Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-52).
Contents:
Getting started -- The main sources : Civil registers of births, marriages and deaths; Church registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Gravestone inscriptions; Wills; 1901 and 1911 census returns; Mid-nineteenth-century Griffith's valuation; Early nineteenth-century tithe applotment books; Other census substitutes -- Irish administrative divisions -- The major record offices -- Irish genealogy centres -- Websites.
Summary:
A primary aim of this book is to dispel the widely-held notion that most records of genealogical interest in Ireland were destroyed during the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin on 28 June 1922, in which many important historical documents were lost.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.