WATERFORD RESOURCES & LINKS

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Resources and Links in this Section 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.

Co. Waterford Genealogy
Irish Genealogical Project- Waterford- lots of links NEW

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Census Records & Census Substitutes

1821 Census- extracts
1828 Catholic Rents

Co. Waterford landowners

1901 census
1901 census - index (may not be complete)
1911 census

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Church Records & Graveyards

Church of Ireland
Church records (National Archives)
Holy Trinity Church, Portlaw (built 1851)
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Christ Church, Waterford (built 1779).
St Carthage's C of I Cathedral, Lismore

Roman Catholic
list of Waterford R.C. Parish Registers NEW
Ballybrickan Church
St Anne's at Clonea, Ballylaneen
Church of Saints Quan &Broghan
Holy Cross, Killea (built without seating in early 1800s)
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, (built 1793, Ireland's oldest Catholic Cathedral)
Clashmore Church (built 1827)
St Mary's Parish Church, Dungarvan (built 1828)
St. Mary's Church, Saleen, Bonmahon (used for worship since 1854)
St Patrick's Church, Waterford City (built 1750, oldest Catholic Church in Ireland)
Church of the Most Holy Trinity Without, Ballybricken
Ardmore Church & Round Tower - 1st monastery built by St Declan in 5th century

Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church, Portlaw built 1845 but no longer used as a Church.


Killea Churchyard, Dunmore East
Headstone Transcriptions- covers many graveyards

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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-
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

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Directories

1824 Pigot's Directory
1846 Slater's Directory
1877 Waterford directory

1909/1910 Thom's directory

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Places

Bunmahon
Mocollop + Mocollop Castle

"The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland."

Old Waterford photos

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People & Families

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Libraries, Museums & History Groups

Waterford County Museum- interesting historical articles, etc.

Waterford County Council Library Service NEW- includes
    * Death Registers
    * Census
    * Griffith's Valuation
    * Trade Directories
    * The Great War - Waterford Dead
    * Grave Memorials
    * Wills
    * Tithe Applotment Books

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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations

Workhouses- Dungarvan, Kilmacthomas, Lismore, Waterford
(left side of page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Waterford)

History of Waterford Crystal

Newtown School- founded by Quakers

Geneva Barracks was originally known as "New Geneva". The site was intended to house refugees from Switzerland who had been invited to settle there following the 1783 failed rebellion against the ruling French and Swiss alliance in Europe. As artisans, they were valued for their knowledge and skills. The colony collapsed so the government took over the site and built barracks to house companies of militia newly raised following the outbreak of war between France and Britain in 1793. The barracks gained notoriety as a holding centre for rebel prisoners during and after the 1798 rebellion.