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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Galway => Topic started by: aghadowey on Sunday 14 June 09 14:02 BST (UK)
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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 (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/galway/index.htm)- lots of links NEW
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Census Records & census substitutes
1794 Galway City Freemen (Catholic): www.from-ireland.net/gal/cityfreemen.htm
1821 Census (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/census/1821.htm)- information
1901 Census (http://www.from-ireland.net/gal/cen.htm)- head of household index
1901 Census- Beagh Parish (http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/1901beaghcensus.htm)
1901 Census- Headford, Killeany & Killursa (http://www.lalley.com/index.htm?census.htm)
1901 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie) NOW ONLINE 3/6/2010
1911 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/) NOW ONLINE
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Church Records
Marriages- Cummer Parish, Tuam Diocese (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcnn/Tuam/Marriages/Marriages.htm)
Church of Ireland
Ardrahan Church was built in 1809.
The Collegiate Church of St Nicholas. (http://www.galway1.ie/faq/church.htm)
Roman Catholic
Current list of RC churches/map (http://www.galway.net/directory/classification-list.jsp?code=church.rc)
East Galway R.C. Parishes (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/galwayerc.htm)
West Galway R.C. Parishes (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/galwaywrc.htm)
St Augustine's Parish Church (http://www.augustinians.ie/galway/index2.htm)
Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas opened in 1965.
Beagh Parish Baptisms (http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/beaghbaptisms.htm)
Woodford/Looscaune Parish Baptisms 1865-1889 (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~egan/baptismalrecords.htm)
A few Galway extracts here (http://www.rootschat.com/links/0j3)
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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
Oranmore (http://issuu.com/oranmoreheritage/docs/memories_in_stone) NEW October 2011
Fort Hill Cemetery burial index (http://www.augustinians.ie/galway/forthill/glossary.htm) NEW
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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.thecore.com/seanruad
(change default setting from exact match to find part of a word)
Map of Civil Parishes (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/civilparish/index.cfm?fuseaction=GetMap&CityCounty=Galway)
Map of Registration Districts (http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/RegistrarDistrictsMap.jpg)
Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (http://www.from-ireland.net/gal/lewis/galwayindex.htm)
Griffith's Valuation (http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/)
Land Registry (http://www.landregistry.ie/eng)
Estate Records (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/connacht/galway6.htm)
Landed Estates (http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/) database
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Directories
1824 Pigot's Directory, Connaught (http://www.failteromhat.com/pigotc.htm)
1845 Slater's Commercial Directory (http://www.failteromhat.com/slaterc.htm)
1870 Slater's Directory (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/slaters3.html)
1931 Trades Directory- Athenry (http://www.from-ireland.net/gal/direct/athenry31.htm), Tuam (http://www.from-ireland.net/gal/direct/tuam31.htm)
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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
"The Geograph British Isles project (http://www.geograph.org.uk) aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland."
Beagh Parish resources (http://beaghrootsgalway.weebly.com/)
thanks to ehealy October 2011
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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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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://www.workhouses.org.uk/
Freemasonry in Co. Galway: http://indigo.ie/~bchapple/Hist.htm
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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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Miscellaneous
Hardiman's History of Galway (http://www.galway.net/galwayguide/history/hardiman/)
Newspaper: Galway Advertiser (http://archive.advertiser.ie/pages/home.php) (1970- ) NEW 9/2011