A good year for Irish searching.

[chrispaton]

Hi Jax,

Coincidentally, I've also approached a contact at Family Search in Utah, and got a response about an hour ago...!

"What I am being told is that the Irish projects in question required additional programming due to additional fields extracted and localities needed in order to yield effective patron search experiences in the Record Search pilot. I am being told they should be added “soon” to the Record Search pilot site."

In the e-mail there is also speculation about a likely period this year in which the indexes might be uploaded, but as it is just a guess I won't list it here. Suffice to say that it looks like it will be after WDYTYA, but hopefully not too long after that.

Chris

[Jax49]

Hi Chris


Oops!..slightly different replies. I think wait and see would be a better reply.

I am sure they are doing their best and just want it to be right.

Jax

[scotmum]

Now online!   

[Jax49]

Scotmum

Well spotted!

I dont know where to start!

Jax

[Elliebob]

I have been watching for the Irish records on Family Search and have just been looking at the pilot site.

I'm guessing from the lack of records relevant to my searches, the whole index is not yet up and running.  Am I correct?

Cheers
Ellen

[eadaoin]

hi ellen

I think most of it's up
from 1845(protestant marriages) -
1864 - 1958 for every thing

there are a few threads about this - worth reading through, as searching is quite fiddley

edited .. people do seem to have found gaps .. look at --

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,355762.0.html

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,356222.0.html


regards eadaoin

[angelan]

I only came across this thread yesterday. I followed the link to the familySearch pilot site and managed to find my grandparents marriage entry and BMDs for other family members. HOORAY!!!! Thank you to whoever put the link there - I think it was Glen.

Thank goodness for easier access to Irish records at last. I have one English and one Irish parent. My Irish family tree is very sparse compared to my father's ancestors but these entries will give me something to work on.

There do seem to be some problems with the searches. I found my mother's birth while searching for something else. Later, when I put the correct info for my mother's birth I had a strange assortment of records, but not mum's birth! We obviously need lots of patience to find what we are looking for.

I'm just glad that there's something new out there at last for Irish records and can't wait for the 1911 census records for County Monaghan to find more of my Irish relatives at last.

Any tips for successful searching on this new FamilySearch pilot would be greatly appreciated.

Angela

[aghadowey]

New topic for search tips started here:
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=357532.new#new

[chrispaton]

Update from PRONI - a database on pre-1858 wills is due to go online about March, and pre-1900 directories around about July. No formal date set as yet, but that is what they are aiming towards.

Chris