 Top 5 Irish Genealogy WebsitesDo you have Irish ancestors and looking for records, tools, and resources that can help in your Irish genealogy research? Here are my top 5 Irish genealogy websites to help you climb your family tree! 1. IrishGenealogy.ie (Free)  IrishGenealogy.ie for Irish Genealogy Research
2. FamilySearch/FamilySearch Ireland Genealogy Wiki (Free)  FamilySearch for Irish Genealogy Research  FamilySearch Ireland Genealogy Wiki for Irish Genealogy Research  RootsIreland.ie for Irish Genealogy Research
4. National Archives of Ireland (Free)  National Archives of Ireland for Irish Genealogy Research  National Library of Ireland for Irish Genealogy Research
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 Well, I just had my first genealogy brick wall ever for a place name; usually if I have any brick walls, they are for people!
I was working on a report for a client this past week, and her grandmother and three of her grandmother’s siblings birth records I had found, showed they were born in a townland called Sylane, Parish of Church Friar, Galway, Ireland; and one of her other siblings was born in Lakeview, Tuam, Galway, Ireland. The places of these births were in the Superintendent Registrar’s District of Tuam, the Dispensary Registration District/ Registrar’s District of Tuam #2, and in the Poor Law Union of Tuam. I have heard of the newer Sylane, in Tuam, but never a Sylane in Church friar, let alone the place Church Friar. I have also never heard of Lakeview in Tuam. I was so confused! There were no such places on the District or Poor Law Union Maps or Lists on SWilson’s site or John Grenham’s site. After much researching, I had arrived at the conclusion that the Parish of Churchfriar was in what now is the Parish of Belclare, after discovering some sites that had references to Sacred Heart Church of Belclare, replacing an old chuch in a place called Churchfriar, about 200 yards away. As far as Lakeview goes, I am still stuck on exactly where it is. There is a Lakeview in Galway, but not in Tuam District. Because the entry specifically said he was born in Lakeview, Tuam, I had to chalk it up to it being a place that is no longer there or was referred to a house or road, for now; still suck on that one. 😉 Follow more brick wall cases under the Genealogy Brick Wall Cases category. Learn more about about Irish research below and in Genealogy Resources: Irish Genealogy Resource: IrishGenealogy.ie Irish Genealogy Research Resources P.S... My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are: Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉 ←Back to Genealogy Research Tips Page  IrishGenealogy.ie is a fantastic site to help you research your Irish ancestry; it is the main site that I use for my Irish descended clients. You can search births, marriages, and deaths of the General Register Office (GRO) and church records from numerous counties. The General Register Office holds all the official records of Irish births, deaths and marriages from 1864, and of non-Catholic marriages from 1845. Birth register records from 1864 to 1920, marriage register records from 1845 to 1945, and death register records from about 1871 to 1970, are available online. They also have a large amount of church records for baptism, marriage and burial, including many that were before civil registration. They now also have the 1901 and 1911 census and more, through the National Archives of Ireland! 😊  IrishGenealogy.ie *Update 6/26/2024: As I will not be able to update this post consistently, please keep in mind that this post was originally created as of the post date. Please add 1 year, to the year end range date, for each year after the post date, for the record avalablity. More Irish Genealogy ResourcesFind more Irish genealogy resources, tips, and other info under the Irish Genealogy category and below. More Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more family history and genealogy resources under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.
 Are you doing any Irish genealogy research and looking for some useful sites to help you in that research? There are many wonderful Irish genealogy websites out there to use for your Irish genealogy research. I came across quite a few that were very useful, while working with a particular client whose great grandparents came from Ireland. The website that I seemed to use the most while working on his case, was IrishGenealogy.ie. This is a fantastic website to get civil records and church records from. I was able to find many of the civil registration birth records that I needed, along with marriages and deaths. Another fantastic site I used for the case was SWilson.info, where I was able to find registration district maps that I could use to help me look up which registration districts to search for civil records in. This site is also a fantastic tool to use in looking up Catholic and civil parishes. Registers.nli.ie, is also a great site that I used for Catholic Parish registers. JohnGrenham.com was very useful in looking up Roman Catholic records in the particular area that I was searching in, but they also offer a lot more to help with your research. Another great website to use for Irish genealogy is the Irishgenealogytoolkit.com; I used this site for Irish civil registration districts, but they have a plethora of information for Irish genealogy research. RootsIreland.ie. was also quite useful; I used this site for a list of common first name variations that you would find in records, but this site also has abundant records and research tips. If you have any ancestors in Limerick, I came across a useful website, LimerickDiocese.org; this had the history of local churches, graveyards and more. Family search also has an abundant list of Irish genealogy resource tools in their Wiki, and of course Family Search, Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, and the National Archives are great to use in your research. More Irish Genealogy ResourcesFind more Irish genealogy resources, tips, and other info under the Irish Genealogy category and below. Irish Genealogy Resource: IrishGenealogy.ie Irish Research Place Name Brick Wall More Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more family history and genealogy resources under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.
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