{"id":9954,"date":"2015-03-17T15:12:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=9954"},"modified":"2023-05-22T14:29:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T18:29:13","slug":"free-guide-for-irish-genealogy-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/free-guide-for-irish-genealogy-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Free Guide for Irish Genealogy to Celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got Irish roots? Since March is Irish American Heritage Month and we are celebrating St. Patrick\u2019s Day today, everyone is feeling a wee bit Irish this time of year. For Irish Americans, however, that sentiment is year-round, as feeling connected to Ireland is part of their family history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9955\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0317-2015-ireland-pastures.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9955\" title=\"photo-0317-2015-ireland-pastures\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0317-2015-ireland-pastures.png\" alt=\"photo of a pasture near Ballyieragh, County Cork, Ireland\" width=\"634\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0317-2015-ireland-pastures.png 634w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0317-2015-ireland-pastures-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0317-2015-ireland-pastures-398x300.png 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: pasture near Ballyieragh, County Cork, Ireland. Credit: Pam Brophy; Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have you been tracing your<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/static\/ethnic\/irish-american-newspapers.html\"> Irish genealogy<\/a>, looking for good research sources for Irish genealogy records? If so, here is a free research guide to help you discover and document your Ireland genealogy.<\/p>\n<p>Simply click the link below to download your PDF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/themes\/genealogybank\/download\/documents\/Irish-Genealogy-Research-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Irish Genealogy Research Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Irish Genealogy Brick Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The brick wall that most Irish American genealogists hit is: trying to figure out where in Ireland your Irish immigrants came from. There are a lot of free Irish genealogy records available online, but first you need to know where in Ireland to concentrate \u2013 and that exact location is often hard to discover. Most U.S. census records, for example, only state that someone was from \u201cIreland\u201d without specifying exactly where.<\/p>\n<p>This free Irish Genealogy research guide will help you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irish American Newspapers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For one thing, it offers links to online Irish American newspapers, which published birth notices, marriage announcements, and obituaries that often give exact Irish locations. These newspapers also published Irish vital statistics years before official civil registration began in Ireland in 1864.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ireland Civil Registration Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The guide also provides links to these online collections of Irish vital statistics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Irish Birth &amp; Baptismal Records 1620-1881 (Church &amp; Government)<\/li>\n<li>Irish Marriage Records 1619-1898 (Church &amp; Government)<\/li>\n<li>Irish Death Records 1864-1870 (Church &amp; Government)<\/li>\n<li>Records from the General Record Office in the Republic of Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Records from the General Record Office in Northern Ireland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources for Irish Genealogy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the guide has links to these genealogy records:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940<\/li>\n<li>U.S. State Census Records<\/li>\n<li>1901 &amp; 1911 Irish Census Records<\/li>\n<li>Tithe Applotment Books from Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Griffith\u2019s Valuation and the Ordnance Survey Maps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So download your free copy of the <em>Guide to Research Sources for Irish Genealogy Records<\/em> today and get a big boost for your Irish family history research! Just click the link below to start your PDF download:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/themes\/genealogybank\/download\/documents\/Irish-Genealogy-Research-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Guide for Irish Genealogy Research &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Irish American Genealogy Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/irish-american-genealogy-family-history-facts-infographic.html\">Irish American Genealogy &amp; Family History Facts Infographic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/irish-american-passenger-lists-in-old-newspapers.html\">Irish American Passenger Lists in Old Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/an-irish-immigrants-obituary-tells-her-coming-to-america-story.html\">An Irish Immigrant&#8217;s Obituary Tells Her Coming to America Story<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got Irish roots? 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