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Connect your Ancestors on the Ireland XO Chronicles

Now that you have created more than one Ancestor on the XO Chroncles, you can also connect them with each other.  

Ireland XO Genealogy Round Up

An interactive guide to burials in Fingal (http://buried.fingal.ie/)

Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

The publication is part of works on England, Scotland and Wales, which together form Topographical Dictionaries of the three aforementioned countries and Ireland.

State (Civil) Records 1864 onwards

With the introduction of state registration, birth and death information was required to be provided to the local registrar who was usually the doctor, within 21 days. Late registration resulted in the imposition of a fine. Hence, in order to avoid the payment of a fine, later birth and death dat

Griffith Valuation & Tithe Applotment

Townland areas often appear to vary from the Tithe Applotment Books to the Griffith’s Valuation – this can generally be explained by the fact that very poor quality land was not taxable and hence not included in the earlier survey.  All lands were included in the Griffith’s Val

XO Chronicles €200 giftcard Facebook giveaway!

Earlier this year we launched our Ireland XO Chronicles - an innovative way of documenting the people, buildings and historical events of every parish in Ireland. 

NW Cork Ireland Family Finder DNA Project

How available are Ancestral Records for Clondavaddog/Fanad?

(Photo above) A hard working local man from Kindrum, Fanad (Clondavaddog) - Late 1800's Quick summary of Irish Census Records from 1821 to 1911:

Most Common Surnames in Abington, Co. Limerick 1851-52

  Most common surnames in Abington in 1851-2