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Books, Maps & Other Resources  Ireland & Northern Ireland  Genealogy & History Books, Maps, & Resources - Ireland and Northern Ireland | Flags - Ireland Global Gazette Irish Articles | Searchable Online Irish Data | Useful Irish Links 
BOOK - The Huguenots: Their Settlement, Churches, and Industries in England and Ireland
By Samuel Smiles. This book chronicles the re-settlement of the Huguenots in England and Ireland. The migration was one of the most important movements of skilled workers and professionals out of mainland Europe due to religious persecution. There were two major movements of Huguenot. The first primarily included Flemish and French Protestants during the latter half of the sixteenth century. The second major migration happened during the final decades of the seventeenth century. Many more Huguenots migrated individually or in small groups throughout the period. ISBN: 1-894571-78-9 More information
BOOK - The Sash Canada Wore - A Historical Geography of The Orange Order in Canada By: Cecil J. Houston and William J. Smith. Significant migration of Protestant Irish to Canada in the early 19th century brought with it the establishment of the Orange Order in Canada. This work explores the role of the Orange Order in the unfolding settlement geography of Canada. Protestant Irish soldiers and emigrants, largely Ulster-born, introduced the organization into New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario within the first decade of the nineteenth century. At its zenith, he movement had a membership of as many as one in three Canadians. ISBN 1-894378-31-8 More information
BOOK - The Scotch-Irish. Two Volumes in One
By Charles A. Hanna. This is the basic sourcebook on the Scotch-Irish in North America, a massive compilation of source records pertaining to the Scots who settled in the north of Ireland and their descendants in North America. The Scotch-Irish left Ulster as a result of neo-mercantilist British economic policy in the region, requirements that they pay 10% of their income to the Anglican Church, ongoing friction with their Catholic Irish neighbors, and greater economic opportunity in the New World. ISBN 1-894378-92-X More information
BOOK - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors - (Third Edition 2006) By John Grenham. This new third edition of John Grenham's highly respected work is now available. Full of updates and new resources ... an additional 154 pages. With its step-by-step instructions in the location and use of genealogical records, its discussion of civil records of birth, marriage, and death, along with land records and wills, and its list of Roman Catholic parish records and county source lists, it is easily one of the most useful book in Irish genealogy.
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BOOK - Irish Records Sources For Family And Local History By James G. Ryan, Ph.D
In this new edition, Dr. Ryan has added several new sources to his already extensive list. If you are searching for ancestors on the Emerald Isle, this is the source book for you! Irish Records even includes the names and addresses of custodians of records throughout the thirty-two counties of Ireland. The book discusses organization of records and the county-by-county system of record collection and preservation. Specialized maps help you locate towns and parishes referenced in the text. More information
BOOK - A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland - Second Edition By Brian Mitchell. An invaluable aid for tracing ancestors in Ireland. Since its original publication in 1986, A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland has established itself as a key resource in Irish genealogical research. Now, with the addition of maps detailing the location of Roman Catholic parishes in all thirty-two counties of Ireland and Presbyterian congregations in the nine counties of Northern Ireland, this new 2nd Edition moves the book to the forefront of Irish genealogical research. Also, for the first time ever, this one volume contains a complete geographical picture of the three major religious denominations in Ireland during the middle years of the 19th century.
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BOOK - Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, 1830-1839 Written in the 1830's to accompany the Ordnance Survey Maps, this major series of memoirs was left unpublished except for one parish. The memoirs record landscape and situation, buildings, antiquities, land holdings and population and employment and livelihood, on a parish by parish basis for Northern Ireland. Click Here for a Complete Listing of This 40 Volume Series Can be purchased individually. 
