Good (free?) sources for family history search

[Search4ireland]

Hello
I have just found the forum! Started researching family history during lockdown but Ancestry was expensive so I eventually cancelled subscription. Most now seem to want an annual payment so I am looking for alternatives.
I have joined FamilySearch and through links there to FindMy Past, I have found some docs I need but they are £1-1.50 each - and I have made a few mistakes already.
Each time I find a record I write down the volume/page in hope I can sometime get to library to check the actual details but so many people seem to offer info to people searching that I wondered if they are finding the info free somewhere ?
And another question (sorry!) did people have to pay for their children to be added to the foreign births register if they moved from ireland to England around 1890-1900 ? Found my husband's grandmother (born Hebburn) but census shows her parents and older siblings were born in Co Tyrone.  I figure if they had to pay and had moved to England for work that's it's unlikely grandmother (Ellen Devlin) would have been added to the register.
Thank you for any help at all with sources etc.

[aghadowey]

And another question (sorry!) did people have to pay for their children to be added to the foreign births register if they moved from ireland to England around 1890-1900 ? Found my husband's grandmother (born Hebburn) but census shows her parents and older siblings were born in Co Tyrone.  I figure if they had to pay and had moved to England for work that's it's unlikely grandmother (Ellen Devlin) would have been added to the register.

Ireland was part of the U.K. so any children born in Ireland would have been British citizens by birth not 'foreign.'
Added- County Tyrone is now in what is Northern Ireland and still part of the U.K.

[BrazilianBombshell]

You could try FreeBMD, though not sure if it covers Ireland.

[aghadowey]

You could try FreeBMD, though not sure if it covers Ireland.

Free BMD only covers ENGLAND and WALES.

There are hundreds if not thousands of fantastic free on line resources but no 'best' one. Really depends on what information, area and period you are looking for. A good all-round, worldwide resource is Family Search.

[Sinann]

If your looking for the earlier family in Ireland use https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
Free Government site of Birth Marriage and Death certs.

[crisane]

cyndi's list - A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online. Some are free and some pay per view. Covers many countries. Just click on Categories on the LH side
https://www.cyndislist.com/

Also Freecen https://www.freecen.org.uk/

Freereg https://www.freereg.org.uk/

[Search4ireland]

Ireland was part of the U.K. so any children born in Ireland would have been British citizens by birth not 'foreign.'
Added- County Tyrone is now in what is Northern Ireland and still part of the U.K.
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Thank you so much!  The grandmother was born in England (her parents and older siblings were born in Ireland).  Does that mean it works the opposite way too - that as a child born in England to Irish parents, my partner's grandmother was "Irish" by birth ? If so, maybe there's a chance he can get Irish citizenship

[Search4ireland]

Thanks to everyone who responded - I couldn't find any icon to say "thanks!"

[aghadowey]

More details posted on your new thread-
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=871919.new#new