Foundations of Irish Genealogy 1: The Raw Materials of Irish Genealogy
John Grenham
Content
Introduction
34s
Common Misconceptions
4m 43s
Start from What You Know
2m 20s
Getting Help
7m 36s
Public Record Office
8m 3s
Irish Surnames
4m 52s
Types of Surname
3m 46s
Before Surnames
4m 28s
Irish Surnames
9m 6s
Surname Evolution
7m 46s
Localised Surnames
55s
Surname Variants
5m 29s
Irish Place Names
1m 21s
Historic Hierarchies
52s
Provinces and Counties
1m 38s
Baronies
46s
Civil Parishes
1m 42s
Townlands
1m 7s
Church Hierarchies
29s
Dioceses
31s
Parishes
5m 30s
Poor Law Unions
1m 44s
Townlands: Holy Grail
5m 5s
Conclusion
17s
About this webinar
The expectations and misconceptions that can be obstacles to Irish research are discussed and debunked. Surnames and place names, the most basic raw materials of genealogy, are both especially tricky in Ireland. The reasons are analysed and online tools for handling them are introduced.
About the speaker
John Grenham came to Irish professional genealogy in 1981, as one of the panel of Irish Genealogical Office researchers and later worked for Hibernian Research. As in-house researcher for the Genealog...
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Comments (1)
Brilliant! so great to get such a thorough explanation of the foundation of Irish Genealogy.