Monthly Archives: January 2013

Mailboat to Ireland – 1895 article

1895 article from the Strand magazine of London, describing a trip on the Mail Boat ‘Ulster’ from Holyhead, to Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire). “With Her Majesty’s Mails to Ireland”  

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New Maps of Dublin & Ireland

New maps added, including : Dublin City 1935, County Dublin (inc. Baronies), 1897 Map of Ireland. see : Dublin City Maps County Dublin Maps Other Maps (Aug 2013 – altered to link to updated website)

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Pettigrew & Oulton directories – 1834 & 1840

Scans of the indexes and street listings for Dublin city and county from two editions of Pettigrew & Oulton’s directories. The 1834 directory is believed to be one of the earliest with a street listing included. Also included are images … Continue reading

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FamilySearch Website

Irish Collections on FamilySearch : BMD Index Extracted Births Extracted Marriages Extracted Deaths Prison Records Tithe Applotment Books Landed Estate Court records IGI Collection (Community Indexed and Community Contributed collections)   (update 16th March 2013)

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Irish Manuscripts Commission

Various digitized documents from the Irish Manuscripts Commission, including : Registry Of Deeds Abstracts Of Wills – 1708 to 1832 (Vol 1,2 & 3) The Civil Survey 1654 counties Tipperary, Meath, Wexford, Tipperary, Donegal, Limerick, Waterford, Dublin & Kildare etc … Continue reading

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