Am I missing any major sources of information?

teacosy

Hi all

I’m reasonably new to this genealogy stuff, and Im looking for some advice. I’ve subscribed to a few sites and found them quite useful. I don’t have much or anything to find abroad so it’s mainly Irish records I’m interested in. Here are the sites I’ve used so far. Are there any other good potential sources of data that I’m missing?
Civil records
Roots Ireland
British newspaper archive
Find my past (has been good for things like petty sessions and dog licences etc)

I haven’t subscribed to ancestry.com yet. It seems quite expensive.


Appreciate any advice

Thank you!

Garlinge

I would add in the Mormon site 'familysearch' also the probate index for wills. There is also good info in graveyard records eg Glasnevin for lot of Dublin people.

teacosy

Garlinge wrote: »

I would add in the Mormon site 'familysearch' also the probate index for wills. There is also good info in graveyard records eg Glasnevin for lot of Dublin people.

Thanks. That’s something I haven’t looked into a great deal- the graveyards. Am I right in saying that there is no central database or site that holds all the graveyard information? It seems a bit hodge-podge from what I’ve seen so far.

Hermy

We have a dedicated thread with links to many graveyards and burial records.

Bear in mind the newspaper collection at the British Newspaper Archive and at Find My Past is one and the same.

There is also the Irish News Archive.

Church records are available at both Irish Genealogy and at the NLI dedicated site.
The NLI parish register collection can be searched at both Ancestry and Find My Past.

The National Archives of Ireland have will calendars, census returns and more.

pinkypinky

You've left out the census, which is my first point of reference for any genealogy.

There's a lot of repetition between Ancestry and Findmypast resources but you could do the free trial for the former to check it out.

teacosy

pinkypinky wrote: »

You've left out the census, which is my first point of reference for any genealogy.

There's a lot of repetition between Ancestry and Findmypast resources but you could do the free trial for the former to check it out.

Of course, yes, I’m using the census, forgot that!

chooseusername

I find these two very useful;


http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

teacosy

chooseusername wrote: »

I find these two very useful;


http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

Thank you - yes, I’ve used those too- I forgot a lot in my first post, apologies! I also forgot the duchas website which has given me a few leads, not many.

VirginiaB

Repeating myself, but just as we in other countries learn about our Irish ancestors in Irish records, researchers in Ireland can learn a lot by checking records of relatives who emigrated. You may find more about your ancestors in a New York, for example, obit than you would in Irish records. After you've exhausted Irish sources, look abroad.