{"id":96,"date":"2008-09-21T21:47:23","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T03:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engagingireland.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2008-09-21T21:47:23","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T03:47:23","slug":"episode-7-searching-for-your-irish-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engagingireland.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/21\/episode-7-searching-for-your-irish-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 7 – Searching for Your Irish Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Annie Moore Statue in Cobh<\/p><\/div>\n

In this episode, we interview our friend and travelling companion, Lisa, about her experiences\u00a0regarding researching her Irish family roots.<\/p>\n

One caveat: When doing research and finding information from any source, don\u00e2t believe that the information you find is accurate until you can verify it by finding a second source that backs up that information. The government records aren\u00e2t always accurate and neither are family records or the records of churches for that matter. ALWAYS CROSS-VERIFY YOUR INFORMATION!
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The National Archives of Ireland<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.ie\/genealogy\/centres.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Irish Family History Foundation website<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irish-roots.ie\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Irish Family History Foundation is the coordinating body for a network of county based genealogical research centers on the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n

Centres specifically mentioned in podcast Episode 7:<\/p>\n

Meath Heritage Centre
\n<\/strong>Castle Street<\/address>\n

(next to Trim Castle)
\nTrim, Co. Meath<\/p>\n

www.meathroots.com<\/a><\/p>\n

County Cavan Genealogy Centre
\n<\/strong>1st Floor, Johnston Central Library
\nFarnham Street
\nCavan Town, Co. Cavan<\/p>\n

www.irish-roots.ie\/cavan.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

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Irish Genealogy Limited website<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irishgenealogy.ie\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the official web site of Irish Genealogy Limited (IGL).
\nIrish Genealogy Limited was set up in 1993 to manage and market the Irish Genealogical Project.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u00a0Gen Web Project website<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irelandgenweb.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This site is part of the\u00a0WorldGenWeb Project<\/a> and is the local resource index page for Ireland research. It has a clickable map of all the Irish counties.<\/p>\n

Irish Family Research<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Based in the U.K.)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irishfamilyresearch.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Founded by Mary Quinn, a lawyer from the U.K. Links and information and a message board where you can try to find information that others may already have located. (Many genealogical research sites have these message boards, and they can prove helpful in your search.)<\/p>\n

Ireland\u00a0Roots website<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irelandroots.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

There is no information on this website (that we have been able to ascertain at any rate \u00e2 doesn\u00e2t mean it isn\u00e2t there; we just haven\u00e2t seen it) about who is sponsoring this website. But there is a very active message board associated with the site and some interesting information about starting your search for your roots (not specifically Irish roots, just genealogical research in general).<\/p>\n

Irish Ancestors research page from RootsWeb and Ancestry.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irishancestors.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Not all resources from Ancestry.com are free, but this page contains the links to a bunch of resources specifically related to Irish genealogical research that are free.<\/p>\n

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Footnote.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.footnote.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

On-line document look-ups. Many services are free, but if you want to print, save, or annotate all of their documents, you will need a membership. There are millions and millions of document images from all over the world on this site. I found that many of the ones I wanted to look at require a membership to access, but there are tons of documents you can access for free.<\/p>\n

This might be a great place to go when you\u00e2re just starting your research. You could probably obtain a lot of good free information to get you started. Then you could get a membership later when you\u00e2re further along in your research\u00e2<\/p>\n

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U.K.\u00a0Genealogy website<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ukgenealogy.co.uk\/ireland.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

This portion of the website is specifically related to Irish root research. You can search for information on your U.K. roots as well, which is rather nice.<\/p>\n

Irish Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ancestor\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Even the Irish Times newspaper sponsors a website related to finding your roots!<\/p>\n

About.com website<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/genealogy.about.com\/od\/ireland\/tp\/irish_databases.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

This page is a list of what About.com considers the top 12 online resources for researching your Irish ancestors. Interesting stuff \u00e2 not all of the areas of all of the sites are free though.<\/p>\n

(Side note: About.com has a pretty large genealogy section, and they have some good articles about getting started with research, top mistakes to avoid, organizing your research, finding software that\u00e2s right for you, and lots of other things. Go to\u00a0http:\/\/genealogy.about.com\/od\/make_family_tree\/u\/learn.htm<\/a> to find out more.)<\/p>\n

Ancestry Ireland<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ancestryireland.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Ulster Historical Foundation. You can do just about anything on this site. You can enter an ancestor\u00e2s name to find records, you can hire a researcher to help you do your research, you can find books to help you with your research, and more.<\/p>\n

Parts of this site are free, but some areas require a fee payment.<\/p>\n

Cyndi\u00e2s List<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/ireland.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

This website has\u00a0a ton<\/strong><\/span> of links to sites that might be able to help you with your research! Of course, we didn\u00e2t have time to check them all out and make sure that all of the links were working or that the sites were useful, but we recognized many of the sites as places we had already been.<\/p>\n

Family Search<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/eng\/default.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

This site is sponsored by the Church of Latter Day Saints (a.k.a. Mormon church).<\/p>\n

Irish Genealogy Centre (Professional Ancestral Research) Website<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irishgenealogycentre.com<\/a><\/p>\n

There is some good general information about how to go about doing family research, but a lot of the other pages don\u00e2t have any information on them.<\/p>\n

NOT FREE RESOURCES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ancestry.com<\/a><\/p>\n

RootsWeb.com<\/a><\/p>\n

OneGreatFamily.com<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/media.libsyn.com\/media\/engagingireland\/EI_007_09222008.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>

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