County Galway
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A few
The 1901 census web site has the complete 1901 census for Co. Roscommon, Co.
Leitrim, Co. Mayo and Co.
The National Archives of Ireland has arranged for the digitisation, indexing
and contextualisation of its most popular records, the census records for 1901
and 1911. The resulting website will contain images of the forms for each
household and institution, which will be indexed by name (all names),
townland/street, age and sex. There will also be illustrated information on
what life was like in
The Galway County Council now has the 1842 ordnance survey maps online
Galway Public Library Island
House Cathedral Square
James Hardiman Library, National
University of Ireland,
Galway
Emigrant Index 1828 - 1855 - Immigration from
A database of advertisements for Irish immigrants published in the Boston Pilot
British Parliamentary
Papers on Ireland 1801-1922 are in the process of being digitized - has a
few
www.maineirish.com (90% of
Carrowmoreknock and surroundings
- Carrowmoreknock is about 12 Irish miles from
The
Turloughmore History Project is a project based in Lackagh, Turloughmore,
Co.
Connaught Rangers - Peter Power-Hynes, info@connaughtrangers.com has a recreational interest is in collecting memorabilia connected with the Connaught Rangers, the 88th Foot (and later also embracing the 94th Foot). He researches the men whose medals he has and holds a large archive of documentation of every description. Much of this collection came originally from Regimental sources. He is always looking for new sources of information and memorabilia. Peter is willing to supply information (if he has it) from time to time to any interested party. www.Connaughtrangers.com
Roman Catholic Parish maps - Galway East and Galway West
Genealogy in Galway in the
West of Ireland (Irish Family History Foundation) There are two designated family
research centres serving
Joint web site of the National Archives of Ireland and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Civil registration - Birth, Marriage and Death registration
The General Register Office (Oifig an Árd Chláraitheo) - Fee schedule
Genealogical Society of Ireland
Irish Genealogy (A paid research group based in Ireland - IrishGen Ltd, 5 Prospect Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin 9.)
Language & Translation Center English-Irish Dictionary
List of County Galway Parish names
From
Galway County World
Gen Web Project - This Ireland World Gen Web Project site has many
interesting Galway/Ireland links as well as a section on Galway County
Ireland Queries for those who wish to post a surname or related query
message. There is also a section for
Other days - A commercial site by a
former contributor to the
Richard J. O'Donnell 's - Galway
Galway Directories for 1824, 1846 and a few other transcripts
IrelandGenWeb
Passenger Lists Also, Irish Genealogical Society, Int'l (IGSI) - Passenger
List of Ship Clarence from Port of
The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild (ISTG), one of the several hosted volunteer projects at RootsWeb, announces the addition of maritime news articles excerpted from Irish newspapers, dating from 1700-1912. These articles have been contributed primarily to ISTG by Dennis Ahern, with some contributions by Cathy Joynt Labath and Alison Causton. The names of ships and surnames mentioned in the articles are indexed.
Additional maritime newspaper articles, dating from the 1700s to 1940 and listed by year, ship name, or article subject.
Colleen Gilligan's - Irish Genealogy of Connacht Clans
FIANNA Study Group - Surname Research Guide: Galway
Local Names Ireland - A noticeboard/forum for people sharing information about their Irish family names.
Go Ireland Genealogy Site - A general surname search site useful for variations of surnames, history and locations.
Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) See also TIARA's Irish Heritage Centre Customer Satisfaction Survey
Doras Directory - Irish Family Surname search. Learning Gaelic - The Gaelic Homepage
http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/
Ireland history in maps Mapquest - Online map tool useful for locating major cities and towns.
A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland
County maps from Samuel Lewis 1837 (Also has explanations of placenames from P.W. Joyce's 'Origin and History of placenames, 1869-1870'.)
Transcriptions from Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837 (Has descriptions of places, with history etc.)
On-line Irish photo gallery
(has a few photo's, backgrounds, etc of
Online phone numbers for Ireland
IRLGEN
Genealogical Guide to Ireland Information sources also available for all
the counties of Connaught
or just the
IrishGenealogy.com - Has a valuable definitions section about Irish subdivisions (County, Barony, Townland, etc.) as well as a lot of other interesting information.
National University
of Ireland, Galway (James Hardiman Library) - Including Special
Collections that consist of Books, Manuscripts , Newspapers, etc. The
Manuscript Collection consists of hand-written and unique textual material held
by the Library. Among the most important collections are:
James Hardiman's History of Galway James Hardiman's History of Galway Map
The Illustrated
12th August 1843 - Ireland and the Irish
Galway Books - A few books or Journals I have come across in my research...more to be added shortly.
Parish History Book List website
Old Ireland - Historical site with some good pictures. Includes history of Connacht province
The Galway Advertiser newspaper. Galway Online Abstracts from Ireland Old News
Ordnance Survey Parish List from the National Archives of Ireland - List of Parishes and Reference Numbers
The Irish State web-site Irish History on the Web
Irish Times -Irish Ancestors Placename Search Engine; also a good section on Trade Directories
Irish History on the Web The myth of the Black Irish: Spanish syntagonism and prethetical salvation
Castle Lambert, Athenry Ireland
County Galway rural development
Clydagh is a rural area south-west of
Headford town in Co. Galway on on the north-eastern
Loughrea Chamber of Commerce website - Includes a section on the heritage and history of Loughrea
Shrule is on the Mayo side of
the Mayo-Galway border about 25km from
Tuam (Tuam is situated
approximately 20 miles from
Woodford
Parish, Co. Galway, Baptismal Records - Register Of Baptisms In
Woodford/Looscaune Parish (Roman Catholic)
A few mailing
lists.......
A broader mailing list is the
Irish-American list for all those who have Irish ancestors who emigrated to
the
Another broad-based list is the Shamrock mailing list. To subscribe in digest mode, send a message to SHAMROCK-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command "subscribe" and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use subscribe in the subject, too.
Another broad-based list that recently started is run by Jane Lyons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ireland_Genealogy (Full instructions available on this page.)
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