You would like to begin your Irish family tree. Everyone is talking about genealogy and tracing our roots You wonder where and how would you begin such a project. It is not hard to start a family tree once you know some basic steps. For any family search, you always should start with your own documents. For example: birth records, marriage if apply. Schools you attended, church records. Then to begin to search in the old country meaning Ireland you can use the resources listed below. Most of Ireland records are kept in the parish in the county of birth. You would be amazed at the amount of records that you can obtain from a little old parish or cemetery in Ireland. Begin your search in the country where you family finally settled. That means if they settled in the Us, look for census and naturalization papers and other documents in their home country. Once you can obtain these they should help, you narrow down where to look in Ireland. There was a fire in Dublin that destroyed many records in the 18th century. There was another fire in the 1920's the destroyed many public records. If you had Irish relatives that lived in a country with large Irish communities, such as the US, Canada, Great Britain and Australia you may find the list of sources below to be a help in tracing your family tree. Naturalization records Tombstone inscriptions Military records Insurance and bank records Passenger arrival lists Deeds newspaper obituaries Bible records Wills and probate records These records will all vary and some may be of help. It usually depends on the location and time period you are searching. If after searching these records and you still have no luck finding a hometown, I would suggest you expand your search. By that, I mean try looking for siblings, cousins, friends or anyone else you know of that might be in the area at the same time as your immediate family member. If you have hit a roadblock and can only narrow your family tree search to a county then you may want to try searching these sources. Naturally, by now you know the parishes hold many records but also try baronies, poor law unions, dioceses, probate districts in the various counties of interest. These sources were quite popular in Ireland at one time and they usually kept very good records of the residents in that district. There are many records that are intact and very useful for genealogy research. There was a great loss of records when the fire in 1922 destroyed the Public Record Office. Most of those records that were lost were from the 19th-century census and the Church of Ireland parish records. While that was a great loss of information, there are still many records that were not housed in the Public records office that is still available today Among the records you can search are the civil records of births, marriages, and deaths Also all the non Church of Ireland parish records, property records and later censuses. Do not get discouraged if it all sounds overwhelming. once you get just a few pieces of information you will be surprised how it just starting coming altogether. Have fun with this project. Share it your friends and family. Use it as a educational tool for the younger generation. Especially with Irish heritage you will come across wonderful tales of Irish Lore and fables that are timeless.
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