PublishedRobinson, September 2019 |
ISBN9781472143358 |
FormatSoftcover, 240 pages |
Dimensions19.6cm × 12.4cm × 2.4cm |
Whether you're eager to hold on to EU citizenship post-Brexit or simply interested in exploring your family's past, learn how to research and document your Irish ancestry with this essential guide, newly updated to include the latest genealogy tools.
The purpose of this book is to highlight the most important documentary evidence available to the family historian wishing to research their Irish ancestry. It is aimed primarily at researchers whose time in Irish repositories is limited, and who want to know what is available locally and online. It covers more than eighteen individual sources of information, making it simpler to organise your search and easier to carry it out both locally and on the ground.
This books covers:
Where to begin
Researching online
Civil registration
Making sense of census returns, wills, election records
Migration, emigration
Local government and church records