Searching your Irish roots online - a guide to Irish genealogy websites and how to search on them

A look at the most useful online resources fro censuses to databases

General Register Office of Ireland

This is where birth adoptions, stillbirth, marriage and death certificates in Ireland live. Through this site you can get access to any of these certificates for the price of €10.

General Register Office of Northern Ireland

Similarly this site gives you access to certificate records in Northern Ireland from 1864 on.

Ellis Island records

The famous port of Ellis Island has a fantastic collection of records. It allows you to view the passenger manifest, ship manifest and even an image of the ship your ancestor arrived to the United States in. It also has a huge collection of histories, images and other fascinating information.

Ancestry Ireland

This site provides a service by which their experts will carry out the research into your ancestors and roots on your behalf. This site established by the Ulster Historical Foundation also allows you to do the research yourself they can give you access to birth, marriage and death certificates, gravestone inscriptions, and street directories. The also have detailed townland maps.

Internment.net

This website is used by genealogists and local historians to help them locate burials. You can track down where family members were buried and learn about the cemeteries.

Irish Canadian Emigration Records, 1823-1849

This site does exactly what it says on the tin. You can search for your ancestors by name or by a specific dates.

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Clare Library

If your families roots are in County Clare then you’re in luck. This library website is a wealth of information on genealogy in the area , from list of tithe payments to group memberships and school registrations.

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