Irish Family History Articles

CENSUS & SUBSTITUTES

• Tithe Defaulters Lists: Do They Hold Clues For You?
  For more than a hundred years the forced payment of these tithes had been a serious issue for Irish Catholics, and after Catholic emancipation in 1829 it was a focal point of discontent...
  
  
• The Irish in England and Wales
  Irish Origins includes two databases of the Irish in England and Wales. You can search the 1841 and 1871 census data for people whose birthplaces were recorded as Ireland...

BIRTHS

• About Civil Birth Record Indexes
  There was a single system of civil registration for the whole of Ireland until 1922. After that date there are two systems and two general register offices.

GENERAL

• Irish Internet Highways and Byways
  Spend a day meandering about the Web and anyone can make a huge list of sites that relate directly or indirectly to researching family history in Ireland. It takes experience as well as awareness of research requirements to create a core list of fundamental resources.