Road Map

Advice on Research

There are a number of different sources of information that can help in tracing your Irish ancestors. If you are starting out in in Irish family research for the first time our FREE Beginner's Research Guide gives advice on where to begin.

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Once you have read the guide you might wish to find some more detail on the major sources, being:

• Civil Records of Birth, Marriage and Death.
• The Census of 1901 and 1911.
• Land records contained in Griffith's Primary Valuation and
• the Valuation Office Revision Books
• Church Records of baptism and marriage - particularly important for the first half of the 19th Century

The links provide these details which should help you in devising a plan for your research