Sources
The records we search on your behalf
Irish family history is reconstructed from many sources, each with its own quirks, gaps and survival story. These are the main records we use — and what they can (and can't) tell us.
Church records
Pre-1900 baptisms, marriages and burials — the bedrock before civil registration.
Read moreCivil records
State registration of births, marriages and deaths from the mid-19th century.
Read moreCensus records
The surviving 1901 and 1911 censuses, and fragments of earlier years.
Read moreOccupational records
Trades, professions and the working lives of your ancestors.
Read moreEmigration & immigration
Passenger lists and records of those who left, and those who arrived.
Read moreProperty, land & valuation
Griffith's Valuation and the Tithe Applotment Books — who held what land, and where.
Read moreDirectories & almanacs
Trade and street directories that place people in time and town.
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