Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
The online databases include: • Loan Fund Records – a searchable database of the five local Loan Funds in West Cork. These ‘annals of the poor’ offer an insight into the circumstances of the ordinary people of West Cork prior…
The PRONI – Historical Maps Viewer can be used to search and browse seven historical Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland maps and four modern base maps (including aerial imagery). The viewer displays county, parish and townland boundaries and includes information…
This extensive site offers access to a wealth of information via several databases. These include: • Irish Surnames – a search returns the surname mapped, a list of variants, surname histories and details of published family histories and more •…
The maps provide visualisations of population data for all 32 Irish counties from 1841 to 2002. New
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) is a section within the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The work of the NIAH involves identifying and recording the architectural heritage of Ireland, from 1700 to the present day. This…
This site has for sale up-to-date maps for all six counties of Northern Ireland, both as paper products and downloadable digital products. There is also a range of online historical maps in development which are free to view. New
This new tool has replaced the Place Standard Finder and performs the same functionality and more. It provides access to standardized information about locations and can assist researchers in searching for exact spellings, checking whether locations exist, as well as…
The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included. Other information related to history, population, culture, art and…
The OldMapsOnline Portal is a gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search by typing a place-name or by…
This County Clare Library map resource overlays modern maps onto historical maps and can map surnames into hotspots. Search by surname and heat maps where clusters or instances of the name from the 1820-1840s tithe applotment books, Griffiths Valuation 1855…