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Working my family tree back further then 1800

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  • 20-07-2010 8:55pm
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    Roomic Cube
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    So I've always been interested in family tree heritage stuff I'm only 20 and never knew where to begin, or where to get records etc but lo and behold I come across a family tree of my family that goes back to 1805, that had already been worked on by a relative of mine who is now in england and put it online, it's now offline but I managed to save it, what I dont know is how to work back further then what I have....advice?


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    Starburst85
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    You could try www.census.nationalarchives.ie but don't think they have anything before 1860 as this was around the time the Custom House, which held old records, was burnt down. Good luck though in your search :)


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    Roomic Cube
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Roomic Cube


    Starburst85 wrote: »
    You could try www.census.nationalarchives.ie but don't think they have anything before 1860 as this was around the time the Custom House, which held old records, was burnt down. Good luck though in your search :)

    yeah my dad was researching my mothers side and I remember him mentioning something like that


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    mathepac
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    Starburst85 wrote: »
    ... 1860 as this was around the time the Custom House, which held old records, was burnt down...
    The Custom House fire was in 1921 ...


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    shanew
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    The public records office, where many of the records of interest were, e.g. Church of Ireland parish registers, old census returns etc, was located at the Four Courts.



    Shane


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    Starburst85
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Starburst85


    mathepac wrote: »
    The Custom House fire was in 1921 ...

    Thanks for pointing that out....I knew it was sometime back in the past!!!! :o


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    Ponster
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    Roomic Cube wrote: »
    but lo and behold I come across a family tree of my family that goes back to 1805,

    I think that you should consider yourself to be very, very lucky to have that !

    You can play around with either :

    pilot.familysearch.org

    or

    beta.familysearch.org


    to see if you can discover more.


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    Roomic Cube
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Roomic Cube


    Ponster wrote: »
    I think that you should consider yourself to be very, very lucky to have that !

    You can play around with either :

    pilot.familysearch.org

    or

    beta.familysearch.org


    to see if you can discover more.

    I know I couldnt believe it, I was delighted, thanks for the links though i'll give em a try


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