GENEALOGY_in_GENERAL (GGs):

IRISH ISLE

IRELAND

(Inc. Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and the small islands of Aran, etc...)

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Ireland Government..  { Link to Republic of Ireland Large Map.}

N.Ireland Government.. { Link to N.Ireland Large Map.}

AIDS & FACTS on IRELAND:

• AIDS --
  • FHL's RESEARCH OUTLINE for IRELAND (GREAT).
  • Sources for researching Ireland (in Lib. of Congress)
  • Find a LIBRARY (Lib-Web-Cats).
  • Chapman Codes for the Irish Isle.
• FACTs --
  • Facts on Ireland  (Dept. of Foreign Affairs-Gov.site)
  • Workhouses in Ireland.

Irish Naming Patterns for Children:

• The 1st son was usually named after the father's father
  • The 2nd son was usually named after the mother's father
  • The 3rd son was usually named after the father
  • The 4th son was usually named after the father's eldest brother
  • The 5th son was usually named after the mother's eldest brother
• The 1st daughter was usually named after the mother's mother
  • The 2nd daughter was usually named after the father's mother
  • The 3rd daughter was usually named after the mother
  • The 4th daughter was usually named after the mother's eldest sister
  • The 5th daughter  was usually named after the father's eldest sister

TOPICS:

ALMANACs:

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES:

• Ancestry Research and Records Retrival:

• Cyndi's Lists for the Irish Isles -- (Great links...)
• (A.G.P.) ProGenealogists --'Irish Sleuth' (GREAT links)
• Ireland & N.Ireland F.H. Centers.(IFHF)
• SEARCH the NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF IRELAND Databases.
  • County-based Genealogical Centres (all-Ireland).
• $$ Irish Family Research $$-- A commerical site with Loads of Unique Resources -- must sign up for access to DBs...

• ARCHIVES/LIBRARIES -- GOVERNMENT Archives (National & Local). (separate Page...)

• ARCHIVES/LIBRARIES -- FREE IRISH REFERENCE WORKS. (e-books ON-LINE..."Library Ireland.com") -- GREAT.

• ARCHIVES/LIBRARIES --Major Archives & Repositories:

  in THE REPUBLIC ARCHON (Historical Mss Commission) -- Repositories in Ireland. COLICO  (Research & Special Collections for Ireland).	in NORTHERN IRELAND ARCHON (Historical Mss Commission) -- Repositories in N.Ireland. RASCAL (Research & Special Collections for N.I.).
  National Library of Ireland -- Dublin. Checkout "Office of the Chief Herald" resources @ NLI. National Archives of Ireland (Bishop St.)	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Freeholders' Records (pre-1840). Ulster Covenant (1912). Proni's Collection of Privately Deposited Records, etc. A. / B. / C. / D. / E. / F. / G. / H. / I. / J. / K. / L. / M. N. / O. / P. / Q. / R. / S. / T. / U. / V. / W. / X. / Y. / Z.
  Irish Manuscripts Commission Has Civil Survey of 1654-56, etc... Inventory of IMC...GG Resource pg.	Institute of Irish Studies (Belfast) -- Queens Univ. Has 'Ordinance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, 1830-1840, (40 vols) for the various Cos. of Ireland & NIR. for sale... -- GREAT.
  Garda Síochána Museum and Archives Garda Síochána Historical Society	Northern Ireland Police Museum
  Military Archives Royal Dublin Fusiliers - Irish soldiers in the British Army in the First World War	Royal Inniskilling Fuliliers Museum Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum Royal Irish Regimental Museum Royal Ulster Rifles Museum
  General Register Office (in the Republic)	General Register Office (in Northern Ireland)
  	Northern Ireland Museums Council. National Museums & Galleries of N.Ireland (MAGNI)
  Irish Architectural Archive
  Irish Film Archive	NIR Film & Television Commission.
  Irish Traditional Music Archive	NIR Music Industry Commission.
  	Linen Hall Library (Belfast) Has Belfast Newsletter B/M/Ds ON-LINE...
  Valuation Office