BOOK - Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors. The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600-1800 By: William Roulston. One of the greatest frustrations for generations of genealogical researchers has been that reliable guidance on sources for perhaps the most critical period in the establishment of their family’s links with Ulster, the period up to 1800, has proved to be so elusive. Not any more. This book can claim to be the first comprehensive guide for family historians searching for ancestors in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ulster. More information
BOOK - The Ulster Sourcebook, For Family Researchers By Sherrell Branton Leetooze. This book provides essential information for those who are interested in genealogical or historical research in Ulster. It will help you understand political and civil bondaries within Ulster so that you can easly locate the records that you need. Includes important lists of resources by County. More information Book - Essays in Scotch-Irish History Edited by E.R.R. Green. This is a reprint of the second volume in the Ulster Historical Foundation's Historical Series, which was first published in 1969. These five essays were delivered as lectures at a conference on the Scotch-Irish held in Belfast in 1965. This edition contains a new introduction by Steve Ickringill of the University of Ulster re-viewing recent research. More information BOOK - British Sources for Irish History 1485-1641, A Guide to Manuscripts in Local, Regional and Specialised Repositories in England, Scotland and Wales. By Brian C. Donovan, David Edwards This ambitious book represents the first attempt to make up for the damage done to Irish history by the 1922 fire in the Dublin Public Record Office which destroyed the records of whole sections of Ireland's past - especially the records of the period 1485-1641, the age of the Kildare ascendancy, the Tudor reconquest and the plantations. More information MAPS (on paper) - Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps. England, Scotland, Ireland Published by Alan Godfrey Maps. SCALE: Fourteen inches to the mile. These maps are invaluable for historians and genealogists. The Maps are highly detailed. More information or... BOOK - Irish Church Records. By James G. Ryan. This book details the records of each of the 8 major Irish denominations and their value for family history and for church and local history.More information BOOK - Finding your Irish Ancestors, by Christensen, Penelope Ph.D. The author believes that the four Primary Sources and the most reliable ones are all obtainable at Family History Centers. This book presents a sound strategy for thorough and productive research of those sources.More information BOOK - Researching Irish Archival and Repositry Centres by: Hutchison, Brian W.. An overview of the archival and repository centres throughout Northern Ireland and the Republice of Ireland (Eire) for conducting Irish research.More information BOOK - Researching Irish Census Records… Including Census Substitute Records by: Hutchison, Brian W.. Included, the availability of records, plus importance of various government land and people surveys acting as substitutes.More information BOOK - Researching Irish Church Records… Conformist and Non-Conformist by: Hutchison, Brian W.. Emphasis on time periods, historical backgrounds, record collections and pre-1864 research problems are included.More information BOOK - Researching Irish Civil Registration Records by: Hutchison, Brian W.. Contents and availability of the records, how the information documented has changed over time, limitations & advantages of civil vital records and effective research strategies are included.More information BOOK - Researching Irish Testamentary Records by: Hutchison, Brian W.. A discussion of the value of these records during these time periods, availability of the records in both periods, as well as comments on some research strategies for using these collections are included.More information BOOK - A Century of Northern Life, The Irish News and 100 year of Ulster History 1890s - 1990s. Edited by Eamon Phoenix. This book traces the story of Ulster from the 1890s with contributions by specialists and graphic illustrations. It will interest the general reader and scholar alike. More information BOOK - In Search of your British and Irish Roots By: Angus Baxter. Noted genealogist Angus Baxter provides detailed instructions for locating records abroad and shows how easy it is to do by mail - or on a vacation trip!! More information BOOK - TOWNLANDS in Ulster- Local History Studies, Edited by: W.H. Crawford & R.H. Foy. This volume contains eight essays by experienced local historians who describe the development of their townland over the last four hundred years and more. More information BOOK - A Guide to Irish Parish Registers by: Brian Mitchell. The Griffith's or Primary Valuation of Ireland and Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials are perhaps the two most important sources for genealogical research in Ireland. This book attempts to make a search of these records more rewarding for the researcher. More information BOOK - Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials in Boho Parish, Church of Ireland, County Fermanagh (1840-1879) - Irish Genealogy Series Edited by David R. Elliott. The Boho Church is a congregation of the Church of Ireland (Anglican). Boho Parish is West of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh. One should not presume that this register includes only Anglicans; other Protestants and even Catholics could be buried In Church of Ireland cemeteries because they paid tithes (taxes) to the Church