Clifden, Galway

Hi

Some sites that may be of use to you are:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseact…

A guide to tracing your roots in Connemara- 

http://www.clifden2012.org/publications/tracing-your-roots-guide.html

Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com

Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to any land the family may have owned (as it usually passed on to a relation).

Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you.

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Kind regards,                    

Genealogy Support

Ireland Reaching Out