• ARCHIVES/LIBRARIES --Academic Archives & Special Collections:

  Irish Academic Library Catalogues- links

  ACADEMIA: UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGE's (SPECIAL COLLECTIONS):

  in the REPUBLIC: Higher Education Authority- HEAnet	in Northern Ireland: RASCAL - Research and Special Collections Available Locally in Northern Ireland
  University College-Cork (UCC): Boole library archives service UCC library: special collections - manuscripts CELT - Corpus of Electronic Texts ON-LINE (UCC) Faculty of Celtic Studies, University College, Cork Ionad na hImirce/ Irish Centre for Migration Studies, UCC Irish Law Site - (UCC) University College-Dublin (UCD): Archives Department, University College- Dublin M/Phil in Irish Studies, UCD, Dublin University College Dublin - History Dept. University College-Galway (UCG): James Hardiman library - special collections National University at Galway - History Dept. Trinity College-Dublin (TCD): Trinity College Dublin library: manuscripts Trinity College Dublin: the Book of Kells Trinity College Dublin - Modern History Dept St. Patrick's College--Maynooth. University of Limerick (UL):	Universities in N.Ireland: Queens University--Belfast. Institute of Irish Studies. Society for the Study of the 19thC. Ireland. St. Mary's University College. Stranmillis University College. University of Ulster. Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster
  Colleges and Nat'l Schools (etc...) in the Republic: All Hallows College Athlone Institute of Technology Bofield National School County Mayo Bruce College (Dublin, Cork, Limerick & Belfast.) Cork Institute of Technology Disert, Institute of Education & Celtic Culture (Dingle). Dublic City College. Dublin Institute of Technology Dundalk Institute of Technology Education in Donegal Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology Gormanstown College Institute of Technology, Carlow Letterkenny Institute of Technology Sligo Institute of Technology St. Colmcill'es B.N.S. Swords, Co.Dublin St.Paul's Primary School Portlaoise, County Laois Tallaght Institute of Technology Tralee Institute of Technology Waterford Institute of Technology	Colleges in N.Ireland: Armagh College. Belfast Institute. Castlereagh College. Causeway Institute East Antrim Institute East Down College (site currently down?) East Tyrone College. Fermanagh College Limavady College Lisburn College Newry & Kilkeel Institute North East Institute North Down & Ards Institute North West Institute Omagh College Upper Bann Institute.
  Public Libraries in the Republic: Directory of Library & Information Services in Ireland. Royal Irish Academy library -- Their Proceedings Journal.	126 Public Libraries in N.Ireland -- Covered by Following Network: Belfast Education & Library Board: BELB. North East Education & Library Board: NEELB. Southern Education & Library Board: SELB. South Eastern Education & Library Board: SEELB. Western Education & Library Board: WELB.
  	Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS).

• Misc. Repositories with Irish Resources....

British Library Collection of Irish Newspapers.

Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich Library & Archives (formerly Armagh Diocesean Hist.Soc.).

