Robert C. Lightburn rlight@sprintmail.

com 23 June 2010

 Republic of Ireland 26 counties

Northern Ireland 6 counties

Counties Civil parishes

Catholic parishes
Townlands More (see glossary)

 Important to know where your ancestor came from

Talk to family members

Gather family documents If you still dont know where your ancestor came from

check:

Vital records Census records Naturalization records Cemetery and burial records Immigration records and passenger lists Church records

 Record the information on pedigree charts

Decide what you want to learn using the Records

Selection Table as a guide Select a record to search Find and search the record Use the information

 Ex. 1 If you need birthplace

First look in Church Records, Civil Registration
Then look in Census, Newspapers, Military Records,

Occupations
Ex. 2 If you need emigration date
First look in Emigration and Immigration Then look in Church Records, Naturalization and

Citizenship

 Non-Catholic marriages from 1 Apr 1845

Births, marriages and deaths from 1 Jan 1864

Indexes available on microfilm and online
Births 1864-1958 Marriages 1845-1958 Deaths 1864-1958

Records available on microfilm

Births 1864-1955

Marriages 1845-1870
Deaths 1864-1870

 First census taken in 1813

Censuses taken every 10 years from 1821 to 1921

Early censuses (1821-1851) mostly destroyed by fire in

1922 1861-1891 censuses destroyed after compiling statistics 1901 and 1911 only censuses open to the public Early census fragments plus 1901 and 1911 censuses filmed by the LDS 1911 census available online

 Best source of genealogical information before 1845

Most parish registers date from the late 1700s

Registers kept for baptisms/births, marriages and, to a

lesser extent, deaths/burials The NLI has microfilmed most parish records The LDS has also microfilmed many parish records Genealogy/heritage centres have indexed many of the records In some cases permission of the local priest may be required to view parish records

 Civil Parish St. James

Church of Ireland 1742, Royal Hospital, Kilminham

1826, St. Jude, Kilminham 1857 Roman Catholic St. James 1752

 Tithe Applotment: the tithe was a land-based tax

extracted from rural Ireland between 1823 and 1837 to support the Church of Ireland Griffiths Primary Valuation: made between 1848 and 1864 the valuation was made of taxable property in every parish in Ireland the tax based on the property valuation was used to support the poor Householders Index: also called Index of Surnames was created by the NLI to index the surnames occurring in Griffiths Valuation and the Tithe Applotment Book

 Castlerahan Parish, Castlerahan Barony, Oldcastle

Union Griffiths Valuation year 1856 Tithe Applotment Book year 1831 Surname Brady G42 means the surname Brady occurs 42 times in Griffiths T means the surname Brady occurs in the Tithe Applotment Book

 Court records

Deeds
Directories Emigration

Newspapers
Probate

 National Library of Ireland (NLI)

National Archives
General Register Office (GRO) Genealogical Office

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

 Genealogy/Heritage Centres

LDS Family History Library and local Family History

Centers Libraries Historical and genealogical societies