External Resources
The North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) publishes a series of booklets called Researching Your Ancestors in the North of Ireland with links to many external websites and other resources. All are available in the Society’s online Shop.
One of them, A List of Websites, has an annotated list of almost 200 websites. The county booklets for Co. Cavan, Co. Fermanagh, Co. Londonderry, Co. Monaghan and Co. Tyrone, in particular, point you to more targeted sources of information.
Useful Websites
Recommended Genealogical Blogs
Irish Genealogical News
For Ireland coverage
Irish Genealogical News
by Claire Santry
The Scottish Genes Blog
For Scotland, Ireland, the rest of the UK, and their disporas.
The Scottish Genes Blog
by Chris Paton
Eastman’s Online
For Worldwide coverage
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
by Dick Eastman
Partnerships
Parish Chest
Shop portal of the Family History Federation
Parish Chest
Includes products from NIFHS
Findmypast Directories
Source Directories provided by NIFHS
Belfast & Ulster Directories
Royalties benefit NIFHS
JSTOR
Ireland Collection – Publications Repository
JSTOR Revenue shared with NIFHS
Free online resource for NIFHS members
Official Record Repositories
GRONI
General Register Office Northern Ireland
Research family history at GRONI
BMD Searches and Certificates
PRONI
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
PRONI
Free of Charge
National Archives of Ireland
Records relevant to Irish genealogy
The National Archives of Ireland
Free Search
Scotland’s People
90 Million Records
Scotland’s People
Free search
The Gazette
Official Public Record
The Gazette
Established 1665
The National Archives
Support for your research
The National Archives
1,000 years of records
Family History Societies
Council of Irish Genealogical Societies
Lobbyists for genealogists in Ireland since 1992
Council of Irish Genealogical Societies CIGO
Family History Federation
Trading name of Federation of Family History Societies
Educational charity with 180 societies worldwide
Family History Federation
Federation for Ulster Local Studies
SAFHS
Promoting and encouraging the study of
Scottish family history
Scottish Association of Family History Societies
The Guild of One-Name Studies
Single surname study
The Guild of One-Name Studies
Worldwide Surname Search
Irish Genealogical Research Society
Dedicated to the study of Irish genealogy
Irish Genealogical Research Society
Society of Genealogists
National Family History Centre
Society of Genealogists
Free surname search
The Largest Genealogical Websites
Family Search
The largest genealogy organization in the world
Family Search
Free Service.
Findmypast
British-owned world leader in online genealogy
Findmypast Use this Affiliate Link to benefit NIFHS
18 million registered users
Ancestry
Millions Of Stories
Ancestry
Find Yours
Specialist Irish Websites
Irish Genealogical Toolkit
Will guide you to your Irish ancestors
www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com
Free information, free tools, free advice
Irish Genealogy
Indexes to the Historic Civil Records
Irish Genealogy
Explore your family history
Roots Ireland
Extensive genealogical databases
Roots Ireland
Organised on a county basis
Ulster Historical Foundation
Belfast genealogical research foundation
Ancestry Ireland
Antrim and Down databases for Roots Ireland
Eneclann
Dublin genealogical research company
Eneclann
Genealogical research and record publishing
Irish Times – Ancestry
Extensive lists of sources
Irish Times – Ancestry
Distribution and spellings of surnames
Griffith’s Valuation
An important census substitute
Ask About Ireland – Griffith Valuation
Property valuation of Ireland, 1847-1864, with maps
Free Genealogical Websites
UK BMD
Births, marriages, deaths and censuses
UK BMD
Online transcriptions
Cyndi’s List
20+ years online
Cyndi’s List
Free to use
RootsWeb
Finding our roots together
RootsWeb
An ancestry.com community
UK GDL
Genealogical Directories and Lists
UK GDL
Companion website to UK BMD
CWGC
Details of 1.7 million Commonwealth War Dead
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
War Dead or Cemetery search
WorldGenWeb Project
Non-profit, volunteer based organization
WorldGenWeb Project
400 individual project websites online
UK Military Family History
Muster rolls, discharge papers, pension records
Military Family History
Companion website to UK BMD
Olive Tree Genealogy
Online since 1996
Olive Tree Genealogy
by Lorine McGinnis Schulze
GEN UKI
Online library of genealogical information
GEN UKI
Non-commercial service
