If you have Irish ancestry, you may have been told that in Ireland “all the records were burned”. Not so! And now many Irish family history records can be accessed online. Below are just a few websites to get you started.
Irish birth, marriage, and death records – indexed images from civil registration and earlier church records: Irish Genealogy.ie
Census
records – the only remaining available years for all of Ireland are 1901 and 1911: National Archives of Ireland Census returns
Was
your great-grandpa in the navy? Search
for his record at Irish Merchant Seamen
1918-1921
Ulster Covenant signatures – a huge petition in
opposition to Irish Home Rule in 1912. Many signatures are from Irish migrants
living in places such as Glasgow.
Many
more record sites are listed at Ireland Online Genealogy
Records on
the FamilySearch Research Wiki.
And of course, with this being a frugal family history blog, all of these resources are completely free to search and view!
Happy St. Patrick's Day, and happy ancestor hunting!
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