Digiteach - Cyber Centre for Irish Studies, Donegal

International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures

• Australian Sites of Interest for Irish Resources:
  • Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia -- Centre for Irish Studies
  • Irish studies at the University of New South Wales
• Canadian Sites of Interest for Irish Resources:
  • Canadian Association for Irish Studies
  • Irish Studies at St Mary's College, Canada
• Danish Sites of Interest for Irish Resources:
  • The Nordic Irish Studies Network
  • The Centre for Irish Studies in Aarhus
• England Sites of Interest for Irish Resources:
  Irish Genealogy Research Society (England) -- has some unique resources on Ireland -- check out their Library Catalog.
  Irish Diaspora Studies at Bradford University
  Bath Spa University College -- Irish Studies Centre
  St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill: see especially -- Centre for Irish Studies, which maintains an Irish Community in Britain archive
  University of Huddersfield -- Irish studies project
  University of Liverpool: see especially -- Institute of Irish Studies
  University of North London: see especially -- School of European Languages, which hosts an Irish Studies Centre
• Europe Sites of Interest for Irish Resources:
  • Efacis - European Federation of Associations & Centres of Irish Studies
• French Sites of Interest for Irish Resources
  • Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
  • Princess Grace Irish Library of Monaco
• Scottish Site of Interest for Irish Resources:
  • University of Aberdeen: see especially -- Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies
• Swedish Site of interest for Irish Resources:
  • Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies
• U.S. Sites of Interest for Irish Resources:
  • Boston College: Irish Studies Program
  • Catholic University of America, Washington, DC: Irish studies programme -- Centre for Irish Studies, The Catholic University of America
  • University of Massachussetts: Irish Studies Program
  • University of St Thomas: Center for Irish Studies
  • Georgia Southern University: Center for Irish Studies
  • Notre Dame University: Keough Institute for Irish Studies -- University Libraries of Notre Dame, Irish Studies
  • New York University: Ireland House Irish Studies programme
  • University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale: Irish and Irish Immigration Studies
  • CSANA (Celtic Studies Association of North America)
  • Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Web Sites only online during college term)

• Various Associations of Interest:
  • Political Studies Association of Ireland
  • Geographical Society of Ireland
  • Irish Committee of Historical Sciences
  • American Conference for Irish Studies, and its New England Region
  • Canadian Association for Irish Studies, Toronto
  • European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies
  • Nordic Irish Studies Network
  • Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland, Belfast

BIBLIOGRAPHYs:

BIOGRAPHIES:

BUSINESS RECORDS & COMMERCE:

CEMETERIES:

• Guide to Cemeteries for Northern Ireland.(WORK IN PROGRESS...)
• Guide to Cemeteries for the Republic. (WORK IN PROGRESS...)

CENSUS-RELATED:

• 1901 Census Project  for various Counties (Status of and extraction of...)
• 1901 Census for Co. Clare (Clare Co. Library)

CHURCH-RELATED: (ALSO see COUNTY LINKS...)

• Maritime History Archives of Newfoundland Collection of 'Unique' Irish Parish Registers 1671-1900  (RC: Donegal, Kerry, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford.  CI: Cork & Waterford) -- has a Research Service $$).

• CHURCH Archives & Repositories:

