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- Familiarize yourself with Irish Geography
(this webpage provides links to other websites where the researcher can learn more about Ireland’s religious and civil land divisions, down to the “townland” level, a townland being a parcel of land within a county not only with a given land measure but also with a name, such as Shangarry, Kilmaglush, etc.)
- Search in this website’s Family Stories database
(many stories from around the world are documented here;
the researcher may browse by geograpical area and also do a general search” using keywords)
- Search in this website’s Memorials database
(many tombstones in and around Co. Carlow are documented here; the researcher may browse by cemetery and also do a general “search” using keywords)
- Search in the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1837)
(these books record land holdings and tithes payable by occupants)
- Search in Griffith’s Valuation (1847-1863)
(these books record valuations for properties and occupants)
- Search in the Irish Censuses (1901, 1911)
( looking at the image version (PDF file) of these censuses, may reveal additional valuable information such as the number of years a person has been married and, on occasion, relationships beyond the immediate family such as when a cousin, brother-in-law, etc. is recorded as living with the family)
