Irish Genealogy Sleuth

Below is a list of sites that we use when conducting Irish genealogy research. If you're still working in United States records, visit the United States Genealogy Sleuth page. These are all searchable online databases or informative tools. If your Irish ancestors went to another country besides the United States, see these International Links. If you find a record online for which you'd like a copy of the original, please contact us. Subscriptions sites are marked $. This page updated and all links checked on Sunday, 10 August 2008. Enjoy!

Family Tree Databases
FamilySearch
Ancestry World Tree  
RootsWeb WorldConnect 
FTM World Family Tree

Miscellaneous Databases
GenealogyLibrary.com $
GENUKI Ireland Genealogy Information
International Genealogical Index
Irish Origins $
Irish Records Index, 1500-1920 $
United Kingdom and Ireland Records 
English Origins Database $ 
Scots Origins Database $ 

Irish Vitals
Central Signposting Index (IGL) 
IFHF Heritage Centres Record Search
CMC Record Project
International Genealogical Index
Irish Records Extraction Database $
 

Other U.K. Vitals
England and Wales, Civil Registration Index - 1837-1900 $
Free BMD, England and Wales, 1837-1901 
Cheshire, England Births, Marriages, Deaths 1837- 

Wills and Administrations
Irish Wills Indexes $
Irish Will Calendars 1858-1878 $
Irish Will Calendars 1878-1900 $
Irish Wills Index 1484-1858 $

Land Records
Relief Commission Papers 1845-1847
Griffith's Primary Valuation 1847-1864 (Irish Origins) $
Griffith's Primary Valuation County Leitrim-Roscommon
Griffith's Primary Valuation County Limerick
Griffith's Primary Valuation County Tyrone

Tons o' Links Sites
Cyndi's List - Ireland  
Tiara Irish Research Links
Irish Genealogical Society International Links
The Irish Times Links
About.com Genealogy Links
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox

Search Engines
Genealogy Portal
Internet Family Finder
I Found It! 
Geneanet 

Newspapers, Obituaries &
Biographies
Belfast Newsletter Indexes 1737-1800
 Belfast Telegraph Archive 1995-Present
Belfast Gazette 1922-Present 
Co. Clare Champion Biographical Notices 1935-1985
Contemporary Irish Newspapers
Inventory of Irish Newspapers
Ireland Old News
Irish Newspaper Archives
Nick Reddan's Newspaper Abstracts, Limerick, Dublin 1750-1840
Old Irish Newspaper Abstracts
Obituary Daily Times  
Obituary Links 
Ancestry's Collection of Obituaries $ 
 

Family History Library 
NARA Archival Information Locator
Public Libraries of U.S. 
 

Military
Ancestry.com Military Records 
Militia Attestations Index 1872-1915 $
Commonwealth War Graves WWI, WII
Australian War Records 
Canadian Expeditionary Force WWI 

WorldGenWeb Regions
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland

Africa, Asia, British Isles, 
Central Europe, Caribbean, 
Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, 
Middle East, North America, 
Pacific, South America 
Search the WorldGenWeb Archives

Place Names & Maps
1839 Irish Maps
Dublin City 1847 Ordnance Survey $
Griffith's Survey Maps & Plans 1847-1864 $
Hibernian Atlas, Ireland 1798 $
Irish Times Place Name Search
IreAtlas Townland Database 
Ordnance Survey of Ireland
Topographical Dictionary Ireland 1837
 

British Gazetteer 
U.K. Old Maps Online 
Streetmap U.K. 
Canadian Gazetteer 
Expedia.com Maps 
MapQuest 
Scotland Gazetteer 
Portals to the World Info

 Occupational Records
Royal Irish Constabulary 1816-1921 $

Tools
Eircom Irish Phonebook
Irish Telephone Directories
Canada Phone Search 
This Day in History  
The Soundex Machine 
Relationship Chart 
Time Line Generator 

 

