Since its publication in 1986, A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland has established itself as a key resource in Irish genealogical research. Now, with the addition of maps detailing the location of Roman Catholic parishes in all thirty-two counties of Ireland and Presbyterian congregations in the nine counties of Northern Ireland, this new 2nd Edition moves the book to the forefront of Irish ...
Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing CompanyWritten By: Brian Mitchell
Manufacturer: Clearfield CoWritten By: Brian Mitchell
By skillfully blending case studies, maps, charts, and his own mastery of the subject, Mitchell has managed to convey the basics of Irish genealogical research in scarcely sixty pages. Following introductory chapters on the background to research on the American side, the author describes the nature and uses of all significant record sources in Ireland, including but not limited to civil and ...
This work tells you which Irish parish registers exist (all denominations), their starting dates, and where and how they can be located, and it links them to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, the great survey of property holders taken between 1848 and 1864. Here are located churches of all denominations, including Roman Catholic, and given is the earliest date of their registers. In tabular ...
These passenger lists, which cover the period of the Irish Famine and its aftermath, identify the emigrants' actual places of residence, as well as their port of departure and nationality. Essentially business records, the lists were developed from the order books of the two main passenger lines operating out of Londonderry--J. & J. Cooke (1847-67) and William McCorkell & Co. (1863-71). Both ...
Manufacturer: Genealogical Pub Co
The purpose of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland was to map the whole country at a scale of six inches to one mile, and the six-inch maps appeared between 1835 and 1846. Each map was to have been accompanied by topographical descriptions, or memoirs, for every civil parish, but this was impractical, and the idea was abandoned. However, the field officers gathered much useful data, and the ...
Manufacturer: Clearfield Co
Mr. Mitchell is the author of the Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy, page for page perhaps the best book on genealogical research in Ireland ever written. His new book, Finding Your Irish Ancestors, is intended as a companion volume to the venerable Pocket Guide. Making use of the case study technique employed in the Pocket Guide, this new book expounds on topics that are not found in his earlier ...
Manufacturer: ClearfieldWritten By: Brian Mitchell
Manufacturer: Genealogical Pub CoWritten By: Brian Mitchell
Except for the brief period from March 1803 to March 1806, no official registers of passengers leaving Irish ports were ever kept. The exception refers to lists contained in the so-called Hardwicke Papers, now located in the British Library, London. Altogether, some 4,500 passengers are identified in the 109 sailings recorded in the Hardwicke Papers--most cited with their all-important ...
Manufacturer: Genealogy CentreWritten By: Brian Mitchell