I posted the following tips on a message board in response to a request and it was suggested that I post them to mailing lists, too, so here goes. Additions more than welcome (and apologies to those who will get this several times)! Diane Good Irish Genealogy Web Sites and Books Failteromhat.com has lots of useful information, including Griffith's index. Quick way to determine where names were most common in mid-19th century. Askaboutireland.ie has Griffith's pages and maps. Irish-roots.ie lets you search civil and church records indexes, more being added regularly. Have to pay to see actual entries, so I use to narrow possibilities, then get entries from LDS or GRO (don't trust transcriptions on line, as can have errors). Irishtimes.com/ancestor has lots of great information. I use it mostly for finding what records exist for various Catholic parishes. If LDS haven't filmed, National Library of Ireland often has and you can pay a researcher to search. County heritage centers are another, but expensive, avenue, but I've had very mixed results. Groireland.ie is for ordering civil records that haven't been filmed by the LDS. Nationalarchives.ie gradually putting 1911 Irish census on line. Both 1911 and 1901 should be on line by end of 2009. Leitrim-roscommon.com has lots of information for more than just Leitrim and Roscommon. Familysearch.org good for searching IGI (under Advanced Search) and Record Search pilot (all civil indexes are supposed to be on there, but I've found not complete), as well as library catalog. If you have any Clare ancestors, clarelibrary.ie is wonderful. Grenham's Tracing Your Irish Ancestors very useful for getting the lay of the Irish genealogy land. Mitchell's New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland helpful for converting civil parishes in Griffith's to RC parishes, as well as for figuring out civil registration districts.

Excellent job Diane. In addition to askaboutireland.ie for Griffith's, I also continue to use http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php for alternative searching capability. And a good intro to Irish genealogy by Grenham can be found here -> http://www.gov.ie/en/essays/genealogy.html And I wish I had ancestors from Clare, because the clarelibrary.ie site is fantastic! John On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:38 AM, <DLCulhane@cs.com> wrote: > I posted the following tips on a message board in response to a request and > it was suggested that I post them to mailing lists, too, so here goes. > Additions more than welcome (and apologies to those who will get this > several > times)! > > Diane > > Good Irish Genealogy Web Sites and Books > > Failteromhat.com has lots of useful information, including Griffith's > index. Quick way to determine where names were most common in mid-19th > century. > > Askaboutireland.ie has Griffith's pages and maps. > > Irish-roots.ie lets you search civil and church records indexes, more being > added regularly. Have to pay to see actual entries, so I use to narrow > possibilities, then get entries from LDS or GRO (don't trust transcriptions > on > line, as can have errors). > > Irishtimes.com/ancestor has lots of great information. I use it mostly for > finding what records exist for various Catholic parishes. If LDS haven't > filmed, National Library of Ireland often has and you can pay a researcher > to > search. County heritage centers are another, but expensive, avenue, but > I've > had very mixed results. > > Groireland.ie is for ordering civil records that haven't been filmed by the > LDS. > > Nationalarchives.ie gradually putting 1911 Irish census on line. Both 1911 > and 1901 should be on line by end of 2009. > > Leitrim-roscommon.com has lots of information for more than just Leitrim > and Roscommon. > > Familysearch.org good for searching IGI (under Advanced Search) and Record > Search pilot (all civil indexes are supposed to be on there, but I've found > not complete), as well as library catalog. > > If you have any Clare ancestors, clarelibrary.ie is wonderful. > > Grenham's Tracing Your Irish Ancestors very useful for getting the lay of > the Irish genealogy land. > > Mitchell's New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland helpful for converting civil > parishes in Griffith's to RC parishes, as well as for figuring out civil > registration districts. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CAVAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you for posting these links. Some I have never seen. I just came across a site for Irish Newspapers. *http://www.irelandoldnews.com/index.html*<http://www.irelandoldnews.com/index.html> Link below takes you directly to *CAVAN* *http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/index.html*<http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/index.html> There are a few missing years & months but on a whole it is fantastic read. Not only have I found my own family mentioned but it takes you back in time to how life truly was for them. It is like picking up a favorite Novel. Happy researching everyone Diana Nowell 2009/7/6 <DLCulhane@cs.com> > I posted the following tips on a message board in response to a request and > it was suggested that I post them to mailing lists, too, so here goes. > Additions more than welcome (and apologies to those who will get this > several > times)! > > Diane > > Good Irish Genealogy Web Sites and Books > > Failteromhat.com has lots of useful information, including Griffith's > index. Quick way to determine where names were most common in mid-19th > century. > > Askaboutireland.ie has Griffith's pages and maps. > > Irish-roots.ie lets you search civil and church records indexes, more being > added regularly. Have to pay to see actual entries, so I use to narrow > possibilities, then get entries from LDS or GRO (don't trust transcriptions > on > line, as can have errors). > > Irishtimes.com/ancestor has lots of great information. I use it mostly for > finding what records exist for various Catholic parishes. If LDS haven't > filmed, National Library of Ireland often has and you can pay a researcher > to > search. County heritage centers are another, but expensive, avenue, but > I've > had very mixed results. > > Groireland.ie is for ordering civil records that haven't been filmed by the > LDS. > > Nationalarchives.ie gradually putting 1911 Irish census on line. Both 1911 > and 1901 should be on line by end of 2009. > > Leitrim-roscommon.com has lots of information for more than just Leitrim > and Roscommon. > > Familysearch.org good for searching IGI (under Advanced Search) and Record > Search pilot (all civil indexes are supposed to be on there, but I've found > not complete), as well as library catalog. > > If you have any Clare ancestors, clarelibrary.ie is wonderful. > > Grenham's Tracing Your Irish Ancestors very useful for getting the lay of > the Irish genealogy land. > > Mitchell's New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland helpful for converting civil > parishes in Griffith's to RC parishes, as well as for figuring out civil > registration districts. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CAVAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Nowell" <Diana@nowell.co.uk> To: <irl-cavan@rootsweb.com> Cc: <IRL-MAYO@rootsweb.com>; <IRL-GALWAY@rootsweb.com>; <IRL-CLARE@rootsweb.com>; <IRL-MONAGHAN@rootsweb.com>; <IRISH-IN-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Good Irish Genealogy Web Sites and Books > Thank you for posting these links. > Some I have never seen. > > I just came across a site for Irish Newspapers. > > *http://www.irelandoldnews.com/index.html*<http://www.irelandoldnews.com/index.html> > > Link below takes you directly to *CAVAN* > > *http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/index.html*<http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/index.html> > > There are a few missing years & months but on a whole it is fantastic > read. > > Not only have I found my own family mentioned but it takes you back in > time > to how life truly was for them. > > It is like picking up a favorite Novel. > > Happy researching everyone > > Diana Nowell > 2009/7/6 <DLCulhane@cs.com>

GOOD MORNING, DIANA... TO YOU AND OTHERS WHO ARE JUST DISCOVERING "IRELANDOLDNEWS" WE WHO TYPED THE TRANSCRIPTIONS ARE PLEASED TO KNOW OUR WORK IS BEING READ AND APPRECIATED. COLIN FERGUSON OF CALIFORNIA WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT AND THERE WERE SEVERAL OF US WHO TYPED TRANSCRIPTIONS, PRIMARILY KAREN HART AND I. WE TRIED TO TYPE ARTICLES OF GENEALOGICAL INTEREST AS WELL AS ARTICLES SHOWING HOW THE PEOPLE LIVED ON A DAILY BASIS. THERE ARE GAPS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD CERTAIN MICROFILMS AVAILABLE TO US. ENJOY! KAY STANTON DAYTONA BEACH, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Nowell" <Diana@nowell.co.uk> To: <irl-cavan@rootsweb.com> Cc: <IRL-MAYO@rootsweb.com>; <IRL-GALWAY@rootsweb.com>; <IRL-CLARE@rootsweb.com>; <IRL-MONAGHAN@rootsweb.com>; <IRISH-IN-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Good Irish Genealogy Web Sites and Books > Thank you for posting these links. > Some I have never seen. > > I just came across a site for Irish Newspapers. > > *http://www.irelandoldnews.com/index.html*<http://www.irelandoldnews.com/index.html> > > Link below takes you directly to *CAVAN* > > *http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/index.html*<http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/index.html> > > There are a few missing years & months but on a whole it is fantastic > read. > > Not only have I found my own family mentioned but it takes you back in > time > to how life truly was for them. > > It is like picking up a favorite Novel. > > Happy researching everyone > > Diana Nowell > 2009/7/6 <DLCulhane@cs.com>