Category Archives: Ireland

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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Latest additions to Findmypast — Northern Ireland parish records, Scotland Poor Law, Canadian headstones

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Gail Dever

This past week, Findmypast added more than 1.8 million records from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Canada to its website. Fermanagh Parish Records 15,629 new records have been added across four record sets, with three updated and one new. The 7,731 new baptisms … Continue reading →

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Findmypast adds more Irish records and newspapers

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Gail Dever

Findmypast added last Friday more than 25,000 Irish marriage and census records and wills, along with five new newspaper titles and five updated newspapers from Ireland. Ireland, Genealogical Office Manuscripts, Marriages This new collection comprises 9,010 marriage records, covering 1732 to … Continue reading →

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Thousands of new Irish records on Findmypast

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Gail Dever

Findmypast this week has released thousands of new Irish genealogy records to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Findmypast has added the brand-new collection, Ireland, Inland Revenue Wills & Administrations 1828-1879. With transcripts and images, these 261,256 records are a rare survival … Continue reading →

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