be ongoing, and we are very grateful to all users who have submitted corrections to us. A small amount of material is missing from the site, and will be placed online as soon as possible.