  Baptist Church in Ireland	Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland. Baptist Union of Ireland, 117 Lisburn Rd., Belfast has some records also...
  Church of Ireland.	Anglicans ON-LINE... Church of Ireland Representative Church Body Library -- Holds over 250 parishes in the Republic... Contact: RCBL, Braemore Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14. Email: library@ireland.anglican.org Alternate Resources: PRONI has some 30 parishes in NIR on film, inc. Cavan, Monaghan & Donegal (in Eire). The Nat'l ARCHIVES in the Republic holds 10 parishes on film, for the dioceses of Cashel, Cork, Limerick, Tuan, Meath, Kildare, Glendalough & Ferns..In addition, the "Journal of the Irish Memorials Assn" has transcribed various registers. (Check the FHL for filming of the Journal...) Marsh's Library
  Huguenot (French Protestants)	Check out: Publications of the Huguenot Society of London. (vol14) and also Church of Ireland Registers for Huguenot registrations... In addition, check out: French Huguenot Fund, a Dublin Huguenot Charity... Kilkenny Huguenots petitioned for a Church (NLI film: P.521).
  Jewish Congregations	The Irish Jewish Museum, Walworth Rd., (off Victoria St), Portobello, Dublin 8.
  Methodist Church in Ireland	Methodist Church. Contacts via Email. Contact the Wesley Historical Society (WHS) Irish Branch (see above...), Aldersgate House, 9-11 University Rd., Belfast. An Additional Resource: Edgehill Theological College, Belfast has some similar material, Lennoxvale, Malone Rd., Belfast, NIR. In addition, The Statutory Trustees of the Methodist Church in Ireland, 1 Fountainville Ave., Belfast BT9 6AN are a Central Repository for the Church. and finally, check PRONI for their collection of Methodist Records (MIC CR3, MIC 1E.)
  Moravian Church (in Great Britain and) in Ireland.	Moravian Church in Ireland (Ballinderry, Belfast, Gracehill, and Kilarlin). Ballymena, Co. Antrim -- Contain Registers of B/M/D, Memberships, Diaries, and Deeds...
  Presbyterian Church in Ireland	Presbyterian Church In Ireland., Email: Info@PresbyterianIreland.org Presbyterian Historical Society, Church House, Belfast, BT1 6DW, Northern Ireland Alternate Resources: PRONI have films of various Registers... (series MIC 1P/___). covering Ulster Prov.(inc. Cavan, Fermanagh, and Monaghan.). In addition: Lists & addresses of all Presbyterian ministers can be found in "The Presbyterian Church in Ireland Directory" (check with the above link... or your local library) and The Ulster Historical Foundation has surveyed various cemeteries for Co. Down & Antrim.
  Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland	DUBLIN FRIENDS HISTORICAL LIBRARY, Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, Swanbrook House, Morehampton Rd., Dublin 4. RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, Ulster Quarterly Meeting, Archives Committee, Meeting House, 23 Railway St., Lisburn, Co. Antrim, N.I. QT 28 FRIENDS HISTORICAL LIBRARY, Friends House, Euston Rd., London, NW1 2BJ, England. Friends Historical Library (London).
  Roman Catholic Church in Ireland	Catholic Church in IRELAND: GGs page for: Connaught Province: Catholic Church Records & Aids --(Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo). GGs page for: Leinster Province: Catholic Church Records & Aids -- (Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois(Leix, Queens), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly(Kings), Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow). GGs page for: Munster Province: Catholic Church Records & Aids -- (Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford). GGs page for: Ulster Province: Catholic Church Records & Aids -- (Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone). Also check Maynooth for listing of "Students & Ordinations Index" for who entered this seminary (inc. details & some Genealogy on the Students). NUI Maynooth library Co. Kildare, Ireland Email: Reader.Service@may.ie The Nat'l Library of Ireland has some films of various parishes... Also check the FHL collections of Catholic registers (most on film...) as a last resort, contact the Irish Heritage Centres (they are extracting the various Catholic Parish Registers -- $$ will research their DBs $$. ) Contact: The Irish Genealogical Project, 1 Clarinda Park North, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. Ireland & N.Ireland Family Heritage Centres.(IFHF)
  Unitarian Church in Ireland.	Unitarian Church In Dublin.

CIVIL REGISTRATION:

• Civil Registrations for IRELAND:   ( Details on the Civil Registrations of  IRELAND. )
  • Births, 1864--1875.  for ALL Ireland... 
  • Marriages, 1845 to 1870, for ALL Ireland...  (note: All the marriages from 1845 through 1863 in the civil registration are ONLY for Protestant marriages. Catholic marriages were not recorded in civil registration until 1864.) -- so if searching for your Catholic families, start with 1864 to 1870/5.

CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS:

COURT RECORDS:

DESCRIPTIONs & TRAVEL:

DIRECTORIES:

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES (CURRENT):

• Republic of Ireland (EIRCOM).  (Enter surname and county ONLY for best search results....)

