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Hi have found relatives for my tree who were born in Ireland. The family name is Garrity. How do I research Irish Ancestors? Any ideas? Thank you for any information. Ness :-)

Hi
I too have Irish ancestry .

Try The Family History Centre
64-68 Exhibition Road
London
SW7 2PA
If you live near their it is close to the V&A the staff there are very helpfull .You can find thr telephone number on the internet and you may find a local branch in your area. Good luck

Hi Vanessa,

try Rootsireland.ie.

It's free to search but pay to view.

The 1901 and 1911 Irish census is free to view at;

www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/



Dee x

Thank you Lynda & Dee. I will go onto both internet sites. I will also try the Family History Centre. Thanks once again for your help. All of you are truly wonderful. Ness x

There is also this site but it is limited in the areas of Ireland, but it is free

http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html


George

There is a very useful thread called "INFORMATION ONLY for those Searching for IRISH " by Teresa, that has gone missing, hopefully temporarily.

In the meantime - civil registration for births started in Ireland in 1864, and try exploring the following that give useful information:

http://www.from-ireland.net/irish-civil-registrations/Civil-Records-Explanation

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/index.html

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk-irl.html

Also the Familysearch.org (Mormon Site) BMD's from 1864 - 1958

To Purchase Certs:

Genealogy,
3rd Floor Irish Life Building,
Abbey Street,
Dublin 1.
Ireland

The LDS have a lot of Irish records on their family Search website, unfortunately a lot of Irish records were destroyed in 1916 and again in 1922 as i have found to my dismay.

Parish records are probably the most informative, if you know which area of Ireland your ancestors came from you can contact the local church. There is also Emerald Ancestors and the excellent Ros Davies site. One thing I have found is that people over there have been enormously helpful and kind.

Happy Hunting.

Eddie

Hi Edward,

A fire which destroyed the Custom House in 1922, Dublin, held the Census Records and most of the Wills.

However the Census for 1901 and 1911 are intact and available to view free of charge on line.

Remnants of Census from earlier years that were saved, are available I believe from the National Archives in Dublin

The Birth, Marriage and Deaths from 1864 - 1958 are on line via the Familysearch.org.uk site.

Ireland only started to keep official records from 1864.

Records for the six counties, i.e. North of Ireland from 1922 are stored in Belfast

Protestant Marriage's are available from 1845.

If you are looking for look ups in the north then emeraldancestors .co.uk. is very good its not free, but I found my grandparents marriage.

Thank you to everyone. I am going to try some of the sites. Thanks again Ness