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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Westmeath => Topic started by: aghadowey on Friday 10 July 09 22:05 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
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Census Records & Census Substitutes
1870s Landowners (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlwem/Landowners.html)
1901 and 1911 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie)
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Church Records & Graveyards
Roman Catholic:
R.C. church records (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/county/westmeath/wemrc.html)
Church of the Assumption, Delvin (http://www.delvinparish.ie/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1)
St. Livinus, Killulagh (http://www.delvinparish.ie/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=18)
St. Mary's, Athlone (http://ardaghdiocese.org/athlone/page9.html)
Ballynacargy church records (http://www.ancestorfind.net/index-11.html)
Graveyards: (Internment.Net)
Castleton Churchyard, Finea (http://interment.net/data/ireland/westmeath/castleton/index.htm)
Cornamagh Cemetery, Athlone (http://interment.net/data/ireland/westmeath/cornamagh/index.htm)
Killafree Cemetery, Castlepollard (http://interment.net/data/ireland/westmeath/killafree/killafree.htm)
Lickbla Graveyard, Castlepollard (http://interment.net/data/ireland/westmeath/lickbla/index.htm)
Saint Feichin Churchyard New Cemetery, Fore (http://interment.net/data/ireland/westmeath/newfechin/newfechin.htm)
Saint Feichin Old Cemetery, Fore (http://interment.net/data/ireland/westmeath/oldfechin/fechins.htm)
Saint Michael Cemetery, Castlepollard (http://interment.net/data/ireland/westmeath/stmike/index.htm)
Turin Cemetery, Mullingar (http://interment.net/data/ireland/westmeath/turin/turin.htm)
Memorial Inscriptions for Co. Westmeath on IGP-WEB - link (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/westmeath/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 search for part of a word)
Griffith's Valuation: search by name or place, view original pages and maps: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml
For an excellent article on the work of Sir Richard Griffith (http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/GRIFFITH/more_to_griffiths.html) (go to bottom of page, select a Word or PDF version of article)
1777/8 Taylor & Skinner Road Maps of Ireland (http://www.failteromhat.com/taylorskinner.php)- "This remarkable and exceptionally rare edition of the first road map of Ireland. The maps were commissioned by the House of Commons in Ireland, and contain 289 pages of maps. The index for these detailed maps shows distances in English and Irish miles. The maps themselves show copious topographical details, like forests, hills, farm land, mills, houses, churches, etc. The large houses also give the owners names."
(note: page says 1877 which is incorrect)
Map of Irish Free State (http://www.failteromhat.com/eiremap.php)
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Directories
(not all available online)
1820 J. Pigot, Commercial Directory of Ireland
1824 Pigot & Co., City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory (http://www.failteromhat.com/pigot.php)
1846 Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland (http://www.failteromhat.com/slater.php)
1856 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland
1870 Slater's Directory of Ireland
1881 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland
1894 Slater's Royal Commercial Directory of Ireland
1915 Kelly's Directory of the Leather Trade (http://www.failteromhat.com/kelly1915.php)
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Places
Westmeath Buildings & Places (http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/highlights.jsp?county=WM&list=true)
Athlone links (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,293328.0.html)
Moate links (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,303698.0.html)
Franciscan Friary, Multyfarnham (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/166757)
"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
Will of Robert Bagnall . Kiltobber (http://rayparsons.com/bagnall/rbtbwill.htm)
Cooper-Chadwick family tree (http://www.antonymaitland.com/coopchad.htm)
Marlay family (http://longford.nottingham.ac.uk/Dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=(AltRefNo==%27My%27))
Nugent family (http://booksaliveo.8m.com/N/NUGENT/NUGENT.HTM)
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Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Westmeath Libraries (http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/servicesa-z/library/westmeathinthepast/)
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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Workhouses (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/)- Athlone, Mullingar
(left side of page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Westmeath)
Westmeath Schools (http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/highlights.jsp?county=WM&list=true)
more Westmeath school details (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,280267.0.html)
Wilson's Hospital. Multyfarnham (http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM®no=15401120&print=true)
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Misc. Information
Ireland Genealogy Project, Westmeath (http://www.igp-web.com/westmeath/index.html)
Westmeath County Council (http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/)
Westmeath genealogical sources (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/county/westmeath/wem-1.html)
Irish Genealogical Project- Westmeath (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/westmeath/index.htm)- lots of links NEW
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https://web.archive.org/web/20071007024310/http://www.irishargentine.org (https://web.archive.org/web/20071007024310/http://www.irishargentine.org) Link updated 2020, the link is to an archieve copy
https://irlandeses.org (https://irlandeses.org)
wonderful site with documentation about many Westmeath families from 1820 to 1900. shipping and settler list very useful, but info in the journey section applicable to anyone whose ancestors left Westmeath.