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Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
3rd Edition
by John Grenham
Notes From the Introduction:
What You Can Expect To Find
- Descendants of Catholic tenant farmers-can trace back to start of Catholic parish records (1780's)
- Gaelic culutre collasped in 17th century and has left a gulf in information
- Anglo-Irish families have some records going back to 11th and 12th century but this is rare.
Sources in the USA
-Naturalization Records
- Date and place of birth
- Occupaton
- Place of residence
- Name of ship
-Cemetery Records
- Can sometimes tell place of origin
-Immigration Records and Passenger Lists
- Most are held in the National Archives (from 1820)
-Military Records
- May tell the Irish place of origin
-Church Records
- May contain details of Irish place or origin
- Most Catholic records are held in the parishes
-Vital Records
- Death records generally give parents' names
