We would like to thank our friend, Boyd Gray – West Ulster Genealogy Services for providing this comprehensive list of “Essential Genealogy Links” when researching your Irish / Scots-Irish ancestors.
ESSENTIAL GENEALOGY LINKS - IRISH GENEALOGY ONLINE
This list contains all of the websites which Boyd finds most useful for researching family history in Ireland.
Censuses:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
1831 Londonderry Census Fragment:
http://www.billmacafee.com/1831census.htm
Griffiths Valuation:
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffithsall.php
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/vob/home.jsp
https://www.valoff.ie/en/archive-research/genealogy/
Griffiths Valuation Revision Books:
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm
Tithe Applotment Books:
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/.../home.jsp
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1804886
https://apps.proni.gov.uk/eCatNI_IE/BrowseSearchResults.aspx
https://cotyroneireland.com/menus/tithe.html
Births/Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths/Burials (BMDs):
http://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/.../civil-search.jsp
Church Records on microfilm at PRONI:
http://www.proni.gov.uk/guide_to_church_records.pdf
Catholic Church Registers:
http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Apply-for-Certificates.aspx
Wills:
http://www.proni.gov.uk/.../search_the.../will_calendars.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1921305 http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/.../home.jsp
Graveyards:
http://www.igp-web.com/.../photos/tombstones/markers.htm
http://www.irishgraveyards.ie/search_page.php
https://www.derrystrabane.com/cemeteryrecords
OAP/Census Records:
http://censussearchforms.nationalarchives.ie/.../cs/home.jsp
http://search.findmypast.ie/search-world-records-in...
Emigration:
https://archive.org/details/irishpassengerli00mitc
http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/
http://www.immigrantships.net/
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml
Newspapers:
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/publication-list/
Parliamentary Papers:
Military Records:
http://imr.inflandersfields.be/search.html
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/all-records
Townland and historic maps:
https://www.townlands.ie/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.../Done...
http://www.cotyroneireland.com/menus/maps.html
https://apps.spatialni.gov.uk/PRONIApplication/
https://www.swilson.info/regdistmap.php
National Archives:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
http://www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie/
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.../genealog.../introduction/
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/.../search-archives-online
County Websites:
http://donegalgenealogy.com/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.../ired...
http://www.cotyroneireland.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/440252732729871/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/172319309584937/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy
Genealogy Help Lists:
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/IRL/
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NIR/
Facebook Pages:
https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy?ref=hl https://www.facebook.com/groups/castledergfamilyhistorysociety/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/326996944081379/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/440252732729871/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/colerainenifhs?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/172319309584937/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DonegalGenealogy/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/749886925022075/?fref=ts
BG Guide Booklets and Videos:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.../genb...
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.../genb...
http://www.cotyroneireland.com/videos/monreagh.html
The LDS Handouts:
https://familysearch.org/.../Online_Webinars_from_the...
Family Tree Software:
http://www.genopro.com/archives/
Printing Trees:
Link to reach Boyd Gray:
West Ulster Genealogy Services.
In order for Boyd to help research your folks, two criteria need to be met:
1. Your folks should not have left Ireland much before the famine years, 1845-1850, because we simply do not have the records required for successful research before that time.
2. You need to have a good idea of where in Ireland your folks lived before emigrating, at least the parish and preferably the townland, because finding a Kelly in "Ireland" doesn't even come close to needles and haystacks.
Boyd Gray West Ulster Genealogy:
http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm
http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/
http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy
WORKSHOPS AND LINKS
Boyd has created 13 video workshops to help you research your Irish Family History:
https://www.cotyroneireland.com/videos/monreagh.html
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Find your Clan:
https://www.cosca.scot/clan-map Excellent website with Clan Map and legend including most Scottish Clans and locations.
“Scotland of Old,” first published in 1956, is the most accurate “clan map” -- even though the word "clan" is not used. This map was crafted by Sir Iain Moncreiffe of That Ilk, Bart., (1919 –1985) Albany Herald and Don Pottinger (1919–1986), Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms. This version was also approved by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs and the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The map notes that the lands indicate “general spheres of influence, usually about the time of King James VI but taking the history of each district or family as a whole.” https://www.cosca.scot/clan-map