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Interested in Genealogy

  • 26-05-2011 1:42pm
    #1
    Candelabra
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭


    HI I've become very interested in my ancestors history but find it difficult to trace them. Have used the 1911 census and that was good. anyone know a good site for getting any further?:rolleyes:


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  • #2
    shanew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    have a look at the stickies on the Genealogy forum : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1288

    If you have a family on the the 1911 census you should be able to trace back from there using civil records - e.g. search for a birth cert for one of the children to establish mother's maiden name, use those details to search for a marriage to establish the parents father's names etc,...



    S.


  • #3
    Candelabra
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Candelabra


    Thank you ShaneW :)


  • #4
    bandonbridge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭bandonbridge


    Have you gone to the church which would have been local to the families that you are trying to trace. If you know the names of the family members who were alive in 1860, you could go to the Valuations Office in the Irish Life centre in Dublin and ask for the books on the townland in question and then find the chain of ownership of the property within the family. If members of your family emigrated, the best place to trace them would be on ancestry.com, but it is not cheap, although it is extremely good. You might also try irishnewsarchives website, which you can access free at your local library to find any articles or any mention of any family members in local newspapers. That should get you started.!


  • #5
    tyview
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭tyview


    Dun wrote: »
    Just wondering if there were any people doing genealogy (their own or somebody else's) out there. Apart from one of my friends I know nobody else Irish that is interested in genealogy and still in their twenties.

    I thought I was on my own too. I'm adopted and I've done my bio family tree and my adoptive family tree. Its a pity there's not more info online that doesn't cost too much but I did most of my tree's using the irishgenealogy website which I found fantastic. I'm in my twenties too by the way...


  • #6
    Candelabra
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Candelabra


    Thanks so much for all your welcome suggestions on how to access the info :)


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  • #7
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Hi Candelabra - I've moved your posts to a new thread.
    Avoid resurrecting very old threads, thanks. :)

    EDIT: Also just moved this to the Genealogy Forum.


  • #8
    Dun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭Dun


    tyview wrote: »
    I thought I was on my own too. I'm adopted and I've done my bio family tree and my adoptive family tree. Its a pity there's not more info online that doesn't cost too much but I did most of my tree's using the irishgenealogy website which I found fantastic. I'm in my twenties too by the way...

    That must be way old, I've hit 32 now :D Been doing it since I'm 20, and still never finished.


  • #9
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,676 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    I started at 12 and am now in my early thirties. Just completed a 3 year part-time course in it in UCD too!

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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