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Wednesday, 25 October 2023

National Archives of Ireland closed due to water leak

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The National Archives of Ireland (NAI) has been closed until Tuesday 31 October following a water leak on the top floor of the Bishop Street...
Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Summary of recent English, Scottish & Welsh genealogy updates

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Below is a three-week summary of newly-released and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major...
Monday, 23 October 2023

Galway Union Workhouse baptisms join RootsIreland's database

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RootsIreland.ie has uploaded more than 900 baptism records of children born in Galway Union Workhouse between 1853 and 1922. They are in the...
Friday, 13 October 2023

AskAboutIreland.ie's Griffith's Valuation database is currently offline

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The Griffith's Valuation database is currently unreachable online at AskAboutIreland.ie – the most popular free site for Irish family hi...
Thursday, 12 October 2023

Bad news: 700,000+ Glasnevin burials on FindAGrave to be deleted

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It was probably inevitable, but from a family historian's perspective, it's bad news. The newly uploaded tranche of burial records r...
Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Ancestry adds two more Ulster collections to its database

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The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is stretching out its centenary in fine style this year by extending the reach of some of its r...
Monday, 9 October 2023

Corofin Board of Guardians collection now free to view at the DRI

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A new online collection from ClareArchives – the Corofin Board of Guardians Records – is now digitised and available to view on the Digital ...

Redevelopment plans submitted for National Library of Ireland

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A planning application for refurbishment works and new extension at the National Library of Ireland (NLI) in Dublin was submitted last month...
Friday, 6 October 2023

English, Scottish & Welsh genealogy: 3-week summary of updates

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Below is a three-week summary of newly-released and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major...

Autumn edition of Irish Genealogy Matters newsletter published

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The latest edition of Irish Genealogy Matters has been published and is free to download (click the image below) from the RootsIreland.ie w...