Table of Contents
Glossary viii
Preface x
Chapter 1 The Genealogical Landscape 1
Recording Information 2
Gateway Sites 2
Irish Archives 4
British Archives 7
Libraries 8
Heritage 9
Societies 10
Commercial Vendors 11
Commercial Research Services 17
Networking and Communication 17
Languages 19
Chapter 2 The Vital Records 21
Civil Registration 21
Other Civil Records Sources 28
Adoption and Children 28
Records in Britain 30
Overseas British Records 31
Surname Distributions 34
Parish Registers 35
Burials 44
Wills and Probate 48
Biographical Resources 52
Newspapers 53
Books and Periodicals 56
DNA Testing 57
Chapter 3 Where They Lived 61
Census Records 61
901 and 1911 63
1821 to 1851 Census Remnants 67
British Census Records 69
1939 National Identity Register (UK) 70
Other Censuses 71
Census Substitutes 73
Land Records 78
Other Land Listings 84
Maps, Gazetteers and Place Names 86
Photographs 89
Chapter 4 Occupations 91
The Military 91
Merchant Navy 100
Law and Order 102
Other Professions 106
The Poor 110
Chapter 5 The Decade of Centenaries 114
Home Rule Crisis 114
Women's Suffrage 117
The Dublin Lockout 119
The First World War 121
The Easter Rising 122
Towards Independence 126
The Treaty and Civil War 128
Ireland's Revolutionaries 129
Legacy 132
Chapter 6 Ulster 134
Antrim 134
Armagh 136
Cavan 137
Donegal 138
Down 138
Fermanagh 140
Londonderry/Derry 141
Monaghan 142
Tyrone 142
Chapter 7 Munster 144
Clare 144
Cork 144
Kerry 146
Limerick 147
Tipperary 148
Waterford 149
Chapter 8 Connacht 150
Galway 150
Leitrim 151
Mayo 152
Roscommon 153
Sligo 154
Chapter 9 Leinster 155
Carlow 155
Dublin 156
Kildare 157
Kilkenny 158
Laois (Queen's County) 158
Longford 159
Louth 159
Meath 160
Offaly (King's County) 161
Westmeath 161
Wexford 162
Wicklow 162
Chapter 10 Ireland's Diaspora 164
Emigration 164
United States 165
Canada 167
Australia 167
New Zealand 168
South America 169
Ireland Reaching Out 170
Irish Citizenship 170
Further Reading 171
Index 173
