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Extracts from Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1810 – Rathdown
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Nicholas Carlisle, published 1810 BOOTER’S-TOWN, in the Barony of Half Rathdown, Co. of DUBLIN, and Province of Leinster. It is 3 1/4 m. S. E. from Dublin. It is a pleasant village, situate on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1810, Directory, Rathdown
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GSI Notes
(includes links to topics not included in talk – from *) External Links : Townlands & Locations Place Name Database (logainm.ie) Place Names NI Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland 1861 Townland Index, 1871 Townland Index FindMyPast Townland Index books … Continue reading
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Using the GRO Image Browse Tool – Example
following on from the article detailing the Browse GRO BMD Image tool I’ve included an example below on how to use the indexes on FamilySearch / FindMyPast in combination with the GRO Image Browse tool to locate correct images for … Continue reading
Posted in BMD, Family History, GRO, Ireland
Tagged Birth, BMD, IrishGenealogy
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Production of town Gas, from c1920s/1930s Encyclopedia
[click on any of the images to show a larger version] The manufacture of gas is to-day a great industry, and on these pages We show, from drawings made at the South Metropolitan Gas Company’s works in London, how gas is … Continue reading
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Tagged Gas, Production
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Browse GRO Ireland BMD Images
(updated March 2019 and January 2020 – see example of this method – Using the GRO Image Browse Tool ) Sharing a tool I use to browse images of the Civil Birth, Marriage and Death registers on the IrishGenealogy website. … Continue reading
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Tagged BMD, Browse, GRO
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