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.

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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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