Tenants of the Roebeck Estate Wicklow/Kildare 1820-’40
Small Sources 71. This is a list of 133 tenants on the estate of Baron de Roebeck on the Wicklow – Kildare border. It includes properties in 12 townlands in these counties, but particularly in Crehelp and Lemonstown in Co. Wicklow, and Ballybought and Swordlestown in Co. Kildare. The original document is a single […]
Some Cork City Tenants 1784-1826
Small Sources No. 70. This is a list of 51 tenants of Cork city in the period 1784 – 1826. They are in a single leather-bound rental book held by the National Library of Ireland (Ms. 5319), which contains listings of tenants and their rent transactions in this period. The premises listed are mainly […]
Pupils of Charity School in Cloyne, Co. Cork 1742-1864
Small Sources 72: This record is the register of 237 pupils (almost all boys) enrolled in a charity school founded in Cloyne, Co. Cork in 1726. The records available are for most of the period from 1742 until 1864 (excluding 1777-1808). The original register book is in the Representative Church Body Library (Ms 870) in […]
The Virtual Treasury; a reconstruction of the lost collection of the Public Record Office of Ireland
The original Public Record Office of Ireland was a state-of-the-art building located on Church Street in central Dublin. It was completed in 1867, and designed to house nearly 700 years of Irish records, and to continue to collect and preserve the papers of national and local public bodies. The purpose-built archive consisted of an office […]
Victims and Criminals 1821-1860
Irish family historians must resort to some strange sources for information. Our new e-Book is a good example. It contains information on approximately 3,000 persons named in notices seeking information on perpetrators of crime in the period 1821 to 1860. They are effectively ‘Wanted’ posters or ‘Proclamations’ seeking information on those involved in serious crimes […]
Website information for Webinar attendees 2.4.22
As promised, below is a list of the websites I presented (plus others), and a short synopsis of their relevance. I have not detailed the major subscription sites. Major Church Records An Ancestor Network blog with a background to Catholic records is here; Catholic Church Records are available free at www.registers.nli.ie Thisi si ree site […]
The DNA Academy; Genetic Genealogy for Beginners & Intermediate
We have some good news for you. The moment you have been waiting for has finally arrived! The DNA Academy managed by our partners at Trace.com is now open for registration. Registration will be open for the Winter 2022 cohort for two weeks or until seats are full, so make sure to head over and […]
Workshops on County Wicklow Family History Webinars 2022
Wicklow Library Service Genealogy & Ancestor Network County Wicklow Library Service and Ancestor Network are offering 5 free online Family History workshops. Everybody is welcome to join us. Tickets (which are no cost) can be booked at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/wicklow-family-history-research-workshops-5-weeks-5-topics-tickets-243480355297 Participants can register for all the workshops in advance or each separately. More information […]
New e-Book: ‘Sources for Irish Family History – 2021’
A huge resource of family history information is available in the journal articles, books and manuscripts that have been written by genealogy enthusiasts and scholars over centuries. Flyleaf Press has just published a second edition of our listing of these family histories. It is called ‘Sources for Irish Family History – 2021’ and is available […]
Our latest video workshops now available to purchase
In June\July 2021, Ancestor Network, Ireland’s preeminent and most trusted Irish genealogy research, advisory and publishing business, ran a series of workshops on topics that you have told us you would like to know more about. In the four sessions we covered, Irish Catholic Church Records, Irish Rentals as a Family History Source, Understanding Irish […]