of Ireland. The church served people from the surrounding parishes of Cleenish, Killesher, Rossorry, Devenish Inishmacsaint, and Enniskillen. More information BOOK - The Cemetery of St. Molaise, Monea, Devenish Parish, County Fermanagh[Ireland](Revised Edition) - Irish Genealogy Series Edited by David R. Elliott. Most of the graves in this cemetery belong to people of Devenish parish, but it also contains people from the surrounding parishes of Rossorry, Boho, Cleenish, Inishmacsaint, and even the town of Enniskillen. One should not presume that only members of the Church of Ireland (Anglican) were buried here. Because the Church of Ireland was the state church, people of all faiths could be buried in it, including Roman Catholics. More information BOOK - Benmore Church of Ireland Cemetery, Inishmacsaint Parish, County Fermanagh[Ireland] - Irish Genealogy Series Edited by David R. Elliott. Most of the graves in this cemetery belong to people of Inishmacsaint parish, but it also contains people from the surrounding parishes and even the town of Enniskillen. One should not presume that only members of the Church of Ireland (Anglicans) were buried here. Because the Church of Ireland was the state church, people of all faiths could be buried in it, including Roman Catholics. More information BOOK - A New Lease on Life: Landlords, Tenants & Immigrants in Ireland & Canada. by Catharine Anne Wilson. In this richly detailed history of migration and adaptation in the nineteenth century, Catharine Wilson focuses on the landlord-tenant relationship and how it changed in the Irish and North American context. More information BOOK - Sir Richard Musgrave's Memoirs Of The Irish Rebellion Of 1798 The most important contemporary published source on the insurection led by the United Irishman.Vivid eyewitness accounts, lists of massacre victims and rebel and loyalist participantsEssential for genealogists and historians. New complete index to thousands of people and places. More information BOOK - Return of Owners of Land in Ireland 1876. In 1873, the Local Government Board in Ireland set about to ascertain the number and names of owners of land of one acre and upwards in Ireland. Since the returns include the names of small landowners as well as large-owners of modest acres as well as great estates-they stand as a census of a significant proportion of the population of Ireland in 1876 and no doubt contain the names of many people who were related to emigrants of an earlier period. More information BOOK - Irish Dictionary. Collins Pocket Reference. Clear color layout for maximum ease of use, keyword feature (extra help with translating the most essential vocabulary), detailed guide to Irish pronunciation, comprehensive grammar tables, instantly accessible supplements on numbers, time and date and Irish place names. Over 50,000 references and 65,000 translations. More information BOOK - The Largest Amount of Good: Quaker Relief in Ireland 1654 - 1921 by: Helen E. Hatton. Filled with extensive research, well documented bibliography and index. This book is a must for those with Quaker connections in Ireland or those with an interest in the work of the Friends for more than two hundred years in the Irish countryside. More information BOOK - County Antrim, A Topographical Dictionary of The Parishes, Villages and Towns of County Antrim in the 1830s. By Samuel Lewis; Preface by Brian M. Walker. This book presents an unusual combination of contemporary sources on life in County Antrim over one hundred and sixty years ago. The text is extracted from Samuel Lewis's monumental two volumed topographical dictionary of Ireland, first published in 1837. It has been combined with many maps and engravings of the period. More information BOOK - Counties Armagh, Monaghan & Cavan, A Topographical Dictionary of The Parishes, Villages and Towns of County Antrim in the 1830s. By Samuel Lewis; Preface by Brian M. Walker. Counties Armagh, Monaghan & Cavan, A Topographical Dictionary of The Parishes, Villages and Towns of These Counties in the 1830s presents an unusual combination of contemporary sources on life in Counties Armagh, Monaghan and Cavan over 160 years ago. More information BOOK - Families of County Clare (Ireland) Michael C. O'Laughlin, president, I.G.F. This volume focuses exclusively on families found in County Clare. It includes families of all religions and backgrounds, including both old Irish families and settler families from England, Scotland, Wales, etc., from the earliest times to the modern era. . More information BOOK - Families of County Cork (Ireland) Michael C. O'Laughlin, president, I.G.F. This volume focuses exclusively on families found in County Cork. It includes families of all religions and backgrounds, including both old Irish families and settler families from England, Scotland, Wales, etc., from the earliest times to the modern era. . More information BOOK - A History of County Derry. ( Ireland ). By Sean McMahon. A comprehensive look at the history of County Derry from the early Christian settlements up to the present day. More information BOOK - Docwra's Derry, A Narration of Events in North-west Ulster 1600-1604. By William Kelly Docwra’s ‘Narration’ was first edited and transcribed by the great Irish scholar, John O’Donovan, in 1849. This edition, edited by Billy Kelly, not only includes O’Donovans comprehensive notes, including translations and descriptions of all the Irish place-names mentioned by Docwra, it also includes insights from more recent scholarship on the Nine Year War. More information BOOK - Counties Londonderry & Donegal, A Topographical Dictionary of The Parishes, Villages and Towns of These Counties in the 1830s. By Samuel Lewis; Preface