There are all sorts of blogs, books, and websites for doing
Irish genealogical research. Hopefully this list will separate the wheat from
the chaff and get you into some serious research.
Last Updated 3 December 2016
Last Updated 3 December 2016
Blogs
Claire Santry's Irish Genealogy News - The
most up to date reporting
John Grenham's Irish Roots - An often humorous commentary on the often frustrating world that is Irish genealogy
Donna Moughty's Irish Genealogy Resources Blog - Expert posts about research sources and other observations
Books
John Grenham's Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (4th ed.) - The bible of Irish genealogy
Dr. Edward MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland - Does exactly what it says on the cover
Brian Mitchell's A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland (2nd ed.) - Confused by all the parishes? This atlas will set you straight
Dr. James Ryan's Tracing your (county) ancestors series - Get a more detailed insight whether they are from Cork, Galway, Dublin or Donegal
Kyle Betit and Dwight Radford's A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors - Focuses on researching the Irish in many countries
Websites - Records
Ask About Ireland - Griffith's Valuation. Do you know who Griffith
was?
Ancestry.com - The biggest genealogy website in the world has a large number of Irish records
Ancestry Ireland - Focuses on Ulster and Northern Ireland (not affiliated with above)
British Newspaper Archive - Local newspapers from Ireland
Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI - Free access to digitized registers (no name index)
Ancestry.com - The biggest genealogy website in the world has a large number of Irish records
Ancestry Ireland - Focuses on Ulster and Northern Ireland (not affiliated with above)
British Newspaper Archive - Local newspapers from Ireland
Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI - Free access to digitized registers (no name index)
Familysearch
- Various Irish record sets and indexes from the world's best free site. Check the Catalog section too for digitized records.
Findmypast.ie - Wide variety of records
From-Ireland.net - A colossal amount of free transcribed records from Dr. Jane Lyons.
GRO Ireland - Where to order BMD certs, hint: use the Familysearch or IrishGenealogy indexes and purchase the 4 euro copy!
GRO Northern Ireland - Same as above, but for the northern counties
Irishgenealogy.ie - Official Irish government research portal, church records, and birth, marriage, death records and indexes
Irish Genealogical Research Society - The great grand-daddy of all Irish genealogy societies also has many interesting databases.
Irish Genealogy Projects and Archives - Free transcribed records
Irish Newspaper Archives - Local and national newspapers
National Archives of Ireland - 1901 & 1911 censuses, 1821-1851 census fragments, Tithe Applotment Books, Wills 1858-1900, Calendars (indexes) of Wills and Administrations 1858-1922, pre-Griffith's Primary Valuation books and much more.
National Library of Ireland - Keepers of the hallowed parish microfilms, newspapers, an excellent advisory service and much more
Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland - Congregational registers, records, histories and more
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - For all your Northern Irish ancestral needs
Representative Church Body Library - A good starting place for finding Protestant (Church of Ireland) ancestors
Findmypast.ie - Wide variety of records
From-Ireland.net - A colossal amount of free transcribed records from Dr. Jane Lyons.
GRO Ireland - Where to order BMD certs, hint: use the Familysearch or IrishGenealogy indexes and purchase the 4 euro copy!
GRO Northern Ireland - Same as above, but for the northern counties
Irishgenealogy.ie - Official Irish government research portal, church records, and birth, marriage, death records and indexes
Irish Genealogical Research Society - The great grand-daddy of all Irish genealogy societies also has many interesting databases.
Irish Genealogy Projects and Archives - Free transcribed records
Irish Newspaper Archives - Local and national newspapers
National Archives of Ireland - 1901 & 1911 censuses, 1821-1851 census fragments, Tithe Applotment Books, Wills 1858-1900, Calendars (indexes) of Wills and Administrations 1858-1922, pre-Griffith's Primary Valuation books and much more.
National Library of Ireland - Keepers of the hallowed parish microfilms, newspapers, an excellent advisory service and much more
Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland - Congregational registers, records, histories and more
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - For all your Northern Irish ancestral needs
Representative Church Body Library - A good starting place for finding Protestant (Church of Ireland) ancestors
Rootsireland - 20+ million transcribed Church and other records. An absolute must.
Ulster Historical Foundation - Irish and Scots-Irish research in Northern Ireland
Ulster Historical Foundation - Irish and Scots-Irish research in Northern Ireland
Websites - Help
Boards.ie genealogy forum - Need some help? Stop by here.
Irish Genealogy Toolkit - The best online guide for Irish genealogical research.
Irish citizenship by descent - Was one of your grandparents from Ireland? All the official rules and regulations are here.
John Grenham's website - has all sorts of useful information, some free, some for payment
Swilson.info - Administrative divisions (e.g. townland database, placename search) and much more
The Irish Archives - Cyndi's List style website of categorized genealogy links
Looking for information on the History of the Harty Family and following them back in time as far as possible. I notice the name Harty is not in the top one hundred Irish Surnames. It's Gaelic name is O'hAthartaight and a few other versions that eventually got the Anglican version of Harty. Books are hard to come by, most of my research is from the internet. Any suggestions on links to find out about who this family is?
ReplyDeleteI'm looking to trace the Harty family in Ireland as far back I can can also. If you find anything please share.
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