One of my good online friends in Australia, Wayne, sent me a list of links to Irish websites in an email. I asked his permission to expand somewhat on the list and include his list with my additions in a blog post, to which he graciously consented.
There are several half-myths that circulate in the genealogical community in addition to the long list of full-blown myths. Some of those half-myths address the issue of record availability in various parts of the world. In the U.S. we have the "burned county" or "my ancestors' records were lost in a courthouse fire" half-myth. While there are records lost in courthouse fire, it is ridiculous to suppose that all of the records in a county were kept in the courthouse. Likewise, there is a half-myth that records in Ireland have been destroyed. Yes, there are some notable instances of record loss, such as the destruction of the Public Records Office (PRO or PRONI) on 30 June 1922. If you want to see why this is a half-myth go to the Irish Genealogy Toolkit post entitled, "All Irish genealogy records were destroyed in the 1922 fire: Myth or fact?"
Rather than moan and groan and wring our hands over the loss of records in the past, how about simply moving on and taking advantage of the huge numbers of records that are still available?
Here is the consolidated list of websites:
You might first want to see the long list of websites from the National Archives of Ireland which includes many of the following links. Some of the links below also have extensive lists of additional websites. I have not, at all, tried to include every website so listed.
findmypast.com - Findmypast.com has an extensive collection of Irish records including Ireland Census 1821-1851, Ireland Census Search Forms 1841 & 1851, Griffith's Valuation 1847-1864, Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1885, and the The Elliott Collection
FamilySearch.org - See the FamilySearch Catalog for both online and microfilm resources.
There are several half-myths that circulate in the genealogical community in addition to the long list of full-blown myths. Some of those half-myths address the issue of record availability in various parts of the world. In the U.S. we have the "burned county" or "my ancestors' records were lost in a courthouse fire" half-myth. While there are records lost in courthouse fire, it is ridiculous to suppose that all of the records in a county were kept in the courthouse. Likewise, there is a half-myth that records in Ireland have been destroyed. Yes, there are some notable instances of record loss, such as the destruction of the Public Records Office (PRO or PRONI) on 30 June 1922. If you want to see why this is a half-myth go to the Irish Genealogy Toolkit post entitled, "All Irish genealogy records were destroyed in the 1922 fire: Myth or fact?"
Rather than moan and groan and wring our hands over the loss of records in the past, how about simply moving on and taking advantage of the huge numbers of records that are still available?
Here is the consolidated list of websites:
You might first want to see the long list of websites from the National Archives of Ireland which includes many of the following links. Some of the links below also have extensive lists of additional websites. I have not, at all, tried to include every website so listed.
findmypast.com - Findmypast.com has an extensive collection of Irish records including Ireland Census 1821-1851, Ireland Census Search Forms 1841 & 1851, Griffith's Valuation 1847-1864, Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1885, and the The Elliott Collection
FamilySearch.org - See the FamilySearch Catalog for both online and microfilm resources.
The Irish Genealogy Toolkit at http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Northern-Ireland-genealogy.html
The National Archives of Ireland at http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/introduction-to-genealogy/
Emerald Ancestors at https://www.emeraldancestors.com/
Ulster Historical Foundation at http://www.ancestryireland.com/
Society of Genealogists Northern Ireland at http://www.sgni.net/ with this note from my friend in Australia: "this one I found the link below to a French site Gallica that has a ton of info on some of my ancestors in the way of PDFs etc , in French of course but I send them via translate a document (google translate) or google docs."
Gallica at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ Again quoting: "I say give this a try for some info you just
never know."
Ulster Ancestry at http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-pages.php
Irish Genealogy at http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
Ballymoney Ancestry at http://www.ballymoneyancestry.com/
Belfast Family History at http://www.belfastfamilyhistory.com/
Church records listed by the Irish Genealogy website at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/irish-records-what-is-available/church-records
Irish Ancestral Research Association at http://tiara.ie/links.php
DiscoverNorthernIreland.com at http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Genealogy-in-Northern-Ireland-T15544
The Irish Times at http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/
In Search of our Common Heritage at http://www.genealogyandfamilyhistory.com/a-look-at-northern-ireland-genealogy-research-1/
Mary's Genealogy Treasures at http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/ireland.htm
The Irish Ancestry Research Centre
Irish Genealogy Toolkit
RootsIreland.ie
The Irish Ancestry Research Centre
Irish Genealogy Toolkit
RootsIreland.ie
James, Thank yu so much for all of these Irish resources. There are some that are new to me that I look forward to exploring. Pending that, I wanted to tell you that I've included your post in my NoteWorthy Reads for this week: http://jahcmft.blogspot.com/2015/04/noteworthy-reads-10.html.
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