tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83217214096351769592024-03-18T20:11:49.641+00:00IrishGenealogyNewsClaire Santry's Irish Genealogy News blogClaire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comBlogger5542125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-19756184860134724292024-03-17T10:56:00.000+00:002024-03-17T10:56:43.232+00:00There's a party going down, and everyone's invited!Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-62520631473699421302024-03-16T18:26:00.000+00:002024-03-16T18:26:11.963+00:00TheGenealogist uploads more than 3million Irish recordsAlso getting in on St Patrick's Day celebrations is TheGenealogist database. Principally known for its extensive collections covering England and Wales, TheGenealogist has extended its Irish and, to a lesser extent, Scottish coverage recently.
This week's releases aee more than three million records join the database. They fall into two categories: parish registers and probate, as follows:
Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-46841192581754634672024-03-16T13:45:00.001+00:002024-03-16T16:57:46.392+00:00FindMyPast Ireland adds three record-sets and three directoriesThis year's St Patrick's Day delivery from FindMyPast.ie comprises three new 18th-century record sets and a significant expansion of the existing Directories collection. These additions to the Irish database tot up to fewer than 8,000 short of a cool one million records.
18th century census substitutes The originals of this trio of record sets were lost in the 1922 fire at the Public Record Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-71871752955546792752024-03-15T12:16:00.002+00:002024-03-16T18:18:59.976+00:00Free access to MyHeritage's Irish Collection until MondayFor St Patrick's Day, MyHeritage has opened up its entire Irish collection of nearly 14 million records.
These are held in 104 record sets including censuses, census substitutes, births and marriages, wills and a good spread of publications and directories. It's a collection thiat is growing but in my opinion it is still quite a way from being a go-to database for Irish researchers.
However, Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-66945618666241889022024-03-13T18:29:00.003+00:002024-03-17T13:36:54.558+00:00Big discounts from IrishNewspaperArchives mark St Patrick's DayWith St Patrick's weekend just around the corner, here's an opportunity to grab yourself a tidy discount from the Dublin-based IrishNewspaperArchive.com. Two offers are available as follows:
Gold Membership: 35% off monthly and annual subscriptions
Silver Membership: 30% off monthly and annual subsriptions
Gold membership includes full access to the main Irish Newspapers Archive, which holds Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-19920696081612570822024-03-11T11:00:00.001+00:002024-03-11T11:00:00.144+00:00PRONI's Reading Room closed for six weeksThe Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has introduced some temporary changes to the in-person service provided at its offices in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.
To facilitate some construction work to the building, the Reading Room has been closed and will remain so until about the middle of April.
Researchers visiting the site will still be able to access original records in the Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-83790926826457675872024-03-11T10:30:00.057+00:002024-03-11T10:30:00.142+00:00Latest updates/releases for English, Scottish and Welsh genealogy
Below is a two-week summary of newly-released and updated genealogy collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major family history database providers. (For previous list, see 16 February blogpost.)
My regular summary of releases and updates relating to British collections is designed to help researchers whose Irish ancestors migrated, temporarily or permanently, to England, ScotlandClaire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-48089377908530168592024-03-11T09:30:00.002+00:002024-03-11T10:16:45.422+00:00The Spring edition of Irish Roots Magazine has been publishedThe latest edition of Irish Roots magazine, Ireland's only independent magazine dedicated to Irish genealogy, has been published.
It is, as always, filled with helpful guidance, informative features and all the latest news and developments to help researchers discover more about their ancestral heritage, whether their family remained on the island or emigrated to near or distant new homes.
Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-39205485770803758002024-03-08T15:11:00.001+00:002024-03-08T15:11:31.228+00:00Records from 15 more Cork graveyards join SkibbHeritage databaseSkibbereen Heritage's excellent Cork Graveyard Database has been updated with another tranche of burial register records. This upload of 27,000 records brings the total number of burials in the collection to 82,702, while the number of cemeteries and burial grounds covered has risen to 128.
