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• Archives Hub

  The Archives Hub brings together descriptions of thousands of the UK’s archive collections. Representing over 350 institutions across the country, the Archives Hub is an effective way to discover unique and often little-known sources to support your research. New descriptions are added every week, often representing collections being made available for the first time.

• Familia

  Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK and Ireland. Provides information about the libraries and their holdings.

  • Northern Ireland

  • Republic of Ireland

• FamilySearch - Family History Center Locator

  • FamilySearch - FamilySearch Center Locator: Ireland

    From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

  • FamilySearch - FamilySearch Center Locator: Northern Ireland

    From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

• FamilySearch Catalog

  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

  • Ireland

• FamilySearch Wiki - Ireland Family History Centres

• FamilySearch Wiki - Northern Ireland Family History Centres

• Garda S

  Museum of the Republic of Ireland's national police force, outlining the history of policing.

• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

  Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.

  • Special Collections

• Historical Society of Pennsylvania

  Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.

  • Balch Manuscript Guide

    • Irish

      Includes records of defunct Divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

    • Scotch Irish

• IRIS - The Consortium of Irish University and Research Libraries

• Irish American Heritage Museum

  East Durham, New York.

• Irish Ancestors - Libraries and Repositories

• Irish Family History Foundation

  The Irish Family History Foundation has been the coordinating body for a network of county genealogy centres on the island of Ireland for over twenty five years. The genealogy centres

  • Search by County - Map of Ireland

• LibDex - The Library Index - Ireland

  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

• List of archives in the United Kingdom (Wikipedia)

• Military Archives

  Military Archives is the place of deposit for the records of the Department of Defence, the Defence Forces and the Army Pensions Board in Ireland. Apart from serving the evidential, legal and heritage needs of the Defence Forces and the Department of Defence, Military Archives can provide public services to a broad spectrum of interests, from family history queries to academic research, to material for television and radio documentaries. Located in Dublin, Ireland.

• National Archives of Ireland

  • Genealogy

    • Free Genealogy Advisory Service

    • Official census returns and census substitutes

    • Penal transportation records: Ireland to Australia, 1788–1868

      • Ireland-Australia Transportation Database

    • Records of birth, marriage & death

    • Tithe applotment records

    • Wills and administrations

  • Search the online catalogue

• National Gas Archive

  Company archive of the Lattice Group which holds the historical records of the UK gas industry dating from the early 19th Century.

• National Library of Ireland

  • Collections

    • Digital

    • Manuscripts

    • Maps

    • Newspapers

    • Periodicals

  • Family History

• National Museums Northern Ireland

  Across four unique sites, we care for and present inspirational collections that reflect the creativity, innovation, history, culture and people of Northern Ireland.