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Biographical Notices

Census Material

Church Records

Convicts

County Sources

Death Records

General Information

Gravestone Inscriptions

LDS On-Line Material

Manuscripts

Marriage Licence Bonds

Migration

Placenames

Public Record Office, Kew

Rebels

Soldiers

Trade Directories

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES

Marriage Notices in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1812
on-line transcript of extracts, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Index to Biographical Notices in the Clare Champion newspaper, 1935-1985
on Clare County Library website


CENSUS MATERIAL

1851 Census, Co. Antrim
on-line transcript of the original 1851 Census returns which survive for all or part of 13 parishes in Co. Antrim, maintained by Liam McFaul

1901 Census, Co. Clare
on-line database covering most of the 1901 Census material for Co. Clare, on Clare County Library website

1901 Census, various counties
on-line database now covering most of the 1901 Census material for Cos. Leitrim and Roscommon, with partial data for Cos. Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Westmeath and Wexford, maintained by Roger McDonnell


CHURCH RECORDS

Presbyterian Church Records at PRONI
on-line list of microfilmed Presbyterian church records held at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland


CONVICTS

Irish Convicts to Australia 1791-1820
on-line database of over 7400 Irish convicts transported to the colony of New South Wales up to 1820, maintained by Peter Mayberry; searchable by surname or location

Transportation Records Database
on-line searchable index to records at the National Archives, Dublin, of thousands of prisoners transported from Ireland to penal colonies in Australia in the period 1788-1868


COUNTY SOURCES

Co. Clare Genealogical Sources
miscellaneous genealogical sources on the Clare County Library website

Co. Louth Genealogical Sources
miscellaneous lists taken from a variety of genealogical sources on a site maintained by Brendan Hall


DEATH RECORDS

Civil Records of Death in Co. Waterford, 1864-1901
on Waterford County Library website


GENERAL INFORMATION

CompuServe's Genealogy Forums
including Eastman's Newsletter

Cyndi's List
the leading guide to genealogical sites on the Internet


GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS

Miscellaneous Transcribed Gravestone Inscriptions from Co. Waterford
on Waterford County Library website

LDS ON-LINE MATERIAL

Family History Library Catalogue
on-line access to the catalogue of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, searchable by place or surname

International Genealogical Index
on-line version of the IGI, maintained by the LDS Church

MANUSCRIPTS

National Register of Archives
on-line searchable indexes to thousands of published and unpublished lists of manuscript collections held in repositories throughout Great Britain and Ireland

PRONI Personal Names Index
on-line searchable "Prominent Persons Index" relating to manuscripts held at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

MARRIAGE LICENCE BONDS

Marriage Licence Bonds, Killaloe Diocese, 1680-1720 & 1760-1762
on-line transcript of extracts, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

MIGRATION

Emigrant Savings Bank Project
on-line partial index to records of the Emigrant Savings Bank which are held in the Manuscripts & Archives Division of New York Public Library, maintained on GenExchange by Monica Bennett

Maritime Records - Research Guides
on-line guides to researching maritime records, maintained by the National Maritime Museum in the UK

Peter Robinson's Settlers in Peterborough, Ontario
background to Robinson's assisted migration of Irish settlers in the 1820s and on-line list of 1825 settlers' surnames arranged by township within Peterborough County

Ship Passenger Lists
on-line indexes to passenger lists from numerous ships sailing into ports in North America and Australasia, maintained by the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild, a group of volunteers

PLACENAMES

IreAtlas Townland Database
searchable list of all townlands in Ireland, created by the late Sean Ruad

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, KEW

Public Record Office (Kew) - Information Leaflets
on-line guides to researching all classes of records held at the Public Record Office, Kew

REBELS

Wicklow United Irishmen 1797-1804
on-line index to names of United Irishmen in Co. Wicklow uncovered by the historian Ruán O'Donnell, maintained by Peter Mayberry; searchable by surname or location

SOLDIERS

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Debt of Honour Register
on-line searchable information on the location of the graves of 1.7 million soldiers of the various Commonwealth armies who died in WW1 and WW2, along with personal and service details

TRADE DIRECTORIES

Ferrar's Limerick Directory of 1769
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Lucas' Directory of Ireland, 1788: Ennis entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Lucas' Directory of Ireland, 1788: Limerick City entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Pigot's Directory of Ireland, 1824: Ballina entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Pigot's Directory of Ireland, 1824: Ballinasloe entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Pigot's Directory of Ireland, 1824: Galway City entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Pigot's Directory of Ireland, 1824: Loughrea entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1846: Ballina entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1846: Ballinasloe entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1846: Loughrea entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1856: Ennis entries
on-line transcript of the directory, maintained by Cathy Joynt Labath

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