Tracing your Dublin Ancestors, 4th ed.; by James G. Ryan & Brian Smith; 2017; 160 pp; 5.75x9; b&w photos, paperback; ISBN: 9781907990311; Item #: FLP023
This is the 4th edition of this comprehensive guide to family history research in Dublin City and County. The new edition is totally updated and expanded, with new illustrations and material. It describes how to best use the records available, and where they can be accessed. For each type of record it provides background information on how they were compiled and what information was contained, and on which categories of people. It also provides background on the social history of Dublin and how this history has affected the keeping and survival of records.
CONTENTS
- Abbreviations
- Chapter I - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Administrative Divisions
- Chapter 3 - Civil Registration
- Chapter 4 - Census and Census Substitutes
- Chapter 5 - Church Records
- Chapter 6 - Commercial and Social Directories
- Chapter 7 - Wills and Administrations
- Chapter 8 - Gravestone Inscriptions
- Chapter 9 - Newspapers
- Chapter 10 - Land Records
- Chapter 11 - Family Names and Histories
- Chapter 12 - Further Reading and Miscellaneous Sources
- Chapter 13 - Library, Archive and Society Addresses
- Index