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seaglass

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I used to go to the latter day saints genealogy website. They go all over the world and transcribe applegrove Jun 2012 #1

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Their site was free 6 years ago when I used to use it. That may have changed, I do not know. applegrove Jun 2012 #3

I tried them a few times pipi_k Jun 2012 #8

I think you'll find some considerable difficulty in researching Ireland. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2012 #4

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I agree that the library is a good start Sherman A1 Jun 2012 #6

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applegrove

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1. I used to go to the latter day saints genealogy website. They go all over the world and transcribe

Reply to seaglass (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 12:56 PM

Jun 2012

birth certificates and censi.

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applegrove

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3. Their site was free 6 years ago when I used to use it. That may have changed, I do not know.

Reply to seaglass (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 04:40 PM

Jun 2012

Good luck!

pipi_k

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8. I tried them a few times

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 10:51 AM

Jun 2012

and found little to nothing on French Canadian ancestry.

Don't know if I just wasn't doing the searches right, or what.

Spider Jerusalem

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4. I think you'll find some considerable difficulty in researching Ireland.

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 03:08 AM

Jun 2012

The Irish Public Records Office in Dublin burned in 1922 during the Irish Civil War and most of the records were destroyed. There may be extant parish records of births and christenings and marriages, but they are mostly for the Church of Ireland (the established Anglican church when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom); Catholic births, marriages, deaths and christenings are much harder to find extant records for. My great-great-grandfather left Ireland at the age of four or so during the Famine and came to America with his family; I haven't been able to find anything at all about them in Irish records, or for that matter in immigration records, so I don't even know what port they'd have arrived at (or even if it was in Canada and not the US; they ended up in Louisville, Kentucky). This is despite years of searching off and on and having a general idea of what part of Ireland they came from; I'm afraid that your Irish ancestry is probably going to be a dead end in terms of finding anything.

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Sherman A1

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6. I agree that the library is a good start

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:18 AM

Jun 2012

I am in something of the same boat as you, I can get to the 1860's here and then it's off to Ireland. I have a bit of information, but haven't followed up on it as of yet. I think using every source possible is probably the best advice to be given. If you do find a good link or source be sure to post it here as I am sure many would be thankful.

Best!

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