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From Ireland Genealogy & Family History Co. Galway, Ireland "What matters not is what their religion was, but that they came from Ireland" © Dr. Jane Lyons 2001-2009 |
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Irish Genealogy Research Service
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Galway County, Ireland
I don't like 'pure' genealogy per se, that is, the putting of names on a family tree, instead I like to know about the people, how they lived and the places they lived in. There are lots of people who are not like me, who do like to know just the names and where they came from. The pages linked to below are pretty much to do with pure genealogy (but a little bit of the other thrown in!). To my mind, the Lewis Topographical Dictionary is one of the most valuable and ignored tools for genealogists or family historians because it gives us alternative names and spellings of parish names, also, most importantly it names the religious parishes which cover any civil parish. I find that people generally do not understand the Civil Registration Districts and the fact that a district can cover townlands in different counties. If anyone (myself included before I got to know all this) thinks of Roscommon, they immediately think of County Roscommon - they'd never think of it having anything to do with County Galway and genealogical research in County Galway. My version of the Griffiths Primary Valuation differs from that which you find in the Griffiths CD in that I list the names of the people who were the 'Immediate Occupiers' and how many times a persons name is listed as having land in any townland. There is more to do with Galway Genealogy on the History & people tables
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County Galway, history, geography, genealogy, people
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