Dates and Currency
Calendar Conversions 
Current Value of Old Money 
Inflation Calculator 
The World Clock Time Zones

 
Directories and Archives
Irish Catholic Parishes Worldwide
Northern Ireland Public Libraries
Periodical Source Index (PERSI) $
Republic of Ireland Public Libraries
New York City Municipal Archives
 

 Nobility and Gentry
Landed Gentry Great Britain & Ireland $
Burke's Commoners Great Britain & Ireland $
 

Definitions
Occupations, Old and New
Archaic Medical Terms

  Naturalization & Immigration Lists  
Canadian Immigration Records
Castle Garden NYC Passenger Lists 1830-1892
Ellis Island Immigration 1892-1924 
Ellis Island 1892-1924 Advanced 
Emigrants from Irish ports to USA 1890 $
Ireland to Australia 1788-1868
Irish & British Ports Outgoing Passenger Lists 1890-1899 $
New York Passenger Lists 1851-1891 $
Search for Missing (Irish) Friends: Boston Pilot 1831-1920 $
Search for Missing Friends
Ships Transcriber Guild
Ulster Scots to Boston, MA 1718



Cemetery Sites
Ireland’s Gravestone Index
Commonwealth War Graves WWI, WII
County Sligo Ireland Cemeteries
County Tipperary Ireland Cemeteries
Cemetery Transcriptions Ireland
Interment.net Cemetery Transcriptions
 

 
Census and Substitutes
Irish Census Links on Census Finder
1630 Muster Roll County Donegal
1659 County Kerry Census
1740 Protestant Housekeepers in Cos. Antrim, Derry, Donegal, and Londonderry $
1766 Irish Religious Census $
1766 Diocese of Cloyne County Cork
1769 Ferrar's Limerick City Directory
1788 Lucas's Limerick City Directory
Irish Flax Growers List 1796 $
1803 Agricultural Census Co. Antrim $
1831 Census Index, Co. Londonderry $
1823-1837 Tithe Applotment Books Northern Ireland $
1826-1838 Tithe Applotment Books Co. Donegal
1841 Census Index, Co. Cavan $
William Smith O'Brien Petition 1848-1849 $
1850 Shaw's Dublin City Directory
1851 Dublin City Census $
1901 Ardmalin, Clonca Parish, County Donegal
1901 County Kerry Census
1901 Ashbourne, County Meath Census
1901 County Roscommon & Leitrim Census
1901 United Kingdom Census
1911 Glen, Killymard, County Donegal
1911 Moville, County Donegal
1911 Mountcharles, Inver, County Donegal
1911 Scrawhill, Killymard, County Donegal
 

Local History and Genealogy
Co. Antrim Resources
Co. Armagh Resources
Co. Carlow Genealogy Resources
Co. Cavan Genealogy Links
Co. Clare Library Genealogy Sources
Co. Cork Genealogy Links
Co. Derry Genealogy Records
Co. Donegal Records
Co. Down Genealogist Sources
Co. Dublin Genealogy Records
Co. Fermanagh Resources
Co. Galway Genealogy Information
Co. Kerry Genealogy Links 
Co. Kilkenny Genealogy
Genealogy of Co. Laois (Queen's)
Co. Leitrim Genealogy Links
Co. Limerick Records
Co. Longford Genealogy Data
Co. Louth Genealogy Links
Co. Louth Genealogy
Co. Louth Parish and Probate Records $
Co. Mayo Newport Historical Society
Co. May Genealogy Sources
Co. Meath Genealogy Links
Co. Monaghan Records
Co. Offaly Resources
Co. Roscommon Genealogist Sources
Co. Sligo Genealogy Records
Co. Tipperary Genealogy Data
Co. Tyron Records
Co. Waterford Genealogy Data
Co. Westmeath Records
Co. Wexford Records
Co. Wicklow Genealogy Resources
Co. Wicklow United Irishmen 1797-1804
IrishTimes Irish County Resources
 

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