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Irish Research Strategies: Maps
Back in 2007, I wrote a blog titled “Where is It” which dealt with my search for my great grandfather’s death certificate. In 2008, I wrote about using “Google Maps” to plot a migration. …
Irish Genealogy: President Obama: A Case Study for Irish Research
Gravestone of President Obama’s 4th great grandmother in
Pickaway County, Ohio
http://www.aran-isles.com/obama-has-irish-kin-in-souther.php
There’s one way to get your Irish genealogy done quickly...run for President! There was a great deal of excitement today in Ireland over President Obama’s trip to his ancestral home in Moneygall, County Offaly. …
Irish Genealogical Records at Origins.net
Origins.net provides access to over 80 million British and Irish
records. The Census records & census substitutes contains Griffith’s Valuation and this is the site that I currently use to access those records. …
Irish Genealogy: Irish Church Records at Irish Family History Foundation
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, local centres in Ireland began a project to index records making them available, for a fee, through county Heritage Centres. This was a time of high unemployment in Ireland, and young people were trained on computers by having them transcribe these records. …
Irish Genealogy: Irish Church Records at IrishGenealogy.ie
IrishGenealogy.ie is a website provided by the Ministry for Tourism, Culture and Sport in Ireland...and it’s free. Finally, the realization that the draw for travel to Ireland is frequently genealogy! …
