Happy St. Paddy's day to all of us.
Ancestry.com posted a list today of some
Irish information links for research so I am passing them along to anyone who
might want to read and research more about the early family. Enjoy -- don't
forget the wearing o the green. Take care. Marilyn
Irish Links and Resources
Those of us searching for roots in Ireland could use a wee bit of the famed
"luck o' the Irish" from time to time. But for those times where the luck
fails
us,
Ancestry.com has put together this collection of links and resources to
help us find our way, beginning with the collection of databases available in
the
Ancestry.com U.K. & Ireland Records Collection.
Databases like "Irish Famine Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records,
1846-1851," "Irish Flax Growers List, 1796," "Ireland
Householder's Index, Antrim
County," "Ireland, The Royal Irish Constabulary 1816-1921" and Parish and
Probate records for Cos. Antrim, Down, and Louth are just a few of the ones
included in this growing collection. (NOTE: A UK & Ireland Records Collection
subscription is required for most of these databases.
Free Articles from the Library
"Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History,” by James G. Ryan,
Ph.D.
The following two articles are excerpts from this book:
"Administrative Divisions in Ireland"
"Irish Place Names and Family Names"
"Researching Ireland at Home and Abroad," by Dwight A. Radford (Ancestry
Magazine, March/April 2000, Vol. 18, No. 2)
"Burial Records In Ireland Before 1864," by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot)
(Ancestry Daily News, 5 November 2002)
"The 1766 Religious Census Of Ireland," by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot)
(Ancestry Daily News, 30 December 2002)
"Irish National School Records," by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot) (Ancestry
Daily News, 3 September 2002)
"Probate in Ireland," by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot) (Ancestry Daily
News, 4 October and 16 November 2000)
Part 1 Part 2
"Irish Townlands: Beyond the Definition," by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot)
(Ancestry Daily News, 7 September 2000)
"Fact or Blarney: Proving the Legacies Left by Irish Storytellers," by
Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CGRS, CGL (Ancestry Magazine, Mar/Apr 1999, Vol. 17, No.
2)
"Family History in Ireland" by Suzanne McVetty (Ancestry Magazine, Nov/Dec,
1997, Vol. 15, No. 6)
"Marriage and Burial Records of Irish Presbyterians," by Sherry Irvine, CGRS,
FSA (Scot) (Ancestry Daily News, 12 August 2003)
"Voters and Freeholders in Ireland," by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot)
(Ancestry Daily News, 23 December 2003)
"A Nation in Distress: The Poor of Ireland," by Judith Eccles Wight (Ancestry
Magazine, Jan/Feb 1994, Vol. 12, No. 1)
"Irish Estate Records," by Judith Eccles Wight (Ancestry Magazine, Jan/Feb
1996, Vol. 14, No. 1)
"Help Is at Hand: Immigrant Aid Societies," by Suzanne McVetty, CG
Part 1 (Ancestry Magazine, Jul/Aug 1996, Vol. 14, No. 4)
Part 2 (Ancestry Magazine, Nov/Dec 1996, Vol. 14, No. 6)
"John Steinbeck's Irish Roots," by Brian Mitchell
(Ancestry Daily News, 15 April 2003)
"Preparing for a Visit to Ireland," by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot)
(Ancestry Daily News, 03 February 2004)
"Honoring Our Ancestors: If You're a Wee Bit Irish," by Megan Smolenyak
Smolenyak (Ancestry Daily News, 11 December 2003)