Learn about family research

Book: Smith, Drew. Generation By Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy. Baltimore: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2023.

Book: Watson, Eliza. Genealogy Tips & Quips. Self-published, Elizabeth Watson, 2020.

Book: Eichholz, Alice (editor). Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third Edition. Provo: Ancestry Publishing, 2004.

Facebook Group: The Genealogy Squad https://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogysquad/

Magazine: Family Tree Magazine (U.S.) https://familytreemagazine.com/

Webinars: Legacy Family Tree Webinars https://familytreewebinars.com/

Website / Podcast / Book: Diana Elder & Nicole Dyer: Research Like a Pro https://familylocket.com/

 

Learn about Irish research

Book: Grenham, John. Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, 5th Edition. Dublin: Gill Books, 2019.

Book: Santry, Claire. The Family Tree Irish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Ireland. Cincinnati: Family Tree Books, 2009.

Book: MacLysaght, Edward. The Surnames of Ireland, Sixth Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1991.

Magazine: Irish Roots magazine https://www.irishrootsmedia.com/

Magazine article: Susan McKee, “Using Irish naming convention to discover the family of Thomas Delaney in mid-nineteenth century Ireland,” Irish Roots Issue No 129 (2024 First Quarter): 28-29.

Magazine article: Susan McKee, “Using Irish naming convention to discover the family of Thomas Delaney in mid-nineteenth century Ireland Part 2 of 4; Searching Catholic Church Records,” Irish Roots Issue No 130 (2024 Second Quarter): 28-29.

Research Guide: Gleeson, Maurice. Tracing Your Ancestors: Irish Research A Practical Guide. Ontario: Moorhead Magazines, 2018. [https://familyrootspublishing.net/products/tracing-your-ancestors-irish-research-a-practical-guide-pdf  $8.50 for PDF eBook / $9.95 for Print Edition]

Website John Grenham – Irish Ancestors https://www.johngrenham.com/ [Paid/Some free searches]

Website: Ireland Reaching Out https://www.irelandxo.com/

Website: Irish Genealogy Toolkit https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/index.html

Website: Ask about Ireland https://www.askaboutireland.ie/

Website: Irish Family History Center https://www.irishfamilyhistorycentre.com/  [Contains their free digital genealogy magazine Irish Lives Remembered]

YouTube channel: John Grenham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVLZQdxpGfs

 

Learn about Irish history

Book: Clear, Caitriona. Social change and everyday life in Ireland, 1850-1922. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007.

Book: Duffy, Seán. Ireland: Atlas of Irish History, 3rd edition. Cork: Gill & Macmillan, 2013.

Book: Killeen, Richard. A Timeline of Irish History. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2003.

Book: McDonnell, Vincent. Ireland: Our Island Story. Cork: The Collins Press, 2013.

 

Learn about Irish geography

Book: Mitchell, Brian. A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland, 2nd Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009.

Online article: “Irish Land Divisions Made Easy” (12 February 2024) Ireland Reaching Out (https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/irish-land-divisions-made-easy : accessed 13 July 2024).

Online article: Shane Wilson, “Duplicate Place names, Detached Parishes and Half Baronies” (7 December 2022) SWilson.Info(https://www.swilson.info/wp/?p=1535 : accessed 13 July 2024).

Website: Townlands.ie https://www.townlands.ie/

Website: Logainm https://www.logainm.ie/en/  [Irish placenames]

Website: SWilson.info https://www.swilson.info/

Website: Irish Townland and Historical Map Viewer

https://osi.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=bc56a1cf08844a2aa2609aa92e89497e

User’s guide: External Guide to using the Osi National Townland and Historical Map Viewer

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d982ad85855f41109d9c0c74ef2600f7

 

Learn about Irish records

Church records

Books: Ryan, James G., editor. Irish Church Records, New Edition. Dublin: Flyleaf Press, 2001.

[Covers various religions in Ireland.]

Catholic parish registers

National Library of Ireland https://registers.nli.ie/ [Digital images of registers / Not indexed]

Findmypast https://www.findmypast.com [Although FMP has paid subscriptions, the Catholic Church indexes are free to access when you create a free account.]

IrishGenealogy.ie https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/en/ [Free site with some Irish Catholic Church records but it’s hard to determine what Irish Catholic church records they have in their database.]

Paid sites with indexes to Catholic Parish Registers:

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com

Rootsireland.ie https://www.rootsireland.ie/

Civil records

Online article: Nicola Morris, “Irish Family History: Civil registration.” 26 January 2018. Free UK Genealogy(https://www.freeukgenealogy.org.uk/news/2018/01/26/irish-family-history-civil-registration/ : accessed 11 September 2023).

IrishGenealogy.ie – Homepage https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

IrishGenealogy.ie – Search the civil records https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp

Census records

1901/1911 Census of Ireland – National Archive of Ireland http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Land records

Book: Paton, Chris. Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records: A Guide for Family Historians. Yorkshire: Pen & Sword, 2021.

 

Finding Aids

FamilySearch Research Wiki https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Main_Page

Cyndi’s List https://www.cyndislist.com

StevenMorse.org https://stevemorse.org

 

Records Checklist

From Family Tree Magazine https://familytreemagazine.com/freebie/free-genealogy-records-checklist/

From FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Resource_Checklist

 

Charts/Worksheets/How-To Articles

 From Family Tree Magazine https://familytreemagazine.com/free-family-tree-templates/