Monthly Archives: October 2007

CBC Ottawa on Digitization of Irish Censuses

Posted on October 15, 2007 by mjordan

CBC Ottawa has a link to an interview which discusses the progress of the digitization of the Irish 1901 and 1911 Census. It gives the background to the lack (in general) of earlier census material for Ireland as well. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Archive material, General, Surnames | 2 Comments

Books and newspapers…

Posted on October 3, 2007 by mjordan

The Irish Times digital archive could be useful for genealogy. I haven’t tried it yet but here is the link: Irish Times Archive Another useful source for genealogy is the digitized books on Google. You can search for items of … Continue reading →

Posted in Archive material, Cork, Cork Genealogy | Leave a comment

Indexing – Registry of Deeds

Posted on October 1, 2007 by mjordan

Today, I received the latest copy of the Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) newsletter and I was gobsmacked to see that Mr Nick Reddan, FIGRS, has launched a project to index all persons mentioned in the memorials of the Registry … Continue reading →

Posted in Archive material, Dublin | 6 Comments