The records available for family research are described in detail together with their relevance and where they can be found. A social history of Kerry is also provided to show its importance in the keeping and survival of these records.

A guide to tracing your Kerry ancestors

Michael H. O'Connor

Flyleaf Press

This books details the records available for those interested in families from Co. Kerry, Ireland. It describes a significant range of types of records (Church and civil records, Newspapers, Commercial Directories, Wills, Censuses, Gravestones inscriptions, Land records and others) and describes sources of each for the county, where they can be found, and how they can be used to best effect in tracing Kerry families. Ilustrations of many of these record types are also provided, together with maps of the administrative divisions in the county.

Guide to Tracing your Kerry Ancestors

O'Connor, Michael H.

This book sets out the records available for research on the history of County Cork families, where they can be accessed, and how they can be used to best effect. For each type of record, it describes the background to their compilation, and the categories of people and data included. It also provides background on the social history of County Cork and how this history has affected the keeping and survival of records. Cork is the largest Irish county and was a major emigration county.

Guide to Tracing your Cork Ancestors by Tony McCarthy (1997-01-01)

Reference

McCarthy, Tony

Cadogan, Tim

Genealogy

Guide to Tracing your Dublin Ancestors

James R. Ryan

Irish Church Records

This book details the records of each of the 8 major Irish denominations and their value for family history, and for church and local history. The locations of the records of each church, and guidelines for their access, are provided.

History

James, Ryan

Europe

This volume contains a list of books, monographs and periodical papers dealing with specific Irish families. The references cited are mainly accounts of particular family lines and vary from fond and emotional accounts of families and their ancestral homes to dispassionate, well-researched and fully documented family studies and pedigrees. The greater value of the material contained in these references is to put some human dimension to the barren facts that may be obtained from the usual range of records. No church of civil record will inform us that our ancestors were wonderful singers or dancers; or of the details of their travels or occupation; nor whether their recorded marriages were the culminations of great romances, or of family arrangements. Such information can, however, be occasionally found in the memoirs and letters detailed in the articles and books listed here.

Sources for Irish Family History: A Listing of Books and Articles on the History of Irish Families

Catalogs & Directories

A Guide To Tracing Your Kerry Ancestors

This title sets out the records available for tracing the history and genealogy of families in Co. Limerick, Ireland. The genealogical sources for Limerick are diverse because of the nature of the county, which contains both remote rural agricultural communities and an urban population in Limerick city. The most common family names include O'Brien, Ryan, Donovan, Sheehan, Hallinan, Hurley and Scanlan. Many Limerick people emigrated in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Almost 17 per cent of the population emigrated in the 1850's alone. This book will be of direct interest to the descendants of these emigrants. It details the types of records available, where they can be accessed and how they can best be used to trace ancestors in the county and city of Limerick. It is well illustrated with 3 maps of administrative divisions, and with 23 examples of the types of records to be found. There is also a comprehensive index.

A Guide to Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors

Franklin, Margaret

Walsh, Jacintha

This is the extraordinary story of one man's search for his family roots. It is extraordinary for several reasons, not least of which is the wonderful variety of family members which emerge. Admirals, farmers, surgeons and priests; widows and emigres; rebels and conservatives; Irish, English, New Zealander and American are all part of the rich Burke tapestry which is unfolded. It is also extraordinary in its disclosure of the wealth of records and assistance which are available to the family historian, and the value of persistence and imagination in their use. But perhaps most particularly it is extraordinary in its description of the eerie mix of coincidence and chance which assisted the search. The story focuses on the Burkes (we will not disclose which Burkes as that would spoil the story). However, the families of Collingwood, Collis, Creagh, Mullay, Blark, Kirwan, Browne, and many others are also central to the search.

Annie's Letter: The Story of a Search

Burke, Robert

Biographies & Memoirs

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A guide to tracing your Kerry ancestors

Guide to Tracing your Kerry Ancestors

Guide to Tracing your Cork Ancestors by Tony McCarthy (1997-01-01)

Guide to Tracing your Dublin Ancestors

Irish Church Records

Irish Church Records

Sources for Irish Family History: A Listing of Books and Articles on the History of Irish Families

A Guide To Tracing Your Kerry Ancestors

A Guide to Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors

Annie's Letter: The Story of a Search