Most of the deaths occurred in the 20th century and early 21st. Burials in the last ten years are not Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-61536909504225588282024-03-08T14:39:00.003+00:002024-03-10T08:35:24.147+00:00Four new record-sets join Ancestry's Ireland collectionAncestry has uploaded four new Irish collections to its database:
Ireland, Guinness Employee Records, 1799-1939
Of the four, this is the collection that has the potential to unlock genealogical information about your ancestor if he or she was employed by Guinness.
The 204,605 records can include the following information for each individual: name, age and gender, marital status, date and place Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-29469411183920098802024-03-08T09:58:00.008+00:002024-03-08T12:31:09.472+00:00New at FindMyPast: Irish Land Purchase Acts: transfers to tenants, 1891-1920Making its debut online at FindMyPast is an important collection recording (pre-Independence) government loan advances made to tenant farmers for the purchase of their land. The source material is the monthly/annual Returns of Advances Under the Irish Land Purchase Acts, published by HM Stationery from records created by the Land Commission. It contains more than 741,000 records noting the Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-22924072939800828342024-03-06T18:30:00.007+00:002024-03-07T10:45:20.475+00:00Savings on 12-month subs to RootsIreland.ie until end of MarchRootsIreland.ie is giving motivated Irish genealogists the chance to celebrate St Patrick's Day (and Irish Family History Month) with a generous discount of 25% on the standard price of a 12-month subscription. The offer will remain available until 11:59pm (Irish/British Summer Time) on Sunday 31 March 2024.
The RootsIreland database is managed by the Irish Family History Foundation (IFHF), a Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-38121913341248838092024-03-06T11:16:00.000+00:002024-03-06T11:16:32.763+00:00Ancestry adds Northern Ireland Street Directories, 1819-1900Ancestry has created a new index + images database to a collection held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. It's been named Northern Ireland Street Directories, 1819–1900 and you can either search it by name or location, or browse imaged directory pages.
Sample from The Belfast and ProvinceUlster Director, 1877
It's a big collection by Northern Ireland standards, holding 1,508,227 Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-21316776218939414922024-03-05T16:15:00.003+00:002024-03-05T16:15:56.207+00:00Last month's updates to Ireland Genealogy Projects ArchivesFiles uploaded to Ireland Genealogy Projects - Archives during February are noted below. They have all been donated and uploaded by researchers for the benefit of other Irish family historians, and they are all free to access.
Stone in Knockanure Graveyard, Co Kerry, to theLeary family. Click image to see larger photo showingthis and adjacent family stones.Photo courtesy Larry Kehoe and IGP Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-64507673190197197672024-03-04T10:30:00.004+00:002024-03-04T11:31:55.109+00:00National Archives of Ireland's Reading Room closed WednesdayThe Reading Room of the National Archives of Ireland at Bishop Street, Dublin, will be closed to the public for staff training on Wednesday 6 March.Normal hours return on Wednesday.Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-38511874370674562852024-03-03T16:02:00.003+00:002024-03-04T10:38:35.889+00:00National Archives of Ireland's genealogy site is playing upThe National Archives of Ireland's free Genealogy database is not working today. I don't know when this started, but as of this morning, while you can reach the https://genealogy.nationalarchives.ie home page, MOST of the links to the various online collections are not functioning.
Tweet from NAI (@NARIreland) this morningHowever, if you want to view the Irish censuses for specific counties AND Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-66029886842561706282024-03-01T13:36:00.001+00:002024-03-01T13:36:29.015+00:00Ancestry updates and adds death records to its Ireland collection The latest index to join Ancestry's Ireland collection is a small and neat one with just 5,618 individuals to search. It's been given the title 'Northern Ireland, Headstone Indexes, 1658-2018'. It additionally holds headstone details for 127 individuals buried in the USA.
