Marriage Settlements
01 October 2015A recent search had as its starting point a prerogative marriage license bond from 1780. A prerogative marriage license bond indicated that one or both of the parties had substanial resources. The next step for us automatically led to the Registry of Deeds, a potential goldmine for the determined researcher. We...
Behind The Scenes at The National Library of Ireland
01 October 2015The fun of the genealogy service in the National Library is that we never know in advance who we’ll meet, or what stories we’ll hear. Our job is to listen, to identify verifiable facts and events, and to guide enquirers in their research. Research constantly throws forward something new or...
National Library of Ireland Extend Delivery Times in Main and Manuscript Reading Rooms:
01 October 2015Good news from the National Library of Ireland, who have very helpfully, extended their document delivery times in the Main and Manuscript Reading Rooms: Monday – Wednesday: 9.30am,10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm. Thursday – Friday: 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm Saturday: 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am
Shane Byrnes Family Tree: Ireland AM
01 October 2015We hope you enjoyed Eneclann on Ireland AM discussing rugby legend Shane Byrnes family tree. click on image below to link into the show if you missed it.
lease of lives
01 September 2015We recently had an 18th century search at the Registry of Deeds which involved land that a family held for a lease of lives. Any genealogist will rub their hands with glee when they see the words ‘lease of lives’. Put simply what it meant is that the person taking the...
Who Do You Think You Are? Series 7 – Ray Martin
01 September 2015A lifetime spent in journalism has seen Ray Martin witness some of the defining moments of his time. Looking into his own history he finds his forbears too were on the frontline of nation shaping events. Discovering an ancestor at the scene of Australia’s greatest armed rebellion. On his maternal...
How to trace a family farm or homestead.
01 August 2015Regular readers of this newsletter know that the Eneclann genealogists provide the Genealogical Advice Service in the National Library of Ireland every summer. One of the most common questions from visitors availing of the service, is how to trace a family farm or homestead. If you can identify your ancestor...
Catholic Parish Registers go online for the first time.
01 July 2015The National Library of Ireland has officially launched their new web-repository of parish records. Covering more than a 1,000 parishes throughout the island of Ireland, the registers consist primarily of baptismal and marriage records, also including names of people involved, such as witnesses or godparents. Eneclann were delighted to have been apart of this...
George Clooney’s Kilkenny roots revealed
01 July 2015Story by Zara King@ZaraKing_UTV A genealogy expert has shown UTV Ireland evidence from land records which prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that George Clooney’s ancestors lived on land in Knockeen in Windgap, Co. Kilkenny. Known as the “Clooney homestead”, George Clooney’s ancestral house and land has since been passed down through...
Always look for the anomaly
01 June 2015Family historians often start to work up a case, with very few documents to work from. The very first thing you learn as a researcher is to compare all documents, in case one may hold a key piece of information that opens up the story. Probably my all time favourite...
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother and he holds the key to unlocking my family history!
01 June 2015Okay, so the latter part of that might not quite be true to The Hollies version, but it can be true of tracing one’s ancestors. I’ve spoken before in tips about the importance of lateral thinking when conducting genealogical research. We often get people who’ve come to us, indicating that...
British Institute, Salt Lake City, UTAH, 21-25 Sept. An interview with Fiona Fitzsimons
01 June 2015“I would say that the single most common error I see among genealogists, is that they don’t question the bias of their sources. Many people invest so much in tracking down a relevant document, that once they find it, they accept it uncritically. Or, people put too much weight on...
