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Land Owners in Ireland 1876 presents the returns from a count of land owners of one acre or more throughout the country. The process began in 1873 when the Local Government Board in Ireland decided to ascertain the number and Continue reading Land Owners in Ireland 1876
IRELAND’S FLAGSHIP GENEALOGY EVENT BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY • Ireland’s biggest family history event returns for its third year • Over 20,000 family history enthusiasts expected to attend Ireland’s biggest family history event returns this year after its massive success in Continue reading Ireland’s Back to Our Past Begins Friday
The following news release is from Paula Kenndy with Ireland Reaching Out and the Gathering: SEPTEMBER 27TH 2012: Michael Ring, Minister of State for Tourism and Sport today announced a partnership between The Gathering Ireland 2013 and Ireland Reaching Out. Continue reading Minister Michael Ring Announces Partnership Between The Gathering Ireland 2013 & Ireland XO
If you’re are doing Irish and/or Scottish genealogy, and you haven’t checked out Dwight Radford’s Journey Home Genealogy blog lately, you might want to do so. He’s posted a lot of good stuff lately. I keep a daily running listing Continue reading Check Out Dwight Radford’s Journey Home Genealogy Blog
Church records may be the most prevelant record available in Irish genealogical research. And, not just church records for one church either. There are historically eight major religions in Ireland. Irish Church Records: Their history, availability, and use in family Continue reading Finding Irish Church Records
Sources for Irish Family History: A Listing of Books and Articles on the History of Irish Families has a title upon which little needs added to describe this book. This guide is indeed a listing of source information for Irish Continue reading Sources for Irish Family History
The Irish and the Scots have a nearly inseparable history, if examined on the basis if origin. Scottish Highlanders originally came from Ireland and the two peoples have long been connected by blood, language, and religion. Both, have also, played Continue reading The Irish Scots and the “Scotch-Irish”
Check out the infographic below to discover the history and strongholds of 20 of the most popular Irish family names. Click on the image and go to the GoIreland.com website, where the resolution of the image is better.
The following news release was received from Paula Kennedy at IrelandXO: Award-winning National Community Programme – Ireland XO set to expand in the Shannon Region In partnership with Shannon Development and the local LEADER groups, over 376 mid-west parish communities Continue reading Ireland XO Set to Expand in the Shannon Region
The following excerpt is from an article published in the July 12, 2012 edition of IrishTimes.com: Ancestry.com is to open its international headquarters in Dublin, creating 35 jobs over the next two years. The family history resource will move into Continue reading Ancestry to Open an International Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland
As I’ve noted before, I highly recommend Dwight Radford’s The Journey Home Genealogy blog. I’ve been keeping a running chronological list of links to his blog topics ever since he started. If you have Irish or Scots research, you should Continue reading Check out “The Journey Home Genealogy” for Tips on Irish and Scots Research
The following information is from FamilySearch.org: 76 million much-anticipated state census, naturalization, immigration, and vital records were added this week for 22 states, including Ohio, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Since partnering with the National Archives of Italy to Continue reading 76M New US Historic Records & Millions more for Brazil, China, Ireland, Italy, Russia, & Spain Added at FamilySearch.org
Recently we have reviewed a number of books on Irish genealogical research in specific counties. One of the key record types found across the country, if not the most prevalent record, are church records. Not just church records for one Continue reading Irish Church Records
I first thought to introduce this book with a short poem of my own creation. However, I found the results to corny to share. So, in a far simpler introduction, let me just say this blog takes a look at Continue reading Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors
Having access to Irish research guides published in Ireland has been a great boon to English speaking genealogists living outside of Ireland but having at least one Irish ancestor. In particular, the Tracing Your [Irish] Ancestors provides a wealth of Continue reading Tracing Your Roscommon Ancstors