The Importance of Local History in your Search for Ancestors

Here’s a link to a very helpful piece by Gerry Kennedy.

http://www.startyourfamilytree.ie/local-history-article.html

Published in: on December 31, 2010 at 2:33 pm  Leave a Comment  

Finding Your Ancestors in Griffith’s Valuation

This link is to a story by Rachel Murphy, regarding the use of Griffiths Valuation to find Irish ancestors.  This has become a substitute research tool in lieu of the many census records that have not survived in Ireland.

http://www.startyourfamilytree.ie/using-griffiths-valuation.html

Happy Hunting,

TFS

Published in: on December 30, 2010 at 3:35 pm  Leave a Comment