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GALWAY RESOURCES & LINKS
« on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:02 BST (UK) »

Resources and Links in this Section organised by the following categories:

Census Records & Census Substitutes
Church Records
Graveyards
Land Records & Maps
Directories
Places
People & Families
Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Passenger Lists
Miscellaneous

Galway County Council website: www.galway.ie/en
Lots of Galway sources here: www.celticcousins.net/ireland/index.htm
Irish Genealogical Project- Galway- lots of links NEW
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Re: GALWAY RESOURCES & LINKS
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:03 BST (UK) »

Census Records & census substitutes

1794 Galway City Freemen (Catholic): www.from-ireland.net/gal/cityfreemen.htm

1821 Census- information

1901 Census- head of household index
1901 Census- Beagh Parish
1901 Census- Headford, Killeany & Killursa

1901 census coming soon

1911 census NOW ONLINE

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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:03 BST (UK) »

Church Records

Marriages- Cummer Parish, Tuam Diocese

Church of Ireland
Ardrahan Church was built in 1809.
The Collegiate Church of St Nicholas.

Roman Catholic
Current list of RC churches/map
East Galway R.C. Parishes
West Galway R.C. Parishes
St Augustine's Parish Church
Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas opened in 1965.
Beagh Parish Baptisms
Woodford/Looscaune Parish Baptisms 1865-1889
 
A few Galway extracts here
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Re: GALWAY RESOURCES & LINKS
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:04 BST (UK) »

Graveyards - see also Church Records (above)

Renvyle: www.interment.net/data/ireland/galway/renvyle/renvyle.htm
Toorena: www.interment.net/data/ireland/galway/toorena/toorena.htm

Fort Hill Cemetery burial index NEW
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Re: GALWAY RESOURCES & LINKS
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:51 BST (UK) »

Land Records & Maps
Townlands, Parishes, etc.
Counties are made up of parishes and parishes are made up of a group of townlands. If you are doing any research in Ireland these divisions become extremely important.
For further information:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/townland.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townland
http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=townlands

To find townlands, parishes, etc. in Ireland: www.seanruad.com
(change default setting from exact match to find part of a word)

Map of Civil Parishes
Map of Registration Districts
Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

Griffith's Valuation
Griffith's Valuation, Lawrencetown (1857)

Land Registry
Estate Records
Landed Estates database
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:52 BST (UK) »

Directories

1824 Pigot's Directory, Connaught
1845 Slater's Commercial Directory
1870 Slater's Directory

1931 Trades Directory- Athenry, Tuam
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:52 BST (UK) »

Places

Local histories, etc.: www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/connacht/galway2.htm

Aran Islands: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,268209.0.html
Lots of Beagh sources here: www.celticcousins.net/ireland/index.htm
Claregalway: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,272553.0.html
Connemara: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,255646.0.html

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« Reply #7 on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:53 BST (UK) »

People & Families

John Martin Feeney, better known as the film director John Ford, was the son of John Augustine Feeney and Barbara (Abbey) Curran, both of whom were born in Spiddal (An Spidéal), County Galway, Ireland in 1856. John Junr was born on February 1, 1894 and died on August 31, 1973 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday 14 June 09 14:53 BST (UK) »

Libraries, Museums & History Groups

Galway County Library: www.galwaylibrary.ie
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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations

Lawrencetown School Register 1870-1898 Male www.lawrencetown.com/reg1.htm
Lawrencetown School Register 1880-1923 Female www.lawrencetown.com/reg2.htm

Schoolmaster's salary 1830's Galway:
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,72955.0.html

Workhouses- Ballinasloe, Clifden, Galway, Glenamaddy, Gort, Loughrea, Mountbellow, Oughterard, Portumnu, Tuam: (left Side of Page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Galway)
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/


The History of Fallers the Jewellers who opened his first shop in 1879 on Domonick Street, Galway.

If you have a Claddagh Ring, have a look at the History of the ring.
http://www.fallers.com/cart/page/faller.html

Freemasonry in Co. Galway: http://indigo.ie/~bchapple/Hist.htm

 

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« Reply #10 on: Sunday 14 June 09 16:58 BST (UK) »

Passenger Lists

Brig Demerara 1847 www.immigrantships.net/1800/demerara18470524.html

Brig John Clifford 1847 www.immigrantships.net/1800/johnclifford18470528.html

SS Hibernian 1896 www.immigrantships.net/1800/hibernian960603.html
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« Reply #11 on: Friday 28 August 09 23:36 BST (UK) »

Miscellaneous

Hardiman's History of Galway
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