Celebrate St Patrick’s Day by taking out a 12-month subscription for RootsIreland with 25% off from 6th March to 31st March 2023!

Why take out a subscription to Roots Ireland?

• RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online, as well as millions of Protestant records, civil records, census records, headstone inscriptions and census substitutes. Our index is easily searchable and has features such as standardised surname and forename searches which make your searches even more user-friendly.
• We hold over 23 million records, and our database is being added to continually. Since 2020, we have added over 1 million records to our database from Limerick, Clare, Sligo, Kerry, Wicklow, Westmeath, Kilkenny, South Dublin, South Tipperary, Monaghan, Armagh, North Mayo, Cork, Laois, Offaly and East Galway. New records are continually being added to our database throughout the year, which will be announced in due course.
• Together, our 34 genealogy centres have an unparalleled amount of local knowledge which can be invaluable to those tracing their ancestors, a service which no other website or company can provide to such a high standard. By taking out a subscription with RootsIreland, you are helping these centres to continue to provide a world-class service and securing many Irish jobs.

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 6 March 2023 to 12 midnight Irish time on 31 March 2023 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Are you wishing to find out more about your Irish ancestors? Have you been thinking of what to do or
where to go for your next vacation? Have you always wanted to visit some of Ireland’s famous
landmarks and journey through the country’s beautiful landscape?

Ulster Historical Foundation will be running two family history events in 2023, and one of
these programmes may be exactly what you are looking for!

For over 30 years Ulster Historical Foundation’s family history tours, conferences and research
programmes have been all about helping those with Irish and Scots-Irish ancestry trace their
roots and find deeper connections with the land of their ancestors.

‘Early Bird’ Registration – Ends 28 February!

Be sure to sign up before 28 February 2023 to take advantage of Ulster Historical Foundation’s
‘Early Bird’ registration prices. Register today with a deposit of £350pp!

• • Tracing your Irish Ancestors, 06-13 September 2023 – £1,125pp (price after 28 February, £1,175pp)
    https://www.ancestryireland.com/family-history-conference/summer/how-to-book/)
  • Researching your Irish Ancestors, 08-13 October 2023 – £839.99pp (price after 28 February, £875pp)
    https://www.ancestryireland.com/family-history-conference/autumn/book-now/)

Tracing your Irish Ancestors, 06-13 September 2023

During this seven-day conference, participants will be able to shape their own experiences
and make treasured memories by choosing to either research in the Public Record Office of
Northern Ireland (PRONI) alongside Ulster Historical Foundation’s experienced team of
researchers or take part in daily excursions through Ireland’s beautiful landscape, visiting
some of its most historic and world-renowned sites.

Assisted personal research, talks, tours and sightseeing are all part of the eclectic, friendly and fun
mix of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors.

Click here for more information

Researching your Irish Ancestors, 08-13 October 2023

This enhanced research programme offers participants the chance to spend a week
researching in the archives each day being guided and supported by Ulster Historical
Foundation’s team of researchers. Researching your Irish Ancestors presents a great
opportunity to break down your genealogical “brick walls” and unlock your family history.

This programme will have a maximum capacity of 25 people meaning that you will
experience more one-on-one time with the Foundation’s research team than you would at
any other similar programme.

Click here for more information

We are delighted to announce the addition of 1,806 new Kerry Roman Catholic marriage records to our database at Roots Ireland. They are as follows:

• Dromtariffe marriages, 1832-1899 (1,806 records).

For an up to date list of sources for Kerry and to search these records, go to kerry.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.

We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest issue of ‘Irish Genealogy Matters’, in which we keep our readers abreast of all of the latest developments in the Irish Family History Foundation and new records online! Click on the image above to read the newsletter in full. We hope you enjoy!

 

 

 

We are delighted to announce the addition of 3,295 new Kerry Roman Catholic baptismal and marriage records to our database at Roots Ireland. They are as follows:

• Prior baptisms, 1850-1899 (2,500 records);
• Prior marriages, 1850-1899 (795 records).

For an up to date list of sources for Kerry and to search these records, go to kerry.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.

We are delighted to announce the addition of almost 27,000 names from the Tithe Applotment Books covering all of County Clare dating from 1824-43.

The Tithe Applotment Books are a vital source for genealogical research for the pre-Famine period, given the loss of most of the nineteenth-century census records. They were compiled in order to determine the amount which occupiers of agricultural holdings over one acre should pay in tithes to the Church of Ireland.

For an up to date list of sources for Clare and to search these records, go to https://rootsireland.ie/clare/ and login or subscribe as required.

Discover your Irish roots by taking out a 12-month subscription for Roots Ireland with a 25% discount from 23rd November to 10th December 2022!*

 

To avail of 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.

Why take out a subscription with RootsIreland?

• RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online. Our index is easily searchable and has features such as standardised surname and forename searches which make your searches even more user-friendly.
• We hold over 23 million records which is being added to continually. In 2022 so far, we have added almost 136,000 records to our database from Kerry, Monaghan, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Westmeath, Armagh, Antrim, Down and East Galway. New records are continually being added to our database throughout the year, with over 27,000 Clare records coming soon.
• Together, our 34 genealogy centres have an unparalleled amount of local knowledge which can be invaluable to those tracing their ancestors, a service which no other website or company can provide to such a high standard. By taking out a subscription with RootsIreland, you are helping these centres to continue to provide a world-class service and securing many Irish jobs.

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 23 November 2022 to 12 midnight Irish time on 10 December 2022 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

We are delighted to announce the addition of 16,531 new Kerry Roman Catholic baptismal records for Dingle (1823-1899) to our database at Roots Ireland.

For an up to date list of sources for Kerry and to search these records, go to kerry.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.

Ulster Historical Foundation’s last online Genealogy Course of 2022 is set to begin on 23 November and will run until 17 January, 2023.

Take the time this winter to get to further explore your family history, gain a better understanding of the archives and genealogical sources in Ireland and find your elusive Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors

This comprehensive online genealogy course takes all the key components of the Ulster Historical Foundation’s Irish Genealogy Essentials programme and makes them available digitally, allowing participants to complete the programme at their own pace and from the comfort of their own home.

This course consists of:

• 21 pre-recorded lectures on essential topics relating to Irish genealogical research (over 28 hours of content) – For a full synopsis of topics covered click here (https://www.ancestryireland.com/irish-genealogy-essentials/online-course/)
• Four live “Q and A” sessions/Tutorials with the course lecturers (to be scheduled at different times to suit different time zones)
• Downloadable lecture handouts and reading list

For more information or to register for this course (https://www.ancestryireland.com/irish-genealogy-essentials/online-course/)

We are delighted to announce the addition of over 12,000 new records from Counties Antrim and Down to our database. They are as follows:

 

Records	Religion	Number of Records
Downpatrick Baptisms 1909-22	Roman Catholic	982
Downpatrick Marriages 1909-30	Roman Catholic	304
St Brigid’s Belfast Baptisms 1884-1909	Roman Catholic	3447
St Brigid’s Belfast Marriages 1891-1930	Roman Catholic	814
St Patrick’s Lisburn Baptisms 1918-30	Roman Catholic	1134
St Patrick’s Lisburn Marriages 1918-30	Roman Catholic	305
St Peter’s Marriages 1899-1930	Roman Catholic	4914
Westbourne Marriages 1917-1930	Presbyterian	149
Total		12049

For an up to date list of sources for Antrim and Down and to search these records, go to Co. Antrim sources, Co. Down sources. login or subscribe as required.