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Links

Some of Our Favorite Websites

Ireland
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/       Free
Guide to finding your Irish ancestors

NAI Sources for Family History
National Archives of Ireland

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/       Free
Irish Census 1901 & 1911

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie       Free
The Tithe Applotment Books were compiled between 1823 and 1837.

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm       Free
The Irish Times’ Irish Ancestors website.

http://rootsireland.ie/       $
The Irish Family History Foundationhas databases of parish church records of baptisms, marriages and deaths, census returns and gravestone inscriptions.

http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/       Free
Check for church records for Dublin, Cork, Kerry & Carlow.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffithvaluation/index.xml       Free
Griffith’s Valuation lists land owners and tenants (years 1847-1864)

http://failteromhat.com/index_org.php       Free
Check out Irish Flax Growers List (1796); Griffiths Valuation (approximately 1861);Lots of other goodies.

http://www.logainm.ie/       Free
Placename Database of Ireland

http://www.igp-web.com/       Free
Ireland Genealogy Projects – volunteer site with various records and cemetery transcriptions and photos. Organized by county.

http://www.ancestryireland.com/       $
Ulster Historical Foundation – focus on northeast Ireland.

http://www.irishancestors.ie/       Some free
Irish Genealogical Research Society

http://www.irishrootsmedia.com/Home       $
Irish Roots Magazine

http://www.ifhs.ie
Irish Family History Society

http://www.hse.ie/eng/       $
Health Service Executive purchase birth, marriage, death certs online 1922 forward

http://www.iar.ie/       Free
Irish Archives Resource – will link you to archival collections throughout the island of Ireland.

http://www.placenamesni.org/       Free
Northern Ireland place-names

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni       Free
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/       Some free
General Register Office Northern Ireland

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/       $
The British Newspaper Archive – includes papers from Ireland and Northern Ireland

https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/       $
Irish Newspaper Archives

http://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx       Free
National Library of Ireland – Catholic Parish Registers digitized microfilm not indexed

https://www.irishfamilyhistorycentre.com/       Some free
Irish Family History Centre

https://www.johngrenham.com/       Free
Irish Ancestors

http://freeirishgenebooks.blogspot.com/     Free
E-book site

https://www.irelandxo.com/         Free
Ireland Reaching Out is a volunteer-led, non-profit organization that enables people of Irish descent to connect directly with their place of origin in Ireland, and engage with the people living there today.

Newspapers
https://www.newspapers.com       $
Historical & Recent Newspapers (US, Australian, Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Island, Panama)
If you belong to ancestry.com or Fold3, cost is reduced.

http://www.genealogybank.com       $
Historical & recent Newspapers (American, Irish-American, more…)

http://archives.com       $

http://NewspapersArchives.com       $

http://bklyn.newspapers.com/title_1890/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/       Free
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841- 1955)

http://fultonhistory.com       Free

http://NYSHistoricNewspapers.org       Free

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov       Free

http://ProQuest.com
Available through many libraries

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

Global
http://www.familysearch.org       Free

http://FamilySearch.org – free site from the LDS Church.Many records and information are available online or by ordering microfilm to view at a local Family History Center. It has good Irish content.

http://www.cyndislist.com/       Free
Cyndi’s List – broad list of genealogy websites organized by category.

http://www.genealogyintime.com/articles/top-100-genealogy-websites-of-2016-page01.html       Free
GenealogyInTime Magazine list of top 100 sites

http://www.ancestry.com/       $
Ancestry.com – commercial site with family tree sharing, online records search.

http://www.findmypast.com/       $
Find My Past –has content from the United Kingdom, Ireland, U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Some Free

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Roots Web – message boards, mailing lists, plus.

http://www.myheritage.com/      $
MyHeritage – commercial site with family tree and photo sharing, records available too
Wales
Norway

http://stevemorse.org/      Free
One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

https://www.eogn.com/     Free
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

New York
www.ellisisland.org       Free
Ellis Island – find passenger records plus much more.

http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/       Free
Good list of local NY Irish websites and groups.

http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/
http://www.italiangen.org/       Free
The IFHF and its members have worked with both of these groups to index NYC and Long Island records. Visit to search for NYC births, marriages and deaths.

http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Ward/
NYC Enumeration Districts & Wards     Free

http://www.ccbklyn.org/information-news/locate-a-loved-one/       Free
Locate a Loved One – Catholic Cemeteries Diocese of Brooklyn

Local Resources
http://www.holyroodcemetery.org/       Free
Catholic Cemeteries – DRVC (Diocese of Rockville Centre)
Online interment search

http://www.pmlib.org/genealogy
Patchogue-Medford Library
54-60 East Main Street
Patchogue, NY 11772
Phone (631) 654-4700
Email info@pmlib.org

Cemeteries
http://www.holyroodcemetery.org/       Free
Catholic Cemeteries – DRVC (Diocese of Rockville Centre)
Online interment search

http://www.ccbklyn.org/information-news/locate-a-loved-one/       Free
Locate a Loved One – Catholic Cemeteries” Diocese of Brooklyn

http://www.findagrave.com/       Free

http://www.carrickmacrossworkhouse.com/index.php/cemeteries-and-graveyards    Some free
Local graveyards in Co. Monaghan

DNA
http://www.familytreedna.com/
FamilyTreeDNA – all 3 types of tests, biggest database of surname projects

http://www.irishorigenes.com/
Use DNA results to pinpoint possible location

https://www.23andme.com/
23andme

Military Records
http://www.ancestry.com/cs/militaryrecords

General Genealogy
Genealogy Explained

February 20, 2021

Ask a Genealogist –  Speakers: Kathleen McGee, Marie Scalisi, and Patricia Phelan

In this Zoom program, Education Director Kathleen McGee and professional genealogists Marie Scalisi and Patricia Phelan will be available to answer your research questions. Whether you need to know what research step to take next or where to find an Irish record online or how to break down a brick wall, the panel will try to help you.

Please email your queries to programs@ifhf.org by February 15. Questions will also be accepted during the program.

 

This will be a ZOOM presentation.

 

This presentation (for Members Only) will begin at 11 a.m.
Members with email addresses on file will be invited about one week in advance.
If you don’t receive an invitation, please contact memberstream@ifhf.org
Stay Healthy!

Hope to see you soon.



The Plainview Family History Center
will be closed until further notice.

Also be aware that:
NARA-NYC is closed until further notice.
The NYPL has canceled all public programs
We suggest you check before going to any archive or record repository.


See calendar/directions

Meeting will be held at
Bethpage Public Library

47 Powell Ave., Bethpage, N.Y.

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