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Who do you think you are? Tracing your family historyA personal journey – for youHOLLYWOOD ICAMARCH 2015
Getting Started – Tools TOOLS
1 large hardback A4 sized note book, pencils, eraser, ruler.
Photo album Document wallet / Accordion file
OPTIONAL: Download family history software
Free software such as My Heritage or Purchase software such as family tree maker
Getting started - COSTSCOSTS
1. Travel to Dublin to look for records.NOT EVEYTHING IS ONLINE
2. Purchase certificates and pay search fees
3. ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS1. Roots Ireland2. Ancestry.co.uk
SPEAK WITH RELATIVES Before going online As many PEOPLE as possible FOR INFO In groups if possible
Jogs memory Start with parents and grandparents
SPEAK WITH RELATIVES Speak to your eldest relatives
Don’t assume oldest knows most Speak to people from as many branches as
possible Great Aunt & Uncles Second Cousins
When: Family get together or visit
What to ask /talk about : Where born Where siblings
born When born Full name
Ie Maura => Mary Bridget
Parents names Where married Aunts / Uncles they
remember Gather stories /
anecdotes. Take notes: head the
page with the name of the person talking to you, where and when.
Before you begin If there is ‘Oral History’ of a ‘scandal’:
Deportation Mother & Baby Home Bankruptcy House Lost Imprisonment
Make sure to talk to your family members about what you want to do about it before you go digging.
If the long lost son of ??? turns up…what do you want to do about it as a family
Gather evidence Papers Diaries / Journals Photos Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
Civil Church
Official records – issues Many destroyed during civil war (1922)
Public record office burnt Land records burnt
Not legal requirement for Catholics pre 1865
Relying on Catholic records Penal laws / Roving priests
OFFICIAL RECORDS - ISSUES Human memory can be inaccurate Introduction of pension in 1908 Land records burnt in Civil War /
War of Independence Military Records: burnt in WWII
bombings in London. And so on…
Who do you think you are? Ireland is a small place
Be prepared for surprises Watch US, UK and Irish genealogy
programmes. Who do you think you are Genealogy Roadshow Long lost family
Ideas of where and what to search
Discover connections
My great grandparents wedding was witnessed by my husband’s great grand father Possible connection? > RIC: Ferns
barracks.
TV EXAMPLES: My Family Connections
Who do you think you are? Rosie O’Donnell
Murtagh Murtagh’s Corner, Naas.
Graham Norton Walker,
Carnew Billy Connolly
Doyle …
Billy Connollyfull episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJi1GmVvpkI
Billy Connolly’s Hollywood connection revealed, a few minutes in.
Who do you think you arePaper Sources
Civil Registration Records The General Register Office (Oifig An
Ard-Chláraitheora) maintains a genealogical/family history research facility at:
3rd Floor, Block 7, Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1.
Open Monday to Friday, (excluding public holidays) from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Census Records: Doyle, Rathattinimage from: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001305067/
Church Recordsimages from http://www.countywicklowheritage.org/page_id__15_path__0p2p10p.aspx
Who do you think you areOnline Sources
Roots Ireland : Irish family history foundation online at: http://www.rootsireland.ie/
Family Search – Freehttps://familysearch.org/search
National Archives of Ireland
Ask About Ireland: Griffiths Valuation
Griffith’s Valuation: Actual page
Griffiths Valuation:Numbered Maps
National Library of Irelandhttp://www.nli.ie
National Library – Photographs
by French, Robert, 1841-1917 photographer
by Lawrence, William (William Mervyn) , 1840-1932
[between ca. 1865-1914].
Irish Times Archive: Subscription
http://www.irishtimes.com/archive
Irish Times: Irish Ancestors
National Archives UK
Military history:Personal records
Irish Newspaper Archive subscription service: http://irishnewsarchive.com
Ancestry: Subscription Uk & US (Worldwide)
Questions?
