History and Genealogy Links (2008 Edition)
A directory of external links on Dublin and Irish history, genealogy, civil records and adoption registers, as listed on the 2008 version of the site.
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A directory of external links on Dublin and Irish history, genealogy, civil records and adoption registers, as listed on the 2008 version of the site.
About these links
The list below was compiled for the 2008 redesign of Chapters of Dublin and is kept as it was recovered. Many of the websites have since moved or closed, so where possible the links point to archived copies in the Wayback Machine, and some organisations, such as the General Register Office and the Adoption Authority of Ireland, are linked at their current addresses. Details such as record dates and database contents are as described in 2008 and may have changed. For those starting out, the most useful sources are usually the civil records held by the General Register Office, which cover births, marriages and deaths, and the 1901 and 1911 census returns, which the National Archives of Ireland makes freely available online.
Related material on this site includes Links to Dublin history on the Web, Links to maps of Dublin, Ancestry & Genealogy and genealogy hints, links and tips. For research into a particular parish or district, the chapters of F. Elrington Ball’s History of County Dublin and Short Histories of Dublin Parishes are a good place to start, and the all chapters page lists every book on the site.
The recovered 2008 links page follows below.
Designed by D.J. Brophy, 2008
Copyright Chapters of Dublin History 2002
This web site contains a collection of historic books, maps, pictures, illustrations on the history of Dublin.
The most complete history of Dublin Ireland on the Internet today
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Here are some helpful links on Dublin and local history that may help in your research.
While we provide these links for research purposes we are in no way connected with any of the Web sites listed.
Paddy Healy’s Tallaght Village : Illustrations and maps and local history of Tallaght, Co Dublin.
If you are considering a visit to Dublin in the near future then this Web-site may just have all the information you need, everything from accommodation to car hire and of course including places to visit.
Longphort to Norman Invasion: Interesting short article on the early Norman History of Dublin.
Very well researched subject on Workhouses including those in Dublin and the rest of Ireland, well worth a visit.
Good collection of images of Dublin both old and new.
Entertaining and informative reading on the 1916 Easter Rising on the BBC Web site, very good resource.
County Dublin Heritage/Historical : Information on Dublin’s Historical buildings and other well known sites.
Very good resource on the History of Railways in Ireland and Dublin.
Island Ireland directory for Irish history.:
The following link will take you to resources on Irish history museums, 1798, the Famine, 1916, the ‘Troubles’ and more.
An index of key Irish History events.
* History of Dublin * Dublin Uncovered * Time Line of Irish History
* Irish Origins * Penal Laws * National Archives * National Library * Marsh’s Library * The Labyrinth * Chronicon
* 1916 Easter Rising * Register Office
* Raheny Dublin * Irish History
* Easter 1916 * Dublin.ie
* Dublin Castle * The DNA Ancestry Project
* Irish Coats of Arms * Wiki History of Dublin * Irish Genealogy * GEN UKI
* ProGenealogists * Guide to Irish Genealogy * The Church of Ireland * Ulster Historical Foundation
Ancestry and Genealogy Resource
For those researching their family history you can access cenus and other databases information on this special page.
Adoption Registers Ireland & UK
This is just a small selection of adoption links, there are more agencies but these should be enough to get you started.
Contact information on Adoption Agencies in the Republic of Ireland.
Operating a register which may link people separated by adoption who want to be put in touch with each other.
You can learn more about starting your search for adoption records by reading the … services in relation to adoption for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
This Web site contains a lot of information on genealogy, adoption research, well worth a visit.
National Archives of Ireland with access to research guides, online databases including the Ireland-Australia Transportation Index (1791-1868) plus family history and genealogy information.
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
Online indexes include: geographical, prominent persons, Presbyterian and Church of Ireland indexes. There is also an index to the Freeholders’ Records.
National Library of Ireland. with information for family history researchers including an online list of Catholic parish registers held. There is also access to the library catalogue, photographic, newspaper and manuscript databases.
The General Register Office (Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora). This site offers information on birth, death and marriage records in the Republic of Ireland plus details on the location of church records.
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. This site offers information for the online ordering of births, death and marriage certificates for Northern Ireland.
Ireland Births, Deaths & Marriages Exchange. This site provides a free resource for sharing details contained on birth or baptismal, death and marriage certificates registered in Ireland.
Genfindit Vital Records Ordering Service for Irish photocopies or certificates 1864-1921 (Protestant marriages from 1845) and for 1922-1999 for the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland.
History from Headstones, by the Ulster Historical Foundation, lists pre-1900 gravestone inscriptions from over 1,200 graveyards around Ulster. See Resources and Databases for details.
Irish Index. This site offers access to an index of over 15,000 birth, marriage and death announcements appearing in leading Irish newspapers (1817-1823). A search returns year of publication, surname, place, county and country. A transcript of the entry is available for a fee.
This extensive gateway site has an alphabetical list of sites relating to all aspects of Irish research. A must to visit.
Cyndi’s List for Ireland and Northern Ireland with over 1500 indexed links.
A gateway site for researching your Irish family history. This site includes a Beginner’s Guide.
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (USA)
A site for those interested in Irish genealogical and historical research which features an extensive list of Irish resources indexed by county.
Burke’s Landed Gentry Ireland Online. records significant non-titled land owners and their family histories. This collection is available online to subscribers but some free searches are available.
All kinds of resources and links for the Genealogists. It’s an Australian Gateway Site for Tracing your Family History but a great resource for Genealogists everywhere.
Ireland
Including the definitive publication of Griffith’s Valuation.
A list of Eneclann’s CD-ROM titles, with detailed information about each.
U.S
www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration
Lists immigration records compiled by the National Archives in Washington.
Lists immigrants processed through Ellis Island.
Australia
www.nationalarchives.ie/ Transportation of convicts from Ireland after 1836, compiled by the National Archives of Ireland.
For information about people who received assisted passage to Australia, see the NSW state archives Family History web site.
England, Scotland & Wales
www.originsnetwork.comContains marriage records from the 16th to 19th Centuries, wills 18th & 19th Century, apprentice records 15th to 19th Centuries
The 1901 Census for England and Wales on-line
Census returns and parish and civil registers for Scotland.
Other Genealogy Resources:
Find your Irish Ancestors in Online Marriage Records.
Government registration of births, marriages and deaths in Ireland
The General Register Office of Ireland has records of birth, marriage, and death occurring in all of Ireland from 1864 to December 31, 1921 and records from the Republic of Ireland (excluding the six north-eastern counties of Derry, Antrim, Down, Armagh, Fermanagh and Tyrone known as Northern Ireland) from January 1, 1922 on. The GRO also has records of non-Catholic marriages in Ireland from 1845.