These links to genealogy research and search sites are in the right side bar of this blog. I post them as an article for your convenience. Most of them are Great Britain: England and Ireland, which is where most of my ancestors are from. I actually add to them as I find a site that might help me in my own research.
Irish Research Information Sites
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|Irish Toolkit | http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/ | Irish genealogy
gained a reputation long ago for being a frustrating one-way street to
disappointment and headache. Thankfully, calming potions and analgesics are no
longer essential equipment for the amateur genealogist because family history
in Ireland has entered a golden era.
- Ask
About Ireland: | http://www.askaboutireland.ie/ AskAboutIreland and the Cultural Heritage
Project is an initiative of public libraries together with local museums
and archives in the digitisation and online publication of the original, the
unusual and the unique material from their local studies' collections to
create a national Internet resource for culture.
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- Dublin UCD Library
| http://digital.ucd.ie/ welcome to the UCD Digital Library, a platform
for exploring cultural heritage, engaging with digital scholarship, and
accessing research data.
- Irish
Genealogy News | http://irish-genealogy-news.blogspot.com/2012/05/database-updates-its-list-of-registers.html?spref=fb | IrishGenealogy.ie, the church
records database set up by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the
Gaeltacht, has had a quiet update
- Irish Genealogical Research Society | http://www.igrsoc.org/
- Catholic
Parish info: Cool locating names tool
| http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ Enter
a surname and we'll tell you -
- »The number and location of households of the name in Ireland in the 1850s;
- »Variant spellings or associated names;
- »Surname dictionary entries;
- »The number and location of births of the name in 1890;
- »Published or printed family histories;
- »A possible coat of arms associated with the name.
Irish Searching Websites
- Roots Ireland | http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/?gclid=CJvZiJ-xsbACFSrDtgodXBwWSw | The Irish Family History Foundation and its
member centres have compiled this database of Irish genealogical records
for the island of Ireland as part of their commitment to broadening access
to genealogical and historical data. Please note that the work of
computerizing and updating the records is ongoing.
- Ireland PRONI
| Welcome to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
(PRONI). Use PRONI's collection of
archives to research your family and local history. Browse our
information leaflets, search our
online archives and visit our state of
the art new building. http://www.proni.gov.uk/
- Sligo
Headstones
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- http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/sligo/photos/tombstones/markers.htm
- Irish
Genealogy.ie | www.irishgenealogy.ie the web site dedicated to helping
you in your search for records of family history for past generations.
This site will assist you in providing valuable information on the many
ways of tracing your family history. You can now view nearly 3 million
pre-1900 church records free of charge.
More Roots Ireland: | http://www.rootsireland.ie/
Ireland's Largest Family Records Database Over 19 million records online. This website
contains a unique set of Irish family history records including Birth, Death,
Marriage and Gravestone records the majority of which are only available online
on this website and cannot be found online elsewhere. This website was created
by the Irish Family History Foundation (I.F.H.F.), an all Ireland not-for-profit
organization, that is co-ordinating the
creation of a database of Irish genealogical sources to assist those who wish
to trace their Irish ancestry.
- Ulster Ancestry: http://ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-pages.php A Pot Full of
Ulster Links | Ulster Ancestry is
compiling a series of Free pages which you can use for your research
purposes. These have been sorted by date and detail the document type for
your convienience. Passenger
Lists are located near the bottom of the page
National Archives of Ireland
| http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
| Mission; To secure the preservation of records
relating to Ireland which warrant preservation as archives. To
ensure that appropriate arrangements are made for public access to archives
British Research
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Vision
of Brittain: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ | Search by
placename to view historical statistics, maps, writings and more... Topographical, land use and administration
maps from the 19th and 20th Centuries:
Since 1801 the Census has created a uniquely detailed record of our
changing communities. For data on your chosen town or village, search by place
from our main home page. This part of
Vision of Britain is about the census itself, including:Listings of all reports
published from 1801 to 1961, and all tables in those reports. Unless you ask,
we list only reports and tables for which we hold data or text. The contents of selected tables, with headings and notes. Full
text: Abstracts 1801-41, Preliminary Reports 1851-1961, and England & Wales
General Reports 1871-1921
- Free British Parish Records | http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl | Welcome to the home of U.K.
Parish Register Information.
- England Wales
Historical Directories
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http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp | Historical Directories is a digital library of local and
trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains
high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools
for research into local and genealogical history
- Thousands of British & Ireland sites | http://www.fhlfavorites.info/ |
- Links to many useful aids, sites, etc. | http://www.genuki.org.uk/ | GENUKI provides a virtual
reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to
the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a
charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
Free British Birth Death Marriage Info | http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ | Welcome to FreeBMD. | FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records. It is a part of the FreeUKGEN family, which also includes FreeCEN (Census data) and FreeREG (Parish Registers
- Ineractive Maps and Jurisdiction for Everyparish in
England
from FamilySearch.org | http://maps.familysearch.org/
Scotlands People | http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ | Welcome to
ScotlandsPeople, one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. If you are
researching UK genealogy, your Scottish ancestry or building your Scottish
family tree, we have almost 90 million records to look through. From Scottish
census records, Scottish wills, birth certificates and death certificates, we
have a comprehensive choice of Scottish records to bring your Scotland ancestry
to life. Build the complete picture of your Scottish ancestry with
ScotlandsPeople.
Scottish Archive Network. | http://www.scan.org.uk/ e Scottish Archive Network is a project whose partners are the National Archives of Scotland (NAS), the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), and the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU). The project aims to revolutionise access to Scotland's archives by providing a single electronic catalogue to the holdings of more than 50 Scottish archives. To preserve fragile historical records and improve their accessibility SCAN digitises records on a huge scale. SCAN maintains the www.scan.org.uk, www.scottishhandwriting.com, and www.scottishdocuments.com websites, as well as hosting sites for several associations and bodies with interests in Scottish archives and history.
- National Archives of Scotland | http://www.nas.gov.uk/ | Welcome to the website of the National Archives of Scotland (NAS).
Good Tennessee Wiki Site: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Tennessee
Avoiding
the common rookie mistakes from FamilySearch.org:
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Rookie_Mistakes
