i am living in the uk and want to find info on relatives in ireland - whats the best way of doing this? any help appreciated.

kihaku wrote: > i am living in the uk and want to find info on relatives in ireland - whats > the best way of doing this? > > any help appreciated. > > Hi Kihaku, It depends on the time period you are looking at. Modern Day = Telephone books + election roles Pre 1920 = 1901 Census, Probated wills, Church Records, Irish RG BMD index's and records. Check the LDS Family history site for the surname you are researching in Ireland now what I mean by Ireland is Ulster and the Republic as one this cuts out the politics hopefully. With what you find at the LDS Family History site take it with a grain of salt ( not not count the information as fact as some of the information has been submitted by members of the church and this information has been found to be not factual ). Do note the areas as this will give you a guide of where to look in Ireland. If the surname you are researching in Ireland is uncommon the write to those listed in the telephone book, do not expect everyone to reply and be thankful for those that do reply as one of them may be a distant relation, I did this and got one reply out of ten and that one happened to be directly related. I then visited Ireland and carried out some research on the family not knowing much and finding and proving quite a fair bit plus met the relation.

kihaku <kihaku.scrapbooking@ntlworld.com> wrote: : i am living in the uk and want to find info on relatives in ireland - whats : the best way of doing this? See: http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/ Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/4_pocket.html Finding Your Ancestors in Ireland http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson21.htm Rootsweb Guide to Tracing Irish Families http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/ Tracing Your Irish Ancestors http://www.ancestry.com/download/forms.htm Genealogy Charts & Forms http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/rg/guide/ all_t3_resmeth_-_how_do_i_begin.asp [paste all on one line] How Do I Begin? - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp? Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub= &Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Ireland.ASP [paste all on one line] LDS Source Guide for Ireland