Going back in time to find ancestors, the following is a list which might be of use to the genealogist.
1911 Census
1901 Census
Griffith’s Valuation (circa 1852)
Tithe Applotments (circa 1830)
Religious Census 1766 (not available for everywhere)
Books of Survey and Distribution (approx 1664)
Pendars Survey 1659
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Church Records (dates vary)
Street Directories
Registry of Deeds (from 1708)
For high profile names, Burke’s Landed Gentry (various publications) and Burke’s Peerage (various) might be useful.
O’Harte’s Pedigrees has many surname lists of genealogical usefulness.
JUSTIN MCCARTHY DOCTOR OF KILLARNY BORN 1724 UNABLE TO ACERTAIN HIS FATHER OR HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS
By: JANICE MCCARTHY on December 1, 2008
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Margaret,
Do you know if the National Library microfilms of West Cork Roman Catholic Parishes are available through LDS? I’d love to have a crack at them, but if I have to travel to Dublin to look at them it’ll be a while.
Also, just as an FYI, I find the Irish newspaper archives extremely helpful. I’ve searched the Southern Star archives and have found news items about my Mom’s nuclear family starting from 1930, and news items about extended family members starting from about 1909 so far – I hope to extend it back even further. The news clippings arm me with information I can show to present day family members and get them thinking.
http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
By: Susan J. Barretta on August 29, 2009
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Hi Susan,
I don’t think the West Cork R.C. Parish records are available through the LDS centres. I checked my “Tracing Your Ancestors” book and it indicates the NLI only. The Skibbereen Heritage Centre might have something useful:
http://www.skibbereen.ie/skibbereen-heritage-centre.php
Here is a link to a map of West Cork Catholic Parishes:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/corkswrc.htm
If you click on a parish, you can get details of what records are available.
Good luck with your research.
Margaret
By: mjordan on August 30, 2009
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