Category Archives: Ireland

‘Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland’ — New book by Chris Paton

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Gail Dever

Crisis situations affected many of our ancestors. If those ancestors lived in Ireland, professional genealogist and popular speaker Chris Paton has written a new book, Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland, where he explains what records were created when a crisis … Continue reading →

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Ireland properties, from 1298 to 1975, on FamilySearch

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Gail Dever

Thanks to Cyndi Ingle and her excellent website, Cyndi’s List, I learned that FamilySearch has a new full-text search collection, called Ireland, Properties, from 1298 to 1975. FamilySearch’s Chief Genealogical Officer David Rencher first shared the news on Facebook. I’d … Continue reading →

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Long-time Irish genealogist Claire Santry honoured

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Gail Dever

The council of the Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) announced on Friday that Claire Santry was unanimously chosen as the 2024 recipient of the Wallace Clare Award. The award recognizes Ms. Santry’s “dedication to the promotion of Irish genealogy over … Continue reading →

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750,000 new death records for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Findmypast

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast has updated three of its existing death record collections as part of its annual update of modern death records. Now covering 1980 to 2024, there are 751,279 death records from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to explore. … Continue reading →

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Landmark research on Irish Civil War fatalities may help family historians with their research

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Gail Dever

New research and a digital mapping project, listing all of the combatant and civilian fatalities in the Irish Civil War, was launched at the end of April. Called The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project, it covers one of the most … Continue reading →

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Shoe sculptures to raise awareness of Irish Famine in Canada

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Gail Dever

A special cargo of bronze famine shoes left Galway, Ireland last night aboard the Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Explorer to cross the Atlantic to Newfoundland. The shoe sculptures, which pay tribute to the millions affected by the devastating famine of … Continue reading →

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Gearing up for the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Settlers

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Gail Dever

Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Settlers from the Ballyhoura Region in Ireland establishing a new life in what we now know as Peterborough, Ontario. In Ireland, Ballyhoura Development, which is a local non-profit organization, has … Continue reading →

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Almost one million new Irish records on Findmypast

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Gail Dever

If you have Irish roots, you’ll want to take a look at Findmypast’s 992,000 new records from Ireland. Ireland, 1766 Religious CensusThis week’s biggest new set consists of 20,505 transcriptions from the 1766 Religious Census. Although the original documents were … Continue reading →

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New records on Findmypast — Dublin baptisms, marriages and births

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Gail Dever

Findmypast this week added three new collections of records for Dublin, Ireland. Ireland, Dublin Church of Ireland Baptisms There are 23,914 images and transcriptions to explore in this brand-new collection, spanning 1619 to 1865. Ireland, Dublin Church of Ireland Marriages Also new, … Continue reading →

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Findmypast Friday — Norfolk headstones and the Irish Army Census 1922

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast has added Norfolk graves and memorials and reworked the 1922 Irish Army Census.  Norfolk Memorials A further 30,149 new additions have been added, thanks to local resident Louise Cocker who has been hard at work, photographing Norfolk headstones … Continue reading →

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