Other SourcesRepositories Church of Ireland - www.ireland.anglican.org Representative Church Body Library (RCB) - www.library.ireland.anglican.org National Library of Ireland - http://www.nli.ie National Archives of Ireland - http://www.nationalarchives.ie Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - http://www.proni.gov.uk General Register Office of Ireland - www.groireland.ie General Register Office of Northern Ireland - www.groni.gov.uk Land Registry – http://www.landregistry.ie Valuation Office - http://www.valoff.ie Garda/Police - www.esatclear.ie/~garda/museum.html National Archives of United Kingdom - www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm Public Libraries in Ireland - www.library.ie/public South Armagh Genealogy Project - www.sagp.org United Kingdom Records - www.familyrecords.gov.uk Religious Organisations Catholic Archdioceses of Ireland Armagh - http://www.armagharchdiocese.org Dublin - www.dublindiocese.ie Cashel & Emly - http://www.cashel-emly.ie Tuam - http://www.towardsthegoal.com/index_eng.html Catholic Dioceses of Ireland Achonry - http://www.achonrydiocese.org Ardagh & Clonmacnois - http://www.ardaghdiocese.org Clogher - http://www.clogherdiocese.ie Clonfert - http://www.clonfertdiocese.ie Cloyne - http://www.cloyne.irl.com Cork & Ross - http://www.corkandross.org Derry - http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dderr.html Down & Connor - http://www.downandconnor.org Dromore - http://www.dromorediocese.org Elphin - http://www.elphindiocese.ie Ferns - http://www.ferns.ie Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora - http://www.galwaydiocese.com Kerry - http://www.dioceseofkerry.ie Kildare & Leighlin - http://www.kandle.ie Killala - http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dklla.html Killaloe - http://www.killaloediocese.ie
Kilmore - http://www.kilmorediocese.ie Limerick - http://www.limerickdiocese.org Meath - http://www.dioceseofmeath.ie Ossory - http://www.ossory.ie Raphoe - http://www.raphoediocese.com Waterford & Lismore - http://www.waterfordlismore.com Church of Ireland Dioceses Armagh - http://armagh.anglican.org Cashel & Ossory - http://cashel.anglican.org Clogher - http://clogher.anglican.org Connor - http://connor.anglican.org Cork, Cloyne & Ross - http://cork.anglican.org Derry & Raphoe - http://derry.anglican.org Down & Dromore - http://down.anglican.org Dublin & Glendalough - http://dublin.anglican.org Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh - http://kilmore.anglican.org Meath & Kildare - http://meath.anglican.org Tuam, Killala & Achonry - http://tuam.anglican.org Miscellaneous Burke’s Peerage - www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/peerageandgentry Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Web - www.cyndislist.com Townlands of Ireland Database - www.seanruad.com Immigration U.S.A. - www.ellisisland.org Commonwealth War Graves Commissions - www.cwgc.org Find a Church - www.findachurch.co.uk/area/ir/ir00.html Calendar of Patent Rolls - www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/patentrolls/ Cultural Heritage of Ireland - www.askaboutireland.ie CELT: Online Resource for Irish history, literature and politics - www.ucc.ie/celt/ EPPI: Full-text digitisation of some 13,700 British Parliamentary papers (containing around
600,000 pages) - www.eppi.ac.uk/ The history of Fermanagh, Monaghan, South Tyrone... Clogher Historical Society website -
www.clogherhistory.ie How Much Is That? Compute the "real value" of the price, cost, or value of something over
time - http://eh.net/hmit/ Irish Newspaper Archives - www.irishnewspaperarchives.com Perpetual Calendar - cobalt.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/perpetua.cgi Quakers in Ireland http://www.quakers-in-ireland.org/ Royal Dublin Fusiliers - www.royaldublinfusiliers.com Writings on Irish History for 1980 to 2001- www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/ireland.asp
Tithes Payable by Hollywood Folk from 1833 Full title: Townlands in Hollywood
(Wicklow) Creator / Author: Genealogical Society
of Utah in partnership with The National Archives of Ireland
Item Type: Website / Publicly Accessible
Homepage URL: http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp
County Wicklow Sources - 1 Year Source LDS Film/Book 1787-1812 Miners and Contractors at Avoca Mines . 1824-37 Tithe Applotment Survey . 1847-1858 Coolatin Estate Emigration Papers Available at Wicklow Heritage Center 1852-1853 Griffith's Evaluation full name index6342834 1864-1885 Vaccinations Register for the Registrar's Districts of Bray and Rathmichael . A Hundred Years of Bray and Neighbourhood 1770-1870 Blackrock, 1907, 1978 . Bray Gazette 1861 Bray Library Bray Herald1876 Bray Library Coolatin Estate Emigration Records Indexes in successive issues of J. West Wicklow Hist. Soc. . Dublin Admin Bonds 1697-1840 100962 Dublin Diocesan marriage Licenses 1638-1800 100226 Dublin marriage License Abstracts 1638-1800 100226 Family History Fitz-Eutace of Baltinglass" J. Waterford and S.E. Ire. Arch. Soc. (1899) 190-95 . Family History Hollywood, Co. Wicklow: With an Account of its Owners to the Commencement of the 17th Century" J. Kildare Arch. Hist.
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Rathdrum, and Wicklow. 1848 Petitioners for William Smith O'Brien Names of male petitioners in Bray . 1850 Incomplete list of Freeholders from Allen to Doyle only . 1856 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland, lists nobility, gentry, clergy, traders in Arklow, Baltinglass, Blessington, Bray and Enniskerry, N ewtown, Mount
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5 generation tree template
Ancestor sheet
Questions to ask to get started What was their full name? Did they have a middle name or nickname that they preferred? When did they die? What was the cause of their death? Where were they buried? Were they married? If so, what was the name of their spouse? When and where did their
spouse die? When did they marry? Where did the marriage occur? Was this the only marriage for both
parties? Where did they live? Did they have children? If so, what were their children's names? Did their children marry and where did or do they live? If they are deceased where and
when did they die? What was their occupation? Where did they work? Did they serve in the military? Where and when were they born What school or schools did they attend? Did they attend university? Were they a member of a religious community, or parish? Which religious denomination
were they? Do you have any documentation of their life, such as birth, marriage or death certificates,
their Will or other written records? Do you have any photographs or newspaper clippings of them? Do you know anything
about their physical appearance or accent? Would any other relatives have further information, memories, or records relating to
them?
Public Record Office for Northern Ireland
Researchers in Northern Ireland can access the 1901 census for Northern Ireland only at the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland (PRONI) based in Belfast (www.proni.gov.uk) County libraries or record offices will also hold some census returns for their localities. The LDS family history centres may also contain some census returns for various parishes.
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