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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Limerick => Topic started by: aghadowey on Wednesday 02 September 09 22:47 BST (UK)
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Resources and Links on this thread organised by the following catagories:
Census Records & Census Substitutes
Church Records & Graveyards
Land Records & Maps
Directories
Places
People & Families
Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Misc. Information
Co. Limerick records (http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/LIM/)
Limerick County Council (http://www.lcc.ie/)
County Limerick GENUKI site (http://home.pacbell.net/nymets11/genuki/LIM/)
Irish Genealogical Project- Limerick (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/limerick/index.htm)- lots of links NEW
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Census Records & Census Substitutes
1659 census for Limerick city (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/limerickcity1659.htm)
1660 Limerick collectors of Poll Tax (http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/polltax.htm)
1766 Catholic census (Tuogh Parish) (http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/LIM/cappamore1766census.htm)
1833 Tithe lists (surnames only)- and some Griffith's names: Dunmoylan Parish (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/tithes/dunmoylanlimk1.htm), Kilbradan Parish (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/tithes/kilbradanlimk1.htm), Killeely (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/tithes/killeelylimk1.htm), Munchins Parish (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/tithes/munchinslimk1.htm)
1901 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie) NOW ONLINE 3/6/2010
1901 census index (heads of household) (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/census.htm) broken link?
1901 census index (heads of household)- Limerick Library (http://www.limerick.ie/Library/LocalStudies/1901Census-LimerickCityhouseholderindex/) NEW
1911 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/) NOW ONLINE
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Church Records & Graveyards
Church of Ireland
Limerick City Parish (http://cathedral.limerick.anglican.org/LimerickCityParish.html)
St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick (http://www.cathedral.limerick.anglican.org/)
Rathkeale gravestones (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~joanne/monumental_inscriptions_in_the_c.htm)
Roman Catholic
R.C. Parish records (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/limrcindex.htm)
Shanagolden-Robertstown-Foynes Churches (http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Shanagolden/chFoynes.htm)
Diocese of Limerick Heritage Project (http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/index.htm)
Limerick gravestones (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/grave.htm)
Galbally Cemetery (YouTube)- part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXv0avGx_ZU) and part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DvZ95AkYc&feature=related)
Kilbeheny graveyard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60NxWj3VV3k) (YouTube)
Mount St. Laurence graveyard, Limerick city (http://www.from-ireland.net/graves/lim/laur1/index.htm) & burial registers 1855-2008 (http://www.limerick.ie/Archives/MountStLawrenceBurialGroundRegisters1855-2008/)
Newcastlewest graveyard (http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Newcastlewest/gyNCW.htm)
Quakers- see reply #10 below 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. (http://www.thecore.com/seanruad)in Ireland- (change default setting from exact match to find part of a word)
1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (Limerick County) (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/lewis/limerickindex.htm)- Limerick City here (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/lewis/citylimerick.htm)
Griffith's Valuation (http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/)
Land Registry (http://www.landregistry.ie/eng)
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Directories
1769 Ferrar's Limerick Directory (http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/lim.htm)
1788 Ferrar's Limerick Directory (http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/lim1788.htm)
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Places
"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."
Askeaton (http://www.askeatonbynet.com/index.html)
Askeaton-Ballysteen Parish (http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/AskeatonBallysteen.htm)
Ardnacrusha (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,302366.0.html), near Limerick City, site of the Shannon Scheme, Ireland's largest river hydro-electric scheme, which took place between 1925 and 1929.
Glin Castle (http://www.celticcastles.com/castles/glin/history.htm)
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People & Families
The Glin Papers (University of Limerick)- Fitzgerald family and others (http://www.ul.ie/rarebooks/archives/Knight_Glin_Papers.pdf)
Horrigan family (http://www.deelsidepainters.com/genealogy/)
Langan family (http://community-2.webtv.net/Saydee4/LANGANSfromIRELAND/)
Wolfe website (http://home.alphalink.com.au/~datatree/wolf-his.htm) (beware of music)
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Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Limerick City Library- Local Studies (http://www.limerick.ie/library/localstudies/): resources include- 1837 Electoral list, 1901 Limerick City census, 1911 Co.Limerick + Limerick city census, 1923 Register of Electors, 1850 Griffith's Valuation Limerick City, Obituaries & Funeral Notices from Limerick Chronicle newspaper, 1769-1920 Limerick City Trades Directories, Local Studies Books & Journals, Who's Who of Limerick, Newspapers Collection, Limerick City Trades Register Online, Limerick mayors 1197-2006, etc.
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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Model Primary School, Limerick (http://www.modelschool.ie/history-of-the-school.php) opened 1855
Records of Christian Brothers School in Limerick (http://www.limerickcorp.ie/DigitalArchives/PrivatePapersandBusinessCollections/ChristianBrothersSchoolsLimerick1856-1925/) added 6/7/10
Workhouses (http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/)- Croom, Glin, Kilmallock, Limerick, Newcastle, Rathkeale
(left side of page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Limerick)
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Misc. Information
CMC Record Project (christenings, marriages, cemeteries) (http://www.cmcrp.net/Limerick/index.html) broken link 6/2012
Limerick registration districts (http://www.from-ireland.net/lim/civ.htm)
Celtic Cousins website (http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/)
Gateway to the West (http://homepage.eircom.net/~asduchasdochas/gatewaywest/) (western Co.Limerick site)
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Quakers
Various records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Limerick have been added to the Limerick City Archives website, and the details can be viewed online.
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (http://www.limerickcity.ie/Archives/ReligiousSocietyofFriendsQuakersLimerick/)
the records include, Minutes of Meetings, Births, Marriages & Burials, Account Books, Notices of Removals etc
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100,000 new records now online at IFHF site for Limerck- www.rootsireland.ie. In my own research in St Michael's in city a prticular surname has gone from 3 lastweek to 75 now
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www.limerickslife.com - various historical and genealogically interesting stories and facts of Limerick.
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/limerick/index.htm - various submitted records