A variety of interesting Irish databases are offered online through this family history research site, although most require a subscription to access. The focus is rare 19th Century genealogical materials, most of which are exclusive to this site. The most popular database features transcriptions of gravestones from old churches and graveyards made by The Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead, formed in 1888. Many of these headstones no longer exist today.
SubscriptionThe U.S. National Archives has two online databases of information on immigrants who came to America from Ireland during the Irish famine, covering the years 1846 to 1851. The "Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File" has 605,596 records of passengers arriving in New York, about 70% of whom came from Ireland. The second database, "List of Ships that Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine," gives background detail on the ships that brought them over, including the total number of passengers.
FreeIn addition to excellent tutorials and guides for researching ancestry in Ireland Fianna also offers transcriptions from a variety of primary documents and records.
FreeThis beautiful site presents an inventory of war memorials in Ireland, along with inscriptions, photographs and other details of each memorial. You can browse by location or war, or search by surname.
FreeThis free collection from Boston College includes the names of approximately 100,000 Irish immigrants and their family members contained in nearly 40,000 "Missing Friends" advertisements which appeared in the Boston "Pilot" between October 1831 and October 1921. Details about each missing Irish immigrant may vary, including such items as the county and parish of their birth, when they left Ireland, the believed port of arrival in North America, their occupation, and a range of other personal information.
FreeThe Public Record Office of Northern Ireland hosts a fully searchable index to the will calendar entries for the three District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry, covering the periods 1858-1919 and 1922-1943 and part of 1921. Digitized images of full will entries 1858-1900 are also available, with the rest to come.
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