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November 24, 2009

Any Tips For Searching People Who Were Born And Died In Ireland?

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I’m very far along with my research of my genealogy for 3 of my grandparents’ sides however for one of my grandmothers, I have almost no information. My grandmother is alive however she doesn’t remember the names of any of her grandparents (my great great) and its getting tough to research them. I have 2 of her grandparents and I am about to get the other 2 from her social security death index in the next couple weeks. However, i don’t know how I’m going to research her family that was born and died in Ireland. For the 2 of my great great grandparents, there are no information on their parents and I can’t catch a break. Any tips for finding Irish ancestors who never came to America would be greatly appreciated. I am currently subscribed to ancestry.com. None of grandmas relatives are still alive. (She only had 1 brother who is dead and she doesnt have any cousins or nephews or nieces). I feel really “stuck” with her side.

  1. I am based in the UK & have the same problem as you.
    Most of the records in Ireland have been destroyed.
    (See here for specific info)http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/brows…
    The few parish records which still survive are not currently published in their entirity online, and the only way to know for sure is to go to their archives centre.
    However this is almost always a wasted journey as the majority of records have been lost.
    A few websites I have used are:

    Comment by arwen83 — November 24, 2009 @ 3:43 pm

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