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Tracing Your Irish Family History

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ISBN-10: 1554074584

ISBN-13: 9781554074587

Edition: 2009

Authors: Anthony Adolph, Ryan Tubridy

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The all-in-one guide to tracing Irish ancestry.A total of 36 million Americans claim Irish ancestry -- more than 10% of the total population and almost nine times the population of Ireland itself. Thousands of Americans travel there in search of their family roots. Tracing Your Irish Family History is an exceptionally useful resource for these data-hungry explorers.In this book, genealogist Anthony Adolph gives insider tips on how best to locate and access specific family information in Ireland, including county archives and libraries, local publications, tax rolls, censuses, religious and civil registers, court and military books, as well as many other more obscure records. He also…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Publication date: 2/20/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Anthony Adolph is a professional genealogist, writer and broadcaster, and has been tracing family histories for twenty years. He was Research Director of the supporting company of the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies and now has his own genealogy practice. He has written numerous articles for the genealogy press and has appeared frequently on Channel 4's Extraordinary Ancestors, Living TV's Antiques Ghostshow and the Discovery Channel's Ancestor Hunters.

Ryan Tubridy is one of Ireland�s leading and best-loved television and radio presenters, whose shows include Radio Telefís �ireann�s The Tubridy Show, which examines all aspects of Irish politics, society and culture, and the television chat show Tubridy Tonight on RT� One.

Foreword
How to use this book
Abreviations used in the text
Tracing back to Ireland: first steps
First, find your immigrant
Using and storing records
Tracing back to Ireland: country by country
England and Wales
Scotland
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
New Zealand
Tracing your roots in Ireland
Introducing Ireland
The divisions of Ireland
Griffith's Valuation and Tithe Applotments
Civil Registration
Censuses
Religious registers
Occupational records
Dictionary of Irish sources
Tracing ancient Irish roots
Irish names
Recorded pedigrees
Heraldry
Milesius was your ancestor
Ancient Irish roots
The invasions of Ireland
Modern chieftains
Genetics
Useful addresses
Index
Acknowledgments & picture credits