Irish Record sets: the highways and byways and the paths that connect
01 April 2016One thing that becomes second nature when conducting genealogical research on a daily basis are the highways and byways of Irish record sets, and the ‘paths’ that connect each. Knowing these paths and how to use sources consecutively can save a lot of time and keep research more focused. Below are but a few examples of...
Historic Parish Registers at Christ Church, Limerick, published online.
01 April 2016For the first time the historic parish registers held by Christ Church Limerick are being made available online. They contain the names of thousands of people who were members of the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations of Limerick city as well as Kilrush in County Clare and Killarney in County Kerry....
Tracing ancestors in the arts in Ireland.
01 March 2016It is a week and year for remembering all those who died in 1916 and we have had many queries relating to people who were involved in or whose lives were affected by the events of the Easter Rising. With conflict our first thoughts are with the tragic loss of...
Catholic parish register
01 March 2016With the great excitement now of the indexing of the parish registers, we are all more enthused than ever about tracking down our families. Of course these records have been on microfilm in the National Library for the longest time, and since last summer images were on the Library’s website....
Catholic parish regester
01 March 2016With the great excitement now of the indexing of the parish registers, we are all more enthused than ever about tracking down our families. Of course these records have been on microfilm in the National Library for the longest time, and since last summer images were on the Library’s...
Expert Workshop at the NLI, March 2016. Cecile Gordon – Revolutionary Women in the records
01 March 2016Outline: The Women in the Military Service Pensions Collection 1916-1923. Through successive commemorative exercises, the narrative of the Easter Rising 1916 as a historical event, has been subjected to a variety of filters and revisions. The event is a contested ground in Irish history and nothing leads to believe that...
Summer talks in the NLI, 2015, Bruce Arnold: the Yeats family history
01 March 2016Outline: The Importance of Truthful Family History in Irish Culture, the Yeats family. This podcast takes a personal take on the place of family history in Irish culture. Biography: Bruce Arnold is a writer and journalist. He has published twenty three books and is former Chief Critic of the Irish Independent, writing...
Easter edition of Irish Lives Remembered
01 March 2016The Easter 2016 edition of Irish Lives Remembered is a bumper issue to commemorate the 1916 centenary. In this issue, Fiona Fitzsimons talks to broadcaster and historian Joe Duffy, whose recent book explores the short lives and violent deaths of the children of 1916. And in his own column, Joe himself...
Irish Catholic Parish Records
01 March 2016Records span 200 years of Irish history (1670-1900), contain 40 million names, cover 1000 parishes across all 32 counties of Ireland Collection forms the most important resource for Irish ancestors prior to the 1901 census, allowing researchers to trace their roots back to Pre-Famine Ireland Reveal how Great Famine halved...
New source uncovered for Easter week 2016
01 March 2016Mollie Black’s letter I was given this letter by a neighbor, Lucinda Isabella Bright, many years ago. Lucy was sorting out some old correspondence and because of failing eyesight she asked me to check that she was not throwing out anything important. Included in this was the following letter. Lucy...
What the RC parish registers tell us about Marriage customs in Ireland
01 February 2016At the Expert Workshop in February, Aileen Wynne asked us all to talk about our favourite source, for one minute only. This is much harder than you might think, and it led to an interesting exchange of ideas and a lot of laughs. My favourite source is whatever I’m working...
Irish Family History Society adds a further 10 years (1995 – 2004) online access to their historic journals for members.
01 February 2016The Irish Family History Society Journal has been published annually since 1985, shortly after the Society was established. Many are now out print, particularly those from the early years. The back issues of the Journal have been digitised by Eneclann in memory of the late John Heueston, past Chairman...
