Addresses and Links
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Ask About Ireland
Website http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_homepage.do (maintained by Library Council of Ireland and providing free online access to various sources including Griffith's Valuation)Burke's Peerage and Gentry
Website http://www.burkes-peerage.net/ (publishers of the famous Peerage, 107th Edition 2003, and a range of works dealing with the families of British and Irish nobility and gentry, which are now accessible online on a subscription basis)Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies, Carraig, Cliff Road, Windgates, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland
Website the current location (Director Sean Murphy MA, a voluntary non-commercial entity producing publications relating to Irish genealogy, heraldry and history)Clare County Library, Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland
Website http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm contains a range of freely accessible databases relating to Co Clare, including 1901 Census, Griffith's Valuation and other sources.
Dublin City Library and Archives, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Open 10am-8pm Mon-Thu, 10am-5pm Fri-Sat (reader's tickets required, research free, pay-card copying facilities from microfilm/fiche)
Website http://www.dublincity.ie/living_in_the_city/libraries/ (the City Library and Archives share the same facility, there is a wide range of genealogical and historical reference materials on the open shelves, and also self-service copying facilities from microfilms)Eneclann, Innovation Centre, O'Reilly Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Website http://www.eneclann.tcd.ie/ (historical and genealogical research, records management, and electronic publishing, including a CD-ROM index of Irish wills)Genealogical Society of Ireland, 11 Desmond Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland
Website http://www.familyhistory.ie/ (publishes a quarterly journal and a range of genealogical source materials)General Register Office, postal applications to headquarters at Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon, Ireland, genealogical/family history research facility at 3rd Floor, Block 7, Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Open 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri (search and reproduction fees charged to all users)
Website http://www.groireland.ie/ (no specific genealogical content)Heraldic Artists, 3 Nassau Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Website http://www.hal.ie/ (a wide range of books on genealogy and heraldry available by mail order)Irish Ancestors
Website http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/ (subscription genealogical service of the Irish Times, based on Grenham's Recordfinder, with free surname and placename search facility)Irish Genealogy Ltd
Website http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/ (useful for commissioning searches from the various county indexing centres of the Irish Genealogical Project, but it should be noted that this is a commercial advertising site only, and that many of the centres have only partial or limited indexes)Irish Origins
Website http://www.irishorigins.com; a pay-to-view site offering access to Griffith's Valuation and other sources (can be accessed without charge on premises of National Library of Ireland)Leitrim-Roscommon 1901 Census
Website http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/1901census/, freely accessible databases of 1901 Census for Cos Leitrim and Roscommon, as well for parts of Cos Mayo, Sligo, Wexford, Westmeath, Galway.National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
Open 10am-5pm Mon-Fri (reader's ticket required, research free, self-service access to microfilm and microfiche, and pay-card copying facilities)
Website http://www.nationalarchives.ie (contains some genealogical guidance, as well as a facility to search online lists of some records, and Australian transportation records); for our online Guide to the National Archives of Ireland go to http://homepage.tinet.ie/~seanjmurphy/naiNational Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Open 10am-9pm Mon-Wed, 10am-5pm Thu-Fri, 10am-1pm Sat (reader's ticket or visitor's pass required, Genealogy Service Room now open, research free)
Website http://www.nli.ie/ (contains some genealogical guidance; catalogues searchable online)Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Avenue, Belfast BT9 6NY, Northern Ireland
Open 9.15am-4.45pm Mon-Fri, late opening Thu until 8.45pm (reader's ticket required, research free for all but professional researchers)
Website http://www.proni.gov.uk/ (a model site, giving detailed guidance on using the records for genealogical research, and containing considerable information of all-Ireland relevance)University College Dublin, Adult Education Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Website http://www.ucd.ie/~adulted (courses in genealogy and a range of other disciplines are provided; the catalogue of UCD Library can now be searched on-line at http://www.ucd.ie/library)Valuation Office Ireland, Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland
Open 9.30am-12.30pm, 2-4.30pm Mon-Fri (search fees charged)
Website http://www.valoff.ie/ (records of genealogical relevance include Cancelled Valuation Lists from the 1850s onwards, and Valuation Maps)
British Library, London, England
Website http://www.bl.uk/ (features an on-line catalogue search facility)FamilyRecords.gov.uk
Website http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk (official portal site guiding research in records of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Website http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/; a pay-per-view service enabling users to search not only vital records from 1855, but also parish registers and the 1891-1901 censuses, can be accessed at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
Website http://www.llgc.org.uk/National Archives (formerly Public Record Office), Kew, Surrey, England
Website http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (a very sophisticated site, with much useful information, details of publications and links; the 1901 Census for England and Wales can be searched online for a fee at http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ )National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Website http://www.nas.gov.uk/
Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah
Website http://www.ancestry.com/ (a subscription service offering online access to US censuses 1790-1930 and other records, as well as a growing number of European records, including Irish)Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family History Information, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Website http://www.familysearch.org/ (useful information, lists of publications, with guide to holdings of the Family History Library and links to network of Family History Centres, and FamilySearch facility allowing the International Genealogical Index and other resources to be searched online)Family Tree DNA
Website http://www.familytreedna.com/ (commercial DNA testing service for genealogists, with useful online tutorials)
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site
Website http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/ (contains useful information, an on-line search service in a 150 million-name database, and facilities for ordering of a range of CD-ROM publications, now including an index to Griffith's Valuation for all Ireland)Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Website http://www.genealogical.com/ (republishes out of print books and issues new titles)The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), P.O. Box 619, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA
Website http://tiara.ie (a nonprofit organization for Irish genealogical and historical research and education, contents include the results of a survey of genealogical services offered by Irish Heritage Centres)Irish Genealogical Society International, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html (the largest Irish genealogical society in the United States, with over 2,000 members)Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room, Washington, DC, USA
Website http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/lhg.htmlAndrew J Morris, Farmington, Michigan, USA
Website http://www.ajmorris.com/dig/index.htm (microfiche, CD-ROM and digital publications)National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, USA
Wesbsite http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html (contains useful information, details of publications and links to regional centres in the USA)National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Website http://www.archives.ca/index.htmlNew England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website http://www.nehgs.org/ (the premier genealogical society in the United States)OLochlainns Irish Family Journal
Website http://www.irishroots.com/ (republishes out of print books)
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.gsv.org.au/ (Irish Ancestry Group is a constituent member)National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Website http://www.naa.gov.au/National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.archives.govt.nz/
Professional Genealogists and Researchers
National Archives of Ireland List of Genealogical and Historical Researchers
Website http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/researchers.htmlNational Library of Ireland Research Panel
Website http://www.nli.ie/family_hr.htm#comPublic Record Office of Northern Ireland List of Commercial Researchers
Website http://www.proni.gov.uk/research/searcher.htm
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: Ireland and Northern Ireland
Website http://www.cyndislist.com/ireland.htm (the largest international listing of genealogical links, with around 200,000 categorised entries in total)Infobel
Website http://www.infobel.com/world/default.asp (links to telephone directories of the world available online)Surname Navigator
Website http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/ (lists of searchable databases for Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, USA)UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service
Website http://www.genuki.org.uk/ (in terms of information and links, this is the most comprehensive site of its kind)