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Irish Roots
If a person is of Irish descent and wishes to trace his ancestors, it can be a lot of fun, and quite often it ends in success - although the odds are very much against finding all there is to know in many cases! In the first place, it is handy to know lrom which of the Thirty-Two Counties the ancestors came, bearing in mind that Queen's County is now called County Laoais; King's County, County Offaly; Queenstown is now Cobh, and Kingstown, Dun Laoghaire - to name but a few. The county of origin on both parental sides should ideally be established, along with the correct spelling of the surname, since often an "0" or a "Mac" becomes lost on emigration. Christian names are helpful, as the custom has largely been to pass down a fathers christian name to his son. With the surname, christian name and county of origin, it is useful to glean from family folklore, word of mouth, old letters, old deeds, or inscriptions in old books, from what parish or town the ancestors came. If a family can remember a parish or a townland, then half the quest is over. It is helpful to know if the relations were farmers, shopkeepers or professional people; and their religion, be it Catholic, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian or Quaker, as each has its own records. The most difficult tracings are, of course, from the mass emigration of the famine years from 1845 onwards. But it is still possible to do a trace in many cases. In Ireland, the registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1864, and records are kept at the offices of the Registrar-General at the Custom House in Dublin. Non-Catholic marriages are recorded here from 1845. The Public Record Office in the Four Courts, Dublin, holds many tithe payment records, and all manner of records relating to wills. The Registry of Deeds office, Henrietta Street, Dublin, has property information dating from the 1700s.
The National Library in Kildare Street, Dublin, has one of the best-informed, most patient and diligent librar

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