The Genealogy Event, County Limerick

For the fifth year running, the Genealogy Event will be visiting County Limerick. Co-sponsored by RootsIreland.ie, and featuring Limerick Genealogy and representatives of the Irish Family History Foundation, it runs from Thursday 30^th August to Saturday 1^st September at Woodlands House Hotel, Adare, County Limerick. It offers a wealth of up to date information on researching your Irish ancestors using familiar genealogical resources, introductions to DNA and genealogy, as well as one on one genealogy consultations. For further details, please see www.thegenealogyevent.com.

 

Aoife Ryan of Limerick Genealogy speaking at last year’s event

 

New records for Co. Waterford

Holy Cross Church, Tramore, County Waterford

We are pleased to announce that Waterford Heritage have added over 12,000 records to its database at www.waterford.rootsireland.ie including the following :

Church of Ireland Marriages	11,772 Records
Tramore / Carbally Roman Catholic Baptisms	1,126 Records

For a full list of sources for Co. Waterford please click here

To search these records, go to waterford.rootsireland.ie and select the ‘Parish / District’ from the drop down list. Login and Subscribe if required.

SPECIAL OFFER ON ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS – 20% off for a limited time only!

Get a 12 month subscription for RootsIreland with 20% off from 2 July to 15 July 2018*

To obtain this offer just go to the following link and login using your existing RootsIreland login details: http://www.rootsireland.ie. If you currently have a subscription, click My Account, My Subscription and Start a New Subscription. The special deal subscription will then begin once your current subscription runs out.

If you have any questions please check our Help section and if this does not provide an answer, then you may contact us or one of the county centres. You can check what is available on our site for each county here.

*Offer applies from 2 July 2018 to 12 midnight Irish time on 15 July 2018 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

The 4th edition of Brian Mitchell’s book, Derry A City Invincible, outlining the history of Derry, in 100 pages, from its geological formation right through to the present-day and ambitions for the future has just been published.

 

This book is available in Museum and Visitor Centre gift shops in Derry and provides visitors to Derry with local history context and an idea of what Derry was like when an ancestor lived here and/or departed here for a new life.

We are pleased to announce that Westmeath Genealogy has added about 10,000 records to its database at www.westmeath.rootsireland.ie including the following:

Parish	Type	Years	Records
Castlepollard (RC)	Baptisms	1796-1805 & 1812-1829	6,046
Castlepollard (RC)	Marriages	1825-1870 (with some gaps)	2,290
Castlepollard (RC)	Deaths	1793-1825	443
Collinstown (RC)	Baptisms	July 1842-March 1844	169
Killua Chruchyard	Gravestones	1728-1981	84
Castletown Geoghegan	Gravestones	1763-1993	24
Multyfarnham Churchyard	Gravestones	1820-1999	73

St Michael’s Church, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath

 

For a full list of sources for Co. Westmeath please click here

To search these records, go to westmeath.rootsireland.ie and select the ‘Parish / District’ from the drop down list. Login and Subscribe if required.

 

Our North Dublin centre have made a new video highlighting the history and heritage of north County Dublin. You can check it out at the following link:

 

We are pleased to announce that Clare Heritage and Genealogy Centre has added over 36,000 records to its database at www.clare.rootsireland.ie including the following records:

Marriage Records (Roman Catholic)

Parteen	(1831 – 1900)
Cratloe	(1803 – 1900)
Ennis	(1837 – 1900)
Feakle	(1860 – 1900)
Mountshannon-Whitegate	(1846 – 1900)
Scariff	(1852 – 1900)

Parteen Church

Civil Death Registers

Ennis

(1864 – 1959)

Church of Ireland Registers

Tomgraney	(starting 1845)	(Marriage & Baptisms)
Kilnaboy-Kilkeedy	(starting 1799)	(Baptisms & Deaths)
Drumcliff (Ennis)	(starting 1745)	(Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths)
Feakle	(starting 1845)	(Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths)
Killaloe	(starting 1688)	(Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths)
Kilrush-Kilkee	(starting 1741)	(Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths)
Miltown-Malbay	(starting 1879)	(Baptisms)
Ogonelloe	(starting 1845)	(Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths)
Sixmilebridge	(starting 1879)	(Baptisms & Deaths)
Tulla	(starting 1845)	(Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths)
Inishcealtra	(starting 1848)	(Baptisms & Deaths)
Kilfenora		(Deaths)

For a full list of sources for Co. Clare please click here

To search these records, go to clare.rootsireland.ie and select the ‘Parish / District’ from the drop down list. Login and Subscribe if required.

