County Limerick Genealogy Resources
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Museums
in Co. Limerick - details from the Shannon Dev. Co.
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Tipperary Heritage Unit - records
cover all 46 parishes of the Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly
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Land Valuation Office -
holds a list of occupiers of property for the 26 Counties in the Republic
of Ireland which is broken down into Townlands within Rural Districts and
into Rural Districts within Counties. The records go back to 1846.
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National Library of Ireland
- microfilms of Catholic parish registers, copies of the important nineteenth
century land valuations (the Tithe Applotment Books and Griffith's Valuation),
trade and social directories, estate records and newspapers
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Public Records Office of Ireland. Four Courts, Dublin 7, Ireland. Tithe
Applotment Books, estate records, court records, etc.
- Genealogical Office. 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Includes a
variety of materials on Irish families, now a part of the National Library.
- Registrars General's Office. 8-11 Lombard St, Dublin 2, Ireland. The
official birth, death and marriage records of Ireland from 1864 onwards.
- Registry of Deeds. Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, Ireland. Property
transactions since 1608
- Families of County Limerick. Volume V of the Book of Irish Families,
great & small. By Michael C. O'Laughlin, 1997
- Exploring Limerick's Past, An Historical Geography of Urban Development in
County and City. By Patrick J. O'Connor, 1987.
- A Pauper Warren, West Limerick 1845-49. By Gerard Curtin, 2000.
- Lough Gur & District, Historical Society Journal 2000, Vol. No. 11.
- The Old Limerick Journal, Famine Edition. Number 32, Winter, 1995.
- Cappamore, A Parish History. Cappamore Historical Society, 1992.
- Index to the Townlands, and Towns,
Parishes and Baronies of Ireland.
Based on the census of 1851.
- A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland, 2nd Edition. By Brian Mitchell,
2002.
- A Guide to Irish Parish Registers. By Brian Mitchell, 1988.
- Irish Records and Sources: For Family and Local History. By
James G. Ryan, 1997.
- Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, Second Edition. By John Grenham, 1999.
Church History
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Civil Parishes
- with Catholic, Church of Ireland and other church parishes, first available
records, where they are available
History, Travel, & Information
Land and Property
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Locate
the land divisions of County Limerick: Baronies, Poor Law Unions,
Civil Parishes, dioceses, Catholic Parishes, townlands
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The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-1838 listed each landholder along with
details such as townland, size of holding, land quality and types of crops
for all of Ireland. The LDS Family History Library has filmed these
records and are listed in their catalog by townlands. Another list,
Tithe
Defaulters was collected in 1831.
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Land Registry Service.
Information concerning the Registries and some of the services provided by
the Land Registry
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Registry of Land deeds on LDS film with film numbers:
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Indexes to Transcripts, for all of Ireland by townland. Use these
Indexes to Locate the Volume, Page and Memorial Number of Interest
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Grantors' Index. A Grantor is the name the name of the person selling,
giving or otherwise disposing of land or some other asset.
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Registry of Deeds, 1708 to 1929. This repository (the Registry of
Deeds, Dublin) now offers one of the most certain sources of genealogical
information concerning families in a wide range of social station and material
wealth. Records of tenants in modest circumstances, comfortably established
gentry and great landlords are all represented here.
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List your surname in the County
Limerick Surname Roster and find connections.
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Subscribe to the Ireland
Roll Calls mailing list to find others searching the same surname.
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The "Index of Surnames" or "Householders Index" records the occurrence of
household of a particular surname in each of the civil parishes of a county,
giving the exact number of households in the case of Griffith's Valuation (1851)
and the presence a surname in the Tithe Applotment Books (1826).
From Fianna:
Annual Observer (annual), Mr. J. Cussan,
Newcastlewest Historical Society, Newcastlewest, Co. Limerick
Crom Abu (annual),
Mr. M. Spillane, Toureen, Croom, Co. Limerick
Old Limerick Journal (One per year - December issue),
Mr. Larry Walsh, Limerick City Museum, Limerick Museum, Castle Lane,
Nicholas Street, Limerick City
Tel +353 61 417826, Fax +353 61 415266
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The General Register Office
(Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora) is the central repository for records
relating to Births, Deaths and Marriages in the Republic of Ireland. It
is concerned with civil registration matters only, and does not engage
in genealogical research. Records of marriages other than Roman Catholic
marriages date back to 1st April 1845. Records of Births, Deaths and Roman
Catholic Marriages date to 1st January, 1864.
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Ardagh
Deaths, 1869-70. Civil registration. Database includes name,
date of death, place of death, cause of death, age, occupation, marital status
and at times a close relative.
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Genealogical Society of Victoria.
The GSV is the second largest family history/genealogical society within
Australia with approximately 7000 members. The GSV has three member services
groups - Irish Ancestry Group, Scottist Ancestry Group and the International
Settlers Group. These groups are very active, hold regular meetings and
have quarterly newsletters.
Diocese Web Sites
Research Opportunities General Registration Office
The General Register Office (Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora) is the central repository for records relating to Births, Deaths and Marriages in the Republic of Ireland. It is concerned with civil registration matters only, and does not engage in genealogical research. Records of marriages other than Roman Catholic marriages date back to 1st April 1845. Records of Births, Deaths and Roman Catholic Marriages date to 1st January, 1864. Tipperary Family History Research
Tipperary Family History Research is the only organisation to offer a research service based on access to the Baptismal and Marriage records of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly. The Archdiocese covers most of County Tipperary and part of County Limerick and it contains 46 Parishes (map). |
