News from Ireland
New County Kerry Records Online
When: Thursday, 19 March, 2020New Kerry Records by Brendan Scott Roots Ireland are delighted to announce the addition of 220,000 Roman Catholic baptismal and marriage records from County Kerry to the Roots Ireland database at www.rootsireland.ie/kerry.
Kerry
Shelter at home with our Irish Family History Tips
When: Thursday, 19 March, 2020You may be starting your family history research, be at a critical juncture or perhaps are taking a break because you seem to have run out of options.
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Giants Grove. Redwoods, enjoying their benign new home at Birr
When: Wednesday, 17 October, 2018Image above: Clara Clark and Lord Rosse 10th September 2018
Birr (Offaly) Offaly
Tell us where you Ancestor emigrated to
When: Monday, 17 February, 2020If you have already created an Ancestor Chronicle you can now edit it to also include information about whether they stayed in Ireland or moved abroad. Follow the instructions in this video and remember to save your changes at the end.
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Tracing Your Sligo Ancestors (2nd edition)
When: Monday, 2 December, 2019Published by the Ancestor Network, this is an extensively revised and updated edition of their acclaimed guide to ancestral research on the families of county Sligo. In particular, many new on-line genealogy sources have been added.
Sligo
English Naming Patterns within the family unit
When: Tuesday, 4 March, 2014During the 18th century, the basic pattern of naming children was used for many English-speaking families. This was also common with many Irish families, although they didn't always adhere strictly to this.
Tulla (Clare) Clare
State (Civil) Records 1864 onwards
When: Thursday, 24 August, 2017With the introduction of state registration, birth and death information was required to be provided to the local registrar who was usually the doctor, within 21 days. Late registration resulted in the imposition of a fine. Hence, in order to avoid the payment of a fine, later birth and death dat
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New York Times Celebrates military descendants of Coomleigh, Cork.
When: Wednesday, 13 March, 2019Dear Jackie,
Kilmocomoge (Cork) Cork
Connect your Ancestors on the Ireland XO Chronicles
When: Monday, 5 February, 2018Now that you have created more than one Ancestor on the XO Chroncles, you can also connect them with each other.
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Glencolmcille Graves
When: Wednesday, 26 October, 2016As work continues on identifying and transcribing graves in the parish, you can see those already available on Find A Grave.
Glencolumbkille (Donegal) Donegal