Step 1: Go to Google and search for Irish Genealogy. It'll be your first option in your search results Step 2: Type in the name that you are looking for. I tend to not put in any location or a date. When it brings you to a list of what records you wish to search by, the best choice would be civil records. Although you can search church records, it'll only give you a select few church records (but since compiling data for this post I have since found out from Stephanie at @youririshlineage - that there are church records on FindMyPast that have been omitted from Irish Genealogy's archives of records) The dioceses that they have on Irish Genealogy are as follows:
These are limited as they remain under the control of the Catholic Church. Only an individual bishop/archbishops have the power to decide what records will be released (if they choose to release any as well). Some of the parish registers availible online date back to 1600 for example St. Audeon's Church in Dublin however the dates vary widely across the collection. Step 3: Solve the Captcha and then put in your first and last name and tick the box and submit and then you're done! You'll then have to try and find your record in a place that you knew or think they grew up in and also a decade where they lived through. See my post on Civil Registration Districts below to help you with that. Drop a comment below to let me know your thoughts or what you'd like to see done on my website next! Stay tuned for more... DISCLAIMER: When it comes to how far you can go back the maximum range that you can go back to are:
Thanks to Jennifer at @eire_historian (on Instagram) for the fact-checking!
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Patrick “Pax” Whelan was born on July 8th 1890 in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford to Patrick Whelan and Bridget Carey. Pax would be the oldest of 5 siblings (in order as follows: Pax, Michael, Jack, Edmond & Mary (known as Maisie by family). Life for Pax & his family was difficult as his mother Bridget had passed away a month after Mary was born and Patrick was an invalid with arthritis, so Pax would have to help take care of his four other siblings. Unfortunately in 1918, Pax would lose another member of his family, his brother Edmond due to influenza.
In November of 1913, Pax had joined the Irish Volunteers shortly after it had been founded by Eoin MacNeill. On January 14th 1921, Pax had married Catherine (Cáit) Fraher, the daughter of local hurler & draper, Dan Fraher. Pax & Cáit would then have 4 children (Patrick, Mai (known as Mai by family), Dónal, Kathleen). In 1941, Cáit would sadly pass away and 6 years later, Pax’s daughter Mary would pass away from tuberculosis. On September 14th 1986, Pax had passed away at the age of 96. So I would like to honour my Great-Grandad Pax and keep the memory of him and his life going strong. Stay tuned for more Research! The thing that genealogy is a lot of the time.
Although as much as people wish to learn how to do family trees, it can be a difficult thing to start That's why I am willing to help you with finding a few ancestors (I'm not a pro-genealogist yet!) if you need help in a certain place/places! All you have to do is drop me a quick email on all that you know about him/her (age at death or anything else of importance) and I'll reply with possible people that your ancestor might be. I am not in association with anyone/any company so what you and I see, absolutely NO ONE else sees! Oh, and the price of the research??? FREE! So if you want to take advantage of the opportunity send me a contact form on the contact page. Stay tuned for more! |