DWELLINGS:

EMIGRATION & IMMIGRATION: ( NARA IMMIG. RECs GUIDE )

• Major Gateway: ( must see CYNDIs PASSENGER LISTs section):
  • (for USA:) Ellis Island ((NYC port) and I.N.S. 'Wall of Honor'
  • (for CANADA:)  See CANADA page...
• Some Interesting Collections of Passenger Lists:
  • Click on NARA/ AAD for current listing, go down that page to: (or jump to:) (FAMINE IRISH DATA FILE, 1846-1851  The Center for Immigration Research (CIR), The Balch Institute, Temple University created this series to contain information about immigrants from Ireland to the United States during the era of the Irish Potato Famine 1846-1851. It was extracted from ship passenger lists in the records of the U.S. Customs Service (NARA Record Group 36)--One of the neat tricks is to modify the search form to inc. Location of Embarkation, then get the code for that location.  Then insert it into the embarkation box, and get those passengers who left from there..  -neat option..
  • Passenger Lists on-line.
  • Irish Passenger Lists.
  • Irish Passenger lists to Argentina, 1822-1929.
• Studies on Sailing Vessels/Ships, etc...
  • Ship Arrivals
  • THE SHIPS LIST
  • Passenger Immigrant Ships
• North America
  • Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
  • Immigration History Research Center
• British and Irish Isles
  • Centre for Migration Studies (Omagh)
  • Irish Diaspora Studies
  • Irish Diaspora Studies (Network).
  • Irish Centre for Migration Studies
  • The WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations

FOLKLORE:

GAZETTEERS & ATLAS' Sites:

• IreAtlas  (Gazetteer of Town & Townlands).  GREAT...
• (PRONI) GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX, N.IRELAND.
• (GENUKI) GEOGRAPHICAL INFO, IRELAND.

ARCHIVES/LIBRARIES -- FREE IRISH REFERENCE WORKS. (e-books ON-LINE..."Library Ireland.com") -- GREAT. {checkout Samuel Lewis's 1837 Topographical Dictionary of IRELAND {complete works of...) )-- GREAT

GENEALOGY:

• BOARDS: Archives, Bulletin, and/or Msg. Boards:

• $$Ancestry.com$$ Irish Message Board -- (seems to be FREE for now???)
• Irish Family History Foundation - Bulletin Boards   --  Organized with folders for each county.
• ROOTSWEB MAILING LISTs ARCHIVES  (Click on location, then select options or Browse/Search...)
  • for NORTHERN IRELAND.
  • for REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY:

HISTORY-RELATED:

E-text sites for Ireland:

LOCAL Archival & Historical Societies:

LAND & PROPERTY:

• GGs Resource Guide: (SURNAME INDEX to the) CROMWELLIAN ADVENTURERS (1642-1646), Who Subscribed for Lands in IRELAND.

MANORS:

MAPS:

• IRISH DETAILed Maps $$ for Sale $$  
• HISTORIC MAPS of Ireland  {Univ. of Texas World Collection}.
• Genealogy General (GGs) -- Collection of Maps of Baronies & Civil Parishes:
  • Antrim. // Armagh.

MEDICAL RECORDS:

MILITARY HISTORY & RECORDS:

NAMES, GEOGRAPHICAL:

NAMES, PERSONAL:

NEWSPAPERS:

NEWSPAPERS & JOURNALS: -- British Library Collection of Irish Newspapers.

• Belfast Newsletter Index, 1737-1800.
• Irish (Past Issues and/or articles) Newspapers on-line.
• Irish (Current) Newspapers on-line.
• Ireland Journal.
• HISTORY-IRELAND Journals.

NOBILITY:

OBITUARIES:

OCCUPATIONS:

OFFICIALS & EMPLOYEES:

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT:

POORHOUSES, POOR LAW, HISTORY & RECORDS:

PROBATE (& WILLS) RECORDS:

PUBLIC RECORDS:

RELIGION & RELIGIOUS LIFE:

SOCIAL LIFE & CUSTOMS:

SOCIETIES:

• Ulster Historical Foundation (Members Interest List) Search Engine.

STATISTICS:

TAXATION:

VISITATIONS, HERALDIC:

VITAL RECORDS:

•  Irish RECORD FINDER.  {for Ireland}
• Walker's HIBERNIAN MAGAZINE IRISH MARRIAGES { 1771-1812 }

VOTING RECORDS:

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