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Irish Research on the Internet offers new and exciting ways to research your Irish ancestors using the latest Internet resources and techniques. Discover how to use the Internet to access material previously only available in libraries, archives, newspaper libraries and local history collections. This fully searchable material (most of it free) opens up new and unprecedented search possibilities.

This book explains what is available, how to find it and how best to use it. This easy to use book is suitable for beginners and experienced researchers. Use it to start your research, expand on what you know or to find new ways to trace those elusive Irish ancestors.

Contents
Chapter 1 – What you need to know
Using online digitised books
Google Books
Internet Archive
Ask about Ireland
How to start your Irish research
Find the exact place of origin
Understand the administrative divisions of Ireland
Other administrative divisions
More administrative divisions
What else you need to know
Penal Laws
Four Courts Fire
Online classes and help

Chapter 2 – Names, places and maps
Irish surnames
Irish names and nicknames
Irish place names
Irish place names in Australian records
Locating Irish place names
Topographical dictionaries and gazetteers
Maps
Genealogical atlas
Griffith’s Land Valuation of Ireland

Chapter 3 – Archives and libraries
National Archives of Ireland
Census Records for Ireland 1901 and 1911
Ireland-Australia Transportation Database
Irish Transportation Records in Australia
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
National Library of Ireland
Regional libraries
Clare County Library
County Clare 1841-1851 census search forms database
Cork City Libraries
Dublin City Public Libraries
Kildare County Library and Arts Services
Waterford County Council Library Service
Other archives and libraries
Library Ireland
Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives

Chapter 4 – Birth, death and marriage records
What you should know about civil registration records
What you should know about church records
Birth, death and marriage records on FamilySearch
FamilySearch library catalog and microfilm ordering service
Other birth, death and marriage sites

Chapter 5 – Remote access to subscription databases
What you need to know
Newspapers and journals
National Library of Australia eResources

Chapter 6 – Extend the search
Family History Archive and FamilySearch library catalog
Sites to extend the search
Mailing lists, blogs and podcasts

Index