The index links to sinton-family-trees.com, a family project site holding a range of ancestral information about the family &Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-78287907653650276642024-02-28T10:00:00.002+00:002024-02-28T10:16:15.777+00:00Ancestry's UK and Ireland FindAGrave Index updatedAncestry has updated its FindAGrave indexes for the first time this year. Its UK and Ireland Index received a total of 374,863 new records in the last two months.
The updated Index for Northern Ireland now stands at 838,517 entries. For the Republic of Ireland, the figure is 1,314,468.
To search the Index, click the logo, right.
Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-12222782062372173612024-02-27T11:30:00.003+00:002024-02-27T11:30:00.132+00:00A History of St James's Church and Graveyard republishedA History of St James's Church and Graveyard, by genealogist, historian and lecturer Sean J Murphy MA, is now available in hardback and paperback formats.
Paperback £10.50/ Hardback £15.40 via AmazonDublin's St James’s Church and Graveyard were founded between 1189-92. Following the Reformation in the sixteenth century, it came under the control of the Protestant Church of Ireland. However, Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-74777944389566002462024-02-27T11:30:00.001+00:002024-02-27T11:30:00.133+00:00National Library of Ireland: Saturday openings in MarchSaturday morning openings of the National Library of Ireland Reading Rooms and Ticket Office during March will be on 9 March and 23 March.
On Saturdays, researchers can visit from 9:30am to 1pm to access the Main, Microfilm and Manuscripts Reading Rooms, provided they have a valid Reader's Ticket.If you don't have a valid Reader's Ticket, you can apply for one using the online application form, Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-23334449310269738242024-02-27T09:30:00.001+00:002024-02-27T09:30:00.147+00:00Irish Registry of Deeds Index Project: latest updates to database
The free-to-access database of the volunteer-led Irish Registry of Deeds Index Project has been updated. The main index now holds 580,808 indexed entries gathered from 59,952 memorials of deeds. Looks like there's a big milestone just around the corner!
The Townland Index was updated at the beginning of the month and now has 456,572 entries. These index books are one of the main finding aids forClaire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-21723487718022406572024-02-26T10:00:00.001+00:002024-02-26T10:00:00.151+00:00All aboard! Ancestry is digitising Irish railway company recordsNow here's some news to get you excited! A huge collection of Irish railway company records, held by the Irish Railway Record Society Archive (IRRSA) is being digitised by Ancestry. I don't know exactly which sets of records are involved, but if they are personnel registers, as I suspect, we're going to be in for a treat.
My grandad worked as a clerk for the railway for about 20 years, and when Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-56204619802701699222024-02-21T18:12:00.002+00:002024-02-21T18:12:46.549+00:00The Connaught Journal joins IrishNewspaperArchives databaseThe Dublin-based Irish Newspaper Archives has added another title to its online database. It's The Connaught Journal, a regional paper published in Galway and also known as the Galway Advertiser.
It was published from 1754 to 1840 in the city's Cross Street Lower, a stone's throw from the Spanish Arch, and only a relatively small number of hard-copy editions survive. The holding now available atClaire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-18262551945933234352024-02-21T11:43:00.000+00:002024-02-21T11:43:06.837+00:00Ancestry adds index to Armagh & LondonDerry Absent Voters Lists, 1918Ancestry has created a searchable surname index to another record collection held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. It's the Armagh and Londonderry Absent Voters Lists, 1918.
In that final year of WW1, special provision was made for people serving in the military, the Merchant Marine and the Red Cross to vote while away from home, and these lists survive for just two Irish Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321721409635176959.post-22002007573818077992024-02-20T12:03:00.002+00:002024-02-21T08:30:33.728+00:00New musuem to celebrate Northwest Ireland's maritime, trade and industrial heritage to open in summer 2026Some £12.7million of funding and a formal green light have been confirmed for a new museum that will celebrate the story of Derry City and the island's north west region's unique connection with the sea.
Nearly £3m of this funding has come from the UK's National Lottery Heritage Fund, a sum that will see the repair and refurbishment of the space at Ebrington where the Derry-Londonderry North Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007332116472657228noreply@blogger.com