Books, Newspapers, Periodicals

Genealogy Books

Claire Santry
New Irish Genealogy Resources 2020 ebook
https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/new-irish-genealogy-records-2011-2020.html

Claire Santry
The Family Tree Irish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Ireland
The eBook is available on  Google
https://www.google.com/searchtbo=p&tbm=bks&q=isbn:1440348804

John Grenham
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
5^th Edition 2019 hardcover
https://genealogical.com/store/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-2/
5^th Edition softcover
https://www.amazon.com/

Joseph Buggy
Finding Your Ancestors in New York City
Ebook available on Genealogical.com
https://genealogical.com/store/finding-your-irish-ancestors-in-new-york-city/

 Brian Mitchell
A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland,
2^nd edition, ebook
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-new-genealogical-atlas-of-ireland-second-edition

 General Alphabetical Index to Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland
https://archive.org/stream/op1248631-1001#mode/1up

 Anthony Adolph
Tracing Your Irish Family History
https://archive.org/details/tracingyourirish0000adol

 

 Books Recommended by IFHF Members

 Family Tree Magazine
Ultimate Guide to Genealogy ebook
https://www.familytreemagazine.com/product/ultimate-guide-to-genealogy-records-ebook-2/

Marie E. Daley with Judith Lacey
Genealogist’s Handbook for Irish Research ebook
https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/e-book-edition-of-genealogists-handbook-for-irish-research

Smith, Helen V.
Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms, 2d ed.
Ebook via Gould Genealogy
https://www.gould.com.au/death-certificates-and-archaic-medical-terms/utp0181/?setCurrencyId=2     

Aaron Goodwin
New York City Municipal Archives: an Authorized Guide for Family Historians
https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/publications/muni

 

Some Suggested Irish Writers

Maeve Binchy   http://maevebinchy.com/
Roddy Doyle  https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/roddy-doyle
Jean Grainger   https://jeangrainger.com/
Pete Hamill    http://www.petehamill.com/
Hugo Hamilton  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Hamilton_(writer)
Morgan Llewelyn  https://www.barrykrostmanagement.com/morgan-llywelyn.html
Colum McCann   http://colummccann.com/
Joseph O’Connor   http://www.josephoconnorauthor.com/about.htmlk
Tom Phelan   http://www.tomphelan.net/
Colm Toíbín   http://www.colmtoibin.com/
Patrick Taylor   http://patricktaylorauthor.com/
William Trevor   https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/william-trevor

 

 

Sources For Ebooks and Audiobooks

• Internet Archive
  Free ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and more
  Search by title, author, or subject.
  https://archive.org/
• Overdrive and Libby
  Free ebooks and audio books online from your local public library. You need a library card.
  Search by title, author, or subject.
  https://www.overdrive.com/
  https://libbyapp.com/welcome
  What is the difference between the OverDrive app and the Libby app
  https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6119.htm
• Google Books
  Ebooks and audiobooks
  Search by title, author, or subject.
• Amazon
  Search by title, author, or subject.
• Peter J. Clarke’s Free Irish e Book
• Genealogy Ebooks
  Lots of genealogy and history books with an emphasis on England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Some are free.
• Open Library
  
• Family Search Digital Library

Periodicals

• Irish Lives Remembered
  The Irish Family History Centre’s free digital magazine is packed with over 70 pages of Irish Genealogy resources.
• Irish Roots Magazine    
• GenealogyInTime Magazine list of top 100 sites

 

Keep Up With Irish and Irish American News and Events

• Irish Central
• Irish Echo
• Irish Voice
• Irish Examiner
• UCD Digital Library
  University College Dublin digital collection of historical material, photographs, interviews, letters, and other exciting content
  
•  Trinity College Beyond 2022
  Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury
  

 

 

Irish Newspaper Archive

• www.Irishnewsarchive.com – $$
• www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk – $$
• www.findmypast.com – $$
• www.irishtimes.com/archive
• Eddie’s News Extracts contains extracts of births, marriages, deaths, and other clippings from newspapers in the northern counties.   – free

United States Newspaper Archive

Brooklyn Daily Eagle         – free
https://bklyn.newspapers.com/

Chronicling America   Historic American Newspapers
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov       – free 

 GenealogyBank
Newspaper archives from all fifty states including Irish American newspapers such as Gaelic American, Irish Voice, Irish American Weekly, Irish World                  – $$
http://www.genealogybank.com/

Google News Archive
http://news.google.com/newspapers       Some free

 New York State Historic Newspapers is especially good for researching small town newspapers       – free
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/

Newspapers.com
Search thousands of newspapers from the United States, Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Canada, and Australia    – $$
https://www.newspapers.com/

NY Times Archives
Check the website of your local library.
Times Machine: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/       -$$
Livebrary (public libraries of Suffolk County, NY).  https://www.livebrary.com/historic-newspapers    – free

Old Fulton New York Postcards contains newspapers dating back a few hundred years from several states especially New York State. This is a particularly good site to search for family members who lived in small towns.  One newspaper included here is the Irish American Advocate.        – free
www.fultonhistory.com
A newer approach to searching Fultonhistory.com, preferred by some people
https://fultonsearch.org/.

 ProQuest   Newspapers, videos and audio, books, scholarly journals, more
Available through many libraries
http://ProQuest.com

LDS Genealogy
U.S. Newspapers and Obituaries Directories
https://ldsgenealogy.com/newspapers-obituaries/