Researching Irish Ancestors Before 1820 (#230)

Irish research becomes particularly challenging when working before the 1820s. Anyone taking this course should have taken Course 103, Ireland: A Practical Approach to Family History or have equivalent knowledge and experience. The course covers the most important as well as the most accessible records. You will learn about content, survival, finding aids and location for many sources including but not restricted to: church registers, vestry minutes, grand jury and court records, estate papers, deeds. In addition, the historical context that generated these records and the administrative structure in which they were used is explained. You will learn how to locate and use inventories and catalogues to identify other surviving records. A main objective of the course is to help you plan effective strategies for pre-1820 research.

Instructor: Sherry Irvine

• Check Your Foundations,and be sure all church records are searched
• Local Administration and its Records
• Land History, Land Records
• Deeds and Other Legal Records
• Identifying Other Sources and a Strategy Challenge

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Relevant Countries: Ireland