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