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Ulster Historical Foundation

Tracing your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors, 5–12 September 2018

 

Running from 5–12 September 2018, Tracing your Irish Ancestors will mark the tercentenary of the 1718 migration and 300+ years of Irish migration with visits to sites and places synonymous with the migration of Ulster and Irish families to the New Worlds (North America, Australasia, South Africa, etc).

 

Choose to research in the archives or visit some of Ireland’s most historic sites

During our 7 day conference you will be able to shape your own experiences by choosing to research in the different archives in Belfast and Dublin or join our staff on daily excursions through Ireland’s beautiful landscape to some of its most historic sites.

 

Research Director Dr William Roulston assisting past conference members 

 

300+ years of Irish migration

Tours during our 2018 programme will see you embark on a guided through the Bann Valley, the area in Ulster most directly associated with the 1718 migration; walk on the walls and explore the historic port city of Derry~Londonderry, one of the finest examples of a walled city in Europe; uncover the stories of some of the earliest people to travel from Ulster to Australia at the Down Museum; visit the Ulster American Folk Park which is dedicated to the story of emigration from Ulster to North America in the 18th and 19th centuries.

 

Delegates can delve deeper into the past with visits to the Hill of the O’Neill in Dungannon to learn about the ‘Flight of the Earls’ in 1607, when two of Ulster’s leading Gaelic chiefs left the island for Continental Europe, never to return, and visit Barons Court, the magnificent seat of the Duke of Abercorn whose ancestors migrated from Scotland over 400 years ago.

 

Our day trips include visits to renowned historical sites of interest across the island of Ireland as you will journey into pre-history to marvel at the UNESCO World Heritage site at Newgrange (Brú na Bóinne) and look out onto the North Atlantic Ocean from the stones of the Giant’s Causeway.

 

You will also visit Kilmainham Gaol, one of Dublin city’s most important monuments and visitor attractions and view the beautifully illustrated Book of Kells at Trinity College. Not to mention dining at Belfast’s historic Harbour Commission and at the highest pub in Ireland, the Ponderosa (set at the top of the Glenshane Pass in the Sperrin Mountains).

 

One of the best aspects of the conference (outside our wonderful day trips to these great visitor attractions) is that delegates will to have the chance to sit down with a genealogist and work out a research strategy.

 

At our conferences there is always someone nearby if you hit a brick wall, need a word interpreted or just need a little bit of encouragement. With a number of different genealogists on hand throughout the week, if they choose to do so, our delegates are able to obtain advice from a different expert every day. And our panel have their own particular research specialisms to offer our guests.

 

Book Now

Join us in September and learn about the dramatic history of Ulster and the lives of your Irish ancestors. You will be made very welcome. For more information please visit:

www.ancestryireland.com/family-history-conference/autumn

 

Or if you have any queries, email: enquiry@uhf.org.uk

59,000 New Limerick Records Now Online!

A view from Kilcolman and Coolcappa parish

 

We are pleased to announce that Limerick Genealogy has added over 59,000 records to its database at www.limerick.rootsireland.ie including the following records;

• Tithe Applotment Books for all of Limerick, 1824-1835 – 27347 records;
• Marriage and dispensation records from Croom Roman Catholic parish, 1770-1779, 1783-1794 & 1807-1810 – 1704 records;
• Baptismal and marriage records from Fedamore Roman Catholic parish, 1806-1807 – 94 records;
• Death/burial records for Shanagolden Roman Catholic parish 1832-1849 – 4 records;
• Death/burial records for Knockainy Roman Catholic parish 1819-1821 – 53 records;
• Marriage records for Kilcolman and Coolcappa parish 1891-1900 – 65 records;
• Death records for the County Limerick Infirmary in the Registrar’s District of Limerick No. 2, 1912-1948 – 799 records;
• Non-Catholic civil marriage records for the Church of Ireland parishes of Cappamore 1860-1910, Kildimo 1850-1881, Kilmallock 1846-1933, Mungret 1845-1872 and St. John’s 1845-1941 – 586 records;
• A head of households’ census for St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic parish (civil parishes of Kilmurry, Derrygalvin and St. Patrick’s, 1830 & Kilmurry, 1835) – 847 records;
• Census search forms 1841 & 1851 for Old Age Pension applications – 1908-1922 – 1433 records;
• Head of households census for Athea Roman Catholic parish, 1857 – 199 records;
• A database of Limerick people listed in various documents and published sources, 1799-1867 – 8285 records.
• In addition to the above, where available, Limerick Genealogy has extended civil birth and non-Catholic baptismal records up to 1916, non-Catholic church and civil marriages up to 1918 and death/burial records up to 1918. Updates and corrections to the database have also been made.The full list of available sources for Limerick Genealogy can be viewed here. If you have any questions about these sources or researching your family history in Limerick, please contact Limerick Genealogy.