Genealogy Snippets 11 July 2012

Genealogy Snippets are short news items that I think you would want to hear about sooner rather than later. 1. Family Search has just put online 76 million new records, those guys never do things in small numbers !! Amongst … Continue reading

Irish Burial Records

This website has more than 1.5 million burials & cremations recorded in it’s database.  The cemeteries covered are Glasnevin, Dardistown, Goldenbridge, Newlandds Cross & Palmerstown, all of which are in the Dublin area. Searching the index is free, if you … Continue reading

Irish Prison Records go online

Today, Findmypast.ie launched online for the first time the Irish Prison Registers 1790-1920, one of the greatest untapped resources for those tracing their Irish roots. The original Prison Registers, held at the National Archives of Ireland, cover all types of … Continue reading

Irish Parish Registers on Ancestry

On the front page of Ancestry they have an announcement that they now have Roman Catholic parish registers 1742 – 1884 online. At the moment if you click the link it takes you no-where, but I am sure in the … Continue reading