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Irish and Irish Immigrant Resources at the
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 | Cemetery Records: many transcribed and
microfilmed (e.g., St. Joseph’s New Cemetery in Cincinnati) |
| Census Records: federal, state (e.g.
Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin), and local (e.g., New York 1890 Police)
censuses |
| Church Records: many Roman Catholic (some
entire dioceses in the US; Canadian records are extensive), Protestant, and
other |
| Directories: for most American cities |
| Funeral Home Records: only a few available |
| Genealogies: massive collection of published
& manuscript family histories |
| Institutional Records (such as Banks and Hospitals):
some important collections, such as for the Emigrant Savings Bank, New York
City |
| Land Records: federal and state/provincial
grants, county deed books |
| Military Records: federal, state and colonial
records (e.g., Pennsylvania Archives series for soldiers in the French &
Indian War) for many conflicts. This includes Revolutionary War pensions, many
state enlistment and other records for the Civil War, and the enlistment
registers of the regular US Army. Important finding aids in book form
regarding military records are available in the US/Canada section of the
library. |
| Naturalization Papers: federal (district and
circuit courts), state, county, local; indexes covering New England and
Chicago-area courts |
| Newspapers: very few; published works on the
Missing Friends column in the Boston Pilot available. |
| Occupational Records: published works |
| Passenger Lists: US federal lists from 1820
and others (many published); Canadian lists officially beginning in 1865; some
earlier Canadian arrival and emigration-related material; US/Canadian Border
Crossings begin in 1895. |
| Passport Records: US passport applications
available on microfilm |
| Society Records: e.g. Grand Army of the
Republic; 1840s repeal societies in US and Canada; Lineage societies (e.g.,
Daughters of the American Revolution) |
| Tax Records: County and local records, many
localities |
| Vital Records: State (e.g., Massachusetts,
Ohio, Vermont), county and municipal; district, county, and provincial
marriage records for Ontario; also Ontario death records; Quebec church
records that also serve as civil registration |
| Voting Records: For specific localities,
voters lists are available, for example for Chicago. These often list
naturalization information. Another extensive example is the California Great
Registers. |
| Wills and Probates: State and county records |
| Cemetery Records: Many published volumes of
tombstone transcripts, such as the extensive series for County Down. Microfilm
of the Mount Jerome Cemetery registers (Dublin City) |
| Censuses and Census Substitutes: The 1901 and
1911 censuses of Ireland. Census fragments of the nineteenth century, such as
1821 Co. Cavan and 1831 Co. Londonderry. 1740 and 1766 censuses. Many census
substitutes from the 1600s-1800s, such as hearth money rolls, freeholders
lists, and the Tithe Applotment Books. |
| Church Records: Microfilm of church registers
from about 1/3 of the Catholic parishes in Ireland (some counties such as Mayo
are heavily covered, while others such as Cork are hardly covered at all);
Quaker registers for all of Ireland (and the Jones Index to the Irish Quaker
Monthly Meetings); few other Protestant church records. Also Roman Catholic,
Church of Ireland, Presbyterian, and Methodist church directories available.
Catholic Qualification Rolls and the Convert Rolls. |
| Civil Registration: Microfilm copies of
indexes to Irish civil registration from 1845 through 1958 (including for the
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). Also copies of many of the original
registers of birth, marriage and death, although there are gaps in the
collection. Births 1864-1881 and Protestant marriages 1845-1863 have been
computerized by the LDS Church in two sources: (1) the International
Genealogical Index; (2) British Isles Vital Records Index CD-Rom (of which two
sources, see following). |
| Computer Sources: International Genealogical
Index and Vital Records Index British Isles CD-ROM, together having early
civil registration of births and marriages. Many other CD-ROMs with Irish
material are available at the FHL. |
| Directories: Country-wide and local town
directories are available as books and/or on microfilm. Significant series of
directories for Belfast and Dublin are included. |
| Estate Records: Relatively few estate records
are available, but some large collections were microfilmed at the Public
Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast. |
| Freeholders Registers and Freemen Records:
Freeholders registers from several Irish repositories are available, including
the Armagh County Museum, the Genealogical Office, and the Public Record
Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast. Copies of many old histories and
periodicals with freeholders lists in them. Some town corporation books and
lists of freemen. |
| Genealogies: Most of the manuscripts of the
Genealogical Office, Dublin, are available on microfilm. See Virginia Wade
McAnlis’ The Consolidated Index to the Records of the Genealogical Office,
Dublin, Ireland (discussed following) |
| Inventories and Catalogs: Descriptive
catalogs of the PRONI, Belfast. “Kew Lists” for the National Archives in
England. Many genealogical guides and inventories. |
| Land Records: Records of the Registry of
Deeds from 1708-1929, along with indexes by the name of grantor and by the
locality (such as townland), are available on microfilm from the FHL. |
| Military Records: Many British Army, Irish
militia and yeomanry records microfilmed at the National Archives in England. |
| Occupational Records: Guild records for
Dublin City and other cities. Royal Irish Constabulary records and indexes.
Published records of attorneys and barristers and college graduates (such as
of Trinity College). |
| Place Name Sources: Published indexes to
towns and townlands in Ireland, 1851, 1871, 1901. Ordnance Survey Memoirs
(primarily for northern counties). Ordnance Survey maps. |
| Reference Material: Most Irish genealogy
reference works and Irish county genealogy guides are available. |
| Taxation Records: Tithe Applotment Books
(1823-1837). Griffith's Primary Valuation (1847-1864). Griffith's Revision
Lists (circa 1850s to 1930s) for Republic of Ireland counties. Griffith’s
Valuation manuscript materials (field and house books) are now being
microfilmed at the National Archives of Ireland. |
| Wills and Administrations: Indexes to pre-1858 records by diocese. Indexes to the collections at the National Archives of Ireland and the Public Record Office. Records and indexes by probate registry for the post-1858 period. The “Super Will Index” by Gloria Bangerter is available in book form at the FHL. |
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