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!).

Irish Genealogy Research Service (fee based)

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Every time I have seen someone ask if anyone knows anything about education or emigration on any of the mail lists I have been subscribed to I always think of the 1931 descriptions of the counties in Ireland which I have on line. At the end of every county description there are tables listing the figures for emigration from the county, education in the county, whether or not the people speak Irish, and a breakdown of the religious denominations in the county taken from various census returns from 1821 through 1926. So, these descriptions are of historical and genealogical importance.

 

The Official Authority listings for the counties listed below include the addresses of the people named, some of whom were lviing in County Leitrim. The Diocescan listings were one of the first sets of pages I created for this web site, because sometime way back then I had read that when a man qualified as a priest he was usually put back into his own parish, originally I had considered these tables of importance because they told us the names of the Roman Catholic parishes in a Diocese in 1836 (which sometimes changed over the years) and they also told us the name of the closest post town - this never changed. So, to me, these lists help if I am looking for a Roman Catholic parish which no longer exists. I find the name of the closest post town to where-ever it is I am loking for information about and then I find the records which co exist for that area, regardless of the name.

Lists such as the 1832 Military list, the Revenue Officers, the Admiralty Examinations, the General Synod, the Presbyterian Synod - these can apply to any county - they are of genealogical & historical value.

Discovery Series 16: Donegal, Leitrim, Fermanagh, Sligo (Bundoran, Manorhamilton, Sligo, Beleek areas)

Discovery Series 25: Sligo East, Leitrim, Roscommon (Tobercurry, Sligo, Dromahair, Ballymot)

Discovery Series 26: Cavan, Fermanagh, Leitrim Roscommon, Sligo (Dromahair, Swanlinbar, Drumshanbo)

Discovery Series 33: Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, Longford (Carrick-on-Shannon, Boyle, Roosky, Mohill, Strokestown)

Roman Catholic Dioceses, 1836	Church Records
Diocese of Kilmore, 1836	Diocese of Ardagh, 1836
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore, 1846	Diocese of Ardagh, 1846
Diocese of Clonfert, 1836	Diocese of Elphin
Religious and education, Dublin Diocese 1846	McNamara/Cleary mail list
Irish Music at Amazon.com	Irish Genealogy Books at Amazon
Admiralty Examinations (High Court)- Index to Persons	Presbyterian (Seceders) Synod of Ireland, 1833 - Ministers & Congregations
General Synod of Ulster, 1833 - Ministers, congregations & post towns	Revenue Officers, 1709
Saunders Newsletter & Daily Advertiser 1816	Fair Towns 1834
Journal Galway Archaeological & Historical Soc	Irish Genealogist
Journal Of The Irish Family History Society	The Irish Ancestor
Irish Stamps for S.A.E.'s or to collect?	FAQ's on International Genealogical Index (IGI) Hugh Wallis