by Brian M. Walker. This book presents an unusual combination of contemporary sources on life in Counties Londonderry and Donegal over one hundred and sixty years ago. More information BOOK - Families of County Donegal (Ireland) Michael C. O'Laughlin, president, I.G.F. This volume focuses exclusively on families found in County Donegal. Illustrated with maps, arms, index to wills, census extracts and notes on over 1,000 families of Donegal, including old Irish families and those that settled from Scotland and elsewhere. Includes a complete section on how to trace ancestors from Donegal, reference books, address list of repositories, well indexed. More information BOOK - County Down, A Topographical Dictionary of The Parishes, Villages and Towns of County Down in the 1830s. By Samuel Lewis; Preface by Brian M. Walker. This book presents an unusual combination of contemporary sources on life in County Down over one hundred and sixty years ago. The text is extracted from Samuel Lewis's monumental two volumed topographical dictionary of Ireland, first published in 1837. It has been combined with many maps and engravings of the period. The end result is a very special view of the parishes, villages and towns of County Down in the years before the great changes of the Victorian era. It provides a compelling record of agriculture, industry, population, buildings and antiquities in the county in the 1830s. More information BOOK - Tracing Your Dublin Ancestors by James G. Ryan & Brian Smith. Although Irish sources for family history are sparse relative to some other European countries, Dublin has arguably the best variety of family history resources in Ireland. This book sets out to assist those with Dublin origins to learn about their ancestry. It is designed to guide the reader through the many types of documents and sources which record the lives of the people of Dublin. More information BOOK - Dublin: Daughter of the Merchant Kings. By: P.D. Whelan. Dublin traces the life of the city and those who loved and defended her. More information BOOK - Families of County Dublin (Ireland) Michael C. O'Laughlin, president, I.G.F. This volume focuses exclusively on families found in County Dublin. This work has opened up Dublin research and is the best primer of its kind. It focuses exclusively on families found in County Dublin and includes families of all religions and backgrounds, including old Irish families and settler families from England, Scotland, and the Vikings...... from the earliest times to the modern era. More information BOOK - Counties Fermanagh and Tyrone, A Topographical Dictionary of The Parishes, Villages and Towns of These Counties in the 1830s By Samuel Lewis; Preface by Brian M. Walker. This book presents an unusual combination of contemporary sources on life in Counties Fermanagh and Tyrone over one hundred and sixty years ago. Illustrated with contemporary maps and engravings c1830. More information BOOK - A History of County Galway ( Ireland ). By Peadar O'Dowd. A comprehensive look at the history of county Galway (Ireland) from the early Christian settlements up to the present day. More information BOOK - Tracing Your Kerry Ancestors by Michael H. O'Connor This guidebook provides a description of the sources available for research, such as church records, newspapers, wills, directories, and family histories; addresses of repositories and how to access them; and tips for effective research strategy. More information BOOK - Families of County Kerry (Ireland) Michael C. O'Laughlin, president, I.G.F. This volume focuses exclusively on families found in County Kerry. It includes families of all religions and backgrounds, including both old Irish families and settler families from England, Scotland, Wales, etc., from the earliest times to the modern era. . More information BOOK - A History of County Kildare ( Ireland ). By Padraic O'Farrell. A comprehensive look at the history of county Kildare (Ireland) from the early Christian settlements up to the present day. More information BOOK - Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors (Ireland)by Margaret Franklin. The title is filled with information on what the records contain, and how and where they can be accessed. It is well illustrated with maps, examples of the records to be found; and other relevant material. There is also a comprehensive index. More information BOOK - Families of County Limerick (Ireland) Michael C. O'Laughlin, president, I.G.F. This volume focuses exclusively on families found in County Limerick. There are only a handful of books to help research families in Limerick and this one is the best produced to date. It focuses exclusively on families found in County Limerick and includes families of all religions and backgrounds, including old Irish families and settler families from England, Scotland, Wales..... from the earliest times to the coming of the 20th century. It will be of great use to anyone researching families from Co. Limerick, Ireland. More information BOOK - Tracing Your Mayo Ancestors by Brian Smith. Mayo, like many other western Irish counties, does not have a rich store of records. It is therefore important to know the full range of available sources, and to use them effectively. More information BOOK - Counties Fermanagh and TYRONE, A Topographical Dictionary of The Parishes, Villages and Towns of These Counties in the 1830s By Samuel Lewis; Preface by Brian M. Walker. This book presents an unusual combination of contemporary sources on life in Counties Fermanagh and Tyrone over one hundred and sixty years ago. Illustrated with contemporary maps and engravings c1830. More information
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