Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians - Second Edition (Tracing Your Ancestors)
by Chris Paton
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A simple, easy-to-use guide to tracing your Irish ancestry via the Internet. In this, the fully updated second edition of his best-selling guide to researching Irish history using the Internet, Chris Paton shows the extraordinary variety of sources that can now be accessed online. Although Ireland has lost many records that would have been of great interest to family historians, he demonstrates that a great deal of information survived and is now easily available to the researcher. show more Thanks to the pioneering efforts of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, the National Archives of Ireland, organizations such as FindmyPast Ireland, Ancestry.co.uk, and RootsIreland and the volunteer genealogical community, an ever-increasing range of Ireland's historical resources are accessible from afar. As well as exploring the various categories of records that the family historian can turn to, Chris Paton illustrates their use with fascinating case studies. He fully explores the online records available from both the north and the south from the earliest times to the present day. Many overseas collections are also included, and he looks at social networking in an Irish context where many exciting projects are currently underway. Paton's book is an essential introduction and reference for anyone who is keen to trace their Irish roots. show lessTags
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Chris Paton is a genealogist and writer based in Ayrshire, who runs the Scotland's Greatest Story research service at www.scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk. As well as contributing to many of the UK's best known family history magazines, he also writes for his own Scottish GENES news blog at www.scottishgenes.blogspot.com, and regularly gives talks to show more family history societies across the UK and worldwide. His previous Pen and Sword publications include Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd edition), and Tracing Your Family History on the Internet (2nd edition). show less
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