Category: Genealogy

If your search for Irish ancestry has hit a dead end, you might have missed one of Ireland’s crucial checkmarks—the Irish Naming Code. Irish families have kept this strict pattern when naming their children for centuries, and that wasn’t just for keeping with tradition but to help crack the code for future generations. The Irish…

If you have some missing pieces of information in your Irish family history, British military records could be holding the key to unlocking these mysteries.  These records go beyond the service offered, providing details about all those enlisted, place of birth, battles they participated in, and even their physical description. But as is the case…

New Zealand and Australia make up the top five countries with the highest population of Irish ancestry. At least 10% of the population of these two countries has some Irish descent after their ancestors immigrated as political convicts, desperate farmers fleeing the Great Famine, assisted migrants, etc. Whatever the case, uncovering this family secret could…

If you’re struggling to read your Irish ancestor’s records, you’re not alone. Historical Irish documents can be a nightmare to interpret given the unfamiliar scripts and confusing abbreviations and Latin phrases used in them. Finding that 18th-century baptismal record you’ve been missing in your family tree can be rewarding, but wait till you’re greeted by…

Throughout my 20 years of experience in Irish genealogy, I can attest that the confusion within the geography itself is understated. A significant number of researchers who hit a dead end even with all the necessary records blame the chaos in Ireland’s historical divisions. In a recent case I handled, a great-great-grandfather vanished despite Irish…

The search for ancestry grave sites in Ireland involves utilizing various resources such as death and burial notices, cemetery records, headstone inscriptions, and DNA testing to locate ancestral resting places. Online platforms like IrishGraveyards and Find A Grave provide digitized cemetery records, while archives at the National Archives of Ireland and PRONI offer access to…

To locate ancestry grave sites in Ireland, start by reviewing death and burial notices, checking cemetery records available at repositories like the National Archives of Ireland and local parish archives, and exploring headstone inscriptions through sites such as Find A Grave and BillionGraves. Utilize online platforms like Ancestry and FamilySearch for digitized parish registers, and…

To overcome brick walls in Irish genealogy research, address missing vital records by exploring alternative sources like newspapers, gravestones, and parish registers. Navigate name variations and spelling changes by understanding historical influences and using resources like IrishGenealogy.ie to search for different name spellings. Address emigration challenges by consulting passenger lists and immigration records from destination…

To research Irish ancestors who participated in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 or the Irish War of Independence from 1913 to 1921, utilize resources such as court martial records, medal rolls from institutions like the UK National Archive and Irish Military Archives, and pension records available at the Military Archives in Ireland. These records provide…