What's new?

• * March 2013: Hundreds of new gravestone transcript references added. Available through Subscription and Civil parish reports.
  
  
• * January 2013: New references added for gravestones, General Register Office records and census substitutes.

• * June, 2011: More than 50 new census substitute references added to the subscription and paying ancestor search and civil parish reports.
  
  
• * May, 2011: More than 80 new estate papers references added to the subscription and paying ancestor search and civil parish reports.
  
  
• * February, 2011: More than 200 new local and church history references added to the subscription and paying ancestor search and civil parish reports.
  
  
• * August, 2010: Surnames search now includes details of sources for all variants listed. (c. 626,000 variant pairs).
  
  
• * May, 2010: Surnames search massively expanded. Formerly 30,000 surnames and 150,000 variant pairs, the figures are now more than 80,000 surnames and 626,000 variant pairs.
  
  
• * October, 2009: 1851 Townlands Index completely re-validated and all errors and omissions corrected.
  
  
• * July 22nd, 2009: New Google maps service added.
  
  
• * February 23rd, 2009: New weekly "Irish Roots" column begun.
  
  
• * January 28th, 2009: 78 new surname reference websites added.



• * July 20th, 2008: Wide range of new references for county record links.



• * January 10th, 2008: Guides to online Irish records, and commercial Irish genealogy sites added.



• * September 16th, 2007: Research wizard added. A step-by-step analysis of what you know, and what you should do next.



• * December 1st, 2006: 643 new links added for Passenger list websites. Now database-driven.



• * November 3rd, 2006: Civil parish summary now shows the ten most common surnames in each parish in Griffith's (1847-68), with the number of households.



• * October 5th, 2006: Parish register listings for heritage centres updated: 335 new and amended entries for Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland records, the latter in the Subscription, Ancestor Search and Civil Parish areas.



• * Jun. 7th, 2006: New material added for Longford, Roscommon and Sligo county links
  
  
• * May 13th, 2005: Wide range of new references added, as follows:
  • * Census substitutes: 64
  • * Local history: 366
  • * Estates: 26
  • * Gravestone transcripts: 245
  • * Occupational sources: 25
  • * Church records: 17
  
  
• * Mar. 7th, 2005: New material added for county links and RC parish maps
  
  
• * Dec. 7th, 2004: New commissioned research service allows clients to order offline record searches for selected records.
  
  
• * Sept. 18, 2004: New references for online parish register transcripts added.
  
  
• * July 12, 2004: New material added to gravestones, family histories and Irish abroad sections.
  
  
• * Apr. 26, 2004: Resubscription option added to Subscription area.
  
  
• * Apr. 15, 2004: New references added for gravestone inscriptions in Mayo and Galway (Subscription and Ancestor Search), family websites, new links for Antrim, Donegal, Down and Tyrone.
  
  
• * Mar. 10, 2004: Estate records navigation improved for Ancestor Search and Subscription.
  
  
• * Mar. 4, 2004: 98 new estate records references added - counties Carlow, Kildare, Monaghan, Westmeath, Wicklow.
  
  
• * Feb 4, 2004: Parish register listings for heritage centres and RCB library updated. 972 new entries.
  
  
• * Dec. 15, 2003: 2,521 maps added, showing precise locations of civil parishes.
  
  
• * Dec. 1, 2003: Civil parish listings now include links to all adjoining parishes.
  
  
• * Oct 6, 2003: More than 1000 new Irish Abroad, local history and family history references added to the Subscription and Ancestor search sections.
  
  
• * June 12, 2003: The how-to section completely rewritten.
  
  
• * May 12, 2003: Major expansion of family history references.
  
  
• * April 15, 2003: Major addition of Limerick references for subscription and civil parish records sections.
  
  
• * Feb. 21, 2003: Major expansion of links for county record sources.
  
  
• * Jan. 31, 2003: Dozens of new links added for county record sources.
  
  
• * Jan. 13, 2003: E-mail receipts now sent for all paid services.
  
  
• * Jan. 6, 2003: Subscription service navigation improved.
  
  
• * Dec. 18, 2002: Civil parish record-search now fully integrated into the subscription service.
  
  
• * Dec. 16, 2002: Civil parish and county maps now fully clickable.
  
  
• * Oct. 16, 2002: Illustrations added for the browse sections on
  • * census records,
  • * state records,
  • * church records,
  • * Griffith's and Tithe Books,
  • * directories,
  • * wills, Calendar and Diocesan Index,
  • * The Genealogical Office
  New county record sources for Donegal, Kerry, Tipperary and Wexford.
  
  
• * August 26th, 2002: New county record sources for Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Down, Galway, Leitrim. LImerick, Tipperary and Wexford. Also new family websites added.
  
  
• * July 1, 2002: It is now possible to identify all parishes, Ireland-wide, in which two specified surnames were both recorded in Griffith's Valuation. Accessed via the Surname Search.
  
  
• * June 10, 2002: Catholic parish maps now permit full listing of placenames.
  
  
• * May 1, 2002: Civil parish maps now display full placename listing. Also interactively linked to record sources.
  
  
• * March 1, 2002 Civil parish maps added.
  
  
• * February 14, 2002: Interactive Catholic parish maps added.
  
  
• * December 9th, 2001: Browse section upgraded to 1999 edition of Tracing your Irish Ancestors
  
  
• * December 9th, 2001: Sitemap added
  
  
• * Sept 10th, 2001: 128 family websites added.
  
  
• * June 27, 2001: Record location now hyperlinked to address details for paid searches.
  
  
• * June 20, 2001: 40 family websites added. New links for counties Cork, Wexford and Wicklow.
  
  
• * June 13, 2001: Family websites now automatically included as part of the Surname and Ancestor Searches.
  
  
• * June 6, 2001: New links added for counties and miscellaneous.
  
  
• * April 4, 2001: New links added for counties and surnames.
  
  
• * March 28, 2001: New links added for passenger lists, surnames and county references.
  
  
• * March 21, 2001:
  • * New links added for surnames.
  • * 170 new estate records references added - counties Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Monaghan.
  
  
  
• * February 14, 2001: New links added, for counties, surnames and societies.
  
  December 2000: Version 2 of the site is launched.