My Ancestor was Irish
Society of Genealogists (SoG) 2012
A concise and straightforward guide designed to help all those starting to trace their Irish ancestry. The book covers civil registration, census returns, census substitutes, church registers, wills and administrations, the Registry of Deeds, records of the armed forces, maps, newspapers, surnames and migration, background information, monumental inscriptions, online sources, Irish archives and family history societies, and Irish resources in the SoG Library.
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Society of Genealogists (SoG) 2012
A comprehensive guide to tracing Scottish ancestry, this book covers civil registration, census returns, valuation rolls, taxation records, militia lists, parish and other church registers, wills and inventories, clans and families, the armed forces, maps, newspapers, the Statistical Accounts of Scotland, services of heirs, land and court records, online sources, Scottish archives and family history societies, and Scottish resources in the SoG Library.
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Grow Your Own Family Tree
Penguin 2008
The easy guide to researching your family history in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, this book covers civil registration, census records, church registers, wills and administrations, military records, electoral rolls, immigration, DNA, family history societies, and the major archives and libraries of Britain and Ireland. In addition, the book looks at emigration to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and covers the family history records of those countries.
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Gathering the Clans:
Tracing Scottish Ancestry on the Internet
Phillimore 2004
My earlier book on Scottish family history is still available from a few outlets.
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I need help and have been looking for years for:
Mary Ann O’Keefe born 1860, father James.
Tipperary, Clonmel or Dublin.
She married John Burke, St Paul’s, Arran Quay, Dublin in 1878. She states her father is James deceased.
Can anyone help me?
Regards from Geraldine