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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Louth => Topic started by: aghadowey on Friday 10 July 09 15:04 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
Misc. Information & Photos
Fantastic site with too many Co. Louth records (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/site_map_2.htm) to list in Resources
Irish Genealogical Project- Louth (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/louth/index.htm)- lots of links NEW
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Census Records & Census Substitutes
1602 Census of the Fews (http://www.mcconville.org/main/genealogy/census1602.html)
1740 Corn Census (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1740_corn_census_of_county_louth.htm) (with map)
1796 Flax Growers Lists (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1796_flax_growers.htm)
1822 Freeholders List (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/louth_freeholders.htm)
1824 Freeholders (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1824_louth_freeholders.htm) (supplementary list)
1832 Voters List (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1832_dundalk_voters.htm)
1837 Drogheda Householders (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1837_drogheda_householders.htm)
1837 Dundalk Valuations (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1837_dundalk_valuations.htm)
1839 tenants of Lord Roden (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1839_roden_tenants.htm)
1842 Co. Louth voters (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1842_county_louth_voters.htm)
1865 Co. Louth voters (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1865_voters_list.htm)
1901 and 1911 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie)
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Church Records & Graveyards
General history of various denominations in regard to records (http://www.rootschat.com/links/05s2)
Co. Louth Memorial Inscription (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/memorial_inscriptions.htm) sources- name index (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/index_to_louth_inscriptions.htm) here
Kane Old Graveyard (http://www.faughart.com/kane-graveyard-page.html)
Inscriptions (http://www.faughart.com/inscriptions-page.html)- Ballymascanlon, Bridge-A-Crin, Castletown, Faughart Old, Kane Old, Kilcurry, St. Nicholas Old, Urney.
Collon Old Cemetery (http://interment.net/data/ireland/louth/collon/oldcollon.htm)
Old St. Mary's, Ardee (http://www.from-ireland.net/lou/graves/stmarysardeelouth.htm) (Broken Link 9/11/11)
Dromin Cemetery inscriptions (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/dromin_inscriptions_01.htm) with index (New Link Oct 10)
Stragrennan Graveyard (http://stagrennangraves.host56.com/Stagrennan/home.html) (Drogheda area) (Link Updated 17/10/11)
Church of Ireland:
Collon Parish burials 1791-1823 (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/Collon%20-%20Louth%20Burials.htm#For)
St Marys Church Of Ireland in Ardee (http://stmaryscoiardee.hostoi.com/Church%20Website/home.html) (New Link 9/11/11)
St. Mary's, Ardee (http://photos.igougo.com/pictures-photos-p230440-St._Marys_Church_of_Ireland_Ardee.html) (photo)
St. Peter's, Drogheda (http://drogheda.armagh.anglican.org/)
Roman Catholic:
Catholic churches & family history website (http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Ireland.htm) (Broken Link 9/11/11)
Dundalk burials 1790-1802 (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/Collon%20-%20Louth%20Burials.htm#DUNDALK)
Haggardstown burials 1868-1900 (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/haggardstown_rc_parish.htm)- taken from Dundalk Democrat newspaper
Haggardstown- 1900 subscribers, Sacred Heart altar (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1900_haggardstown.htm)
Churches in Co. Louth (http://www.simonknott.co.uk/northchurcheslouth.htm) (photos) - unfortunately photos not labelled
Ireland's Gravestone Index (http://www.irish-world.com/gravestones/index.cfm)- pay site but search is free and can be quite useful (although there are some errors with people being listed twice in wrong parishes)
Memorial Inscriptions for Co. Louth Cemeteries on IGP here (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/louth/photos/tombstones/markers.htm)
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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)
1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/lewis%27s_louth_1837_main_page.htm)
1864 map of Dundalk (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1864_map_of_dundalk.htm)
Griffith's Valuation (search by place or name):
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml
Dual Maps (http://www.mapchannels.com/DualMaps.aspx)- display two maps side-by-side for single location (Google Maps + Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps).
Multimap (http://www.multimap.com/index.htm)
Google Maps (http://maps.google.ie)
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Directories
1824 Pigot's Directory (http://www.failteromhat.com/pigotl.htm)
1837 Drogheda & Dundalk Spirit License Holders (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/misc.htm#1837)
1846 Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland (http://www.failteromhat.com/slater.htm)
1852 Thom's Directory (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1852_thom%27s_directory.htm)
1876 Carlingford, Omeath, Greenore inhabitants (http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ShowFreePage.php?id=110)
1886 Bassett's Directory (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/a_brief_history.htm)- Co. Louth
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Places
Place Names in Co. Louth (http://www.mc-research.com/County_Louth/Place_Names/places.htm)
Towns & registration districts (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,380374.0.html), Co. Louth
Ardee & Collon Parishes (http://www.ardeeparish.com/ph.htm)
1907 Blackrock postcard (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1659-1901_haggardstown_surnames.htm)
old Co. Louth pictures (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/illustrations_-_thumbnails.htm)
A History of Drogheda (http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=UAwwAAAAMAAJ&dq=history+of+drogheda&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=6GwwfUM0ij&sig=DADZjEfb7gfktIu3wOkdiK8sF68) (published 1844)
Greenore history (http://greenoreresidents.org/About%20Greenore.htm)
Greenore Hotel (http://www.archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=4916)
Omeath (http://www.omeath.ie/)
Smarmore Castle (http://www.smarmorecastle.com/castlehistory.htm)
Dundalk Barracks (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,363213.0.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."
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People & Families
Surnames, Haggardstown (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1659-1901_haggardstown_surnames.htm)
Co. Louth Assizes 1775-1810 (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1775_assizes_index.htm)- names, dates, crimes, etc. with links to other convict records
The Returned Army (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/the_returned_army_-_introduction.htm)- a list, ongoing, of 2,400 County Louth servicemen who returned from the Great War 1914-1918. NEW 11/10
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Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Millmount Museum & Martello Tower, Drogheda (http://www.millmount.net/default.asp#)
Dundalk Reference & Local History Library (http://www.louthcoco.ie/en/Services/Library/)
Co.Louth Archaeological & Historical Society (http://www.clahs.com/)
Faughart Historical Properties Preservation Society (http://www.faughart.com/)
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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Ballapousta National School (http://www.ballapoustans.ie/index.html)
Workhouses (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/)- Ardee, Drogheda, Dundalk (left side of page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Louth)
1842 Dundalk Workhouse (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1842_-_the_montgomery_children.htm) story about the Montgomery children
St. Joseph's Orphanage, Dundalk (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Qs3uIWGetJAC&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=st+joseph%27s+orphanage,+dundalk&source=bl&ots=Tzhm94E0QW&sig=qwMr9ykhHGXQwqP6-zDNJrk4LHs&hl=en&ei=8WdXSumhA6WUjAfT873NDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6) mentioned here
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Misc. Information & Photos
Co. Louth Genealogical Sources (http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/site_map_2.htm)
Co. Louth resources: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/county/louth/lou-1.html
Old Photos of Drogheda (http://www.facebook.com/OldmemorysofDrogheda?ref=ts) (New Link 26th April 2012 / Facebook)
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I've added two new lists to my County Louth Genealogical Sources web site.
Dromin Cemetery Inscriptions, plus index, nearly two thousand names:
http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/dromin_inscriptions_01.htm
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The Returned Army. A list, ongoing, of 1,400 County Louth servicemen who returned from the Great War 1914-1918:
http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/the_returned_army_-_introduction.htm
Brendan