Quick Reference Guides

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The Irish Quick Reference Guides are designed to help you with your Irish Research no matter where you are in your research process.  Guide 1, Preparing for Success in Irish Research discusses the importance of understanding Irish Jurisdictions in order to determine where in Ireland your ancestor lived.  It then takes you step by step through developing a plan to find that information. Although the plan discusses primarily US records, the same types of records may be found in other countries to which the Irish emigrated.

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Guide 2 covers Civil Registration and Church Records.  Once you know the locality, there are online records that cover Civil Births, Deaths and Marriages from 1864 for all of Ireland (also Protestant marriages from 1845).  Prior to Civil Registration, Church Records may be available that cover baptism, marriage and burials.  The Church records are heavily dependent on time and place.

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Guide 3 discusses Land, Tax and Estate Records.  These are essential records since the oldest surviving complete census in Ireland is 1901.  Griffith's Valuation, a tax list from the mid-19th century may be the only record of your family's existence during that time.  It covers land occupiers, not just owners, including tenant farmers and trades people.

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All three Guides are included and emailed to you as PDF files