This
page is all about how you can get help with your family
research through the organisation called 'The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' (LDS). They have done an
enormous amount of work over the years in getting records of
all descriptions and putting them on Microfiche so that
anyone can view them, especially those who are carrying out
work tracing their ancestors.
The
web site for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints is at:
FAMILY SEARCH.ORG
Some of the options available when you visit their
site.
- You can search for
your ancestors in their vast record collections.
- Get step-by-step
research guidance on searching for your ancestors.
- View maps, forms,
guides and get other research help.
- Find other web sites
containing family history information.
They
have a large Library which can be searched on line at:
LDS Family History Library
Catalogue numbers
Hopefully, by doing the ground work and
getting the correct Title of the document and the Microfiche number
of the records that you want to look at before your visit will save
you a lot of time. This site lists every record that is
stored at the LDS centre in Salt Lake City. Utah, USA. All you have
to do is spend a little time tracking it down and then hopefully
you will be well prepared when you decide to go and visit your
local LDS Centre. There is a vast amount of Irish
material stored here on Microfiche.
To find out
if there is a LDS Family History Centre near you click on the
following :
LDS Family History
Centers
Family History Centers
are branch facilities of the Family History Library in Salt
Lake City. Centres provide access to most of the microfilms
and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons
identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the
centres and use Family History Centre resources.
TIPS ON MAKING YOUR
SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH TRIP A BIG SUCCESS...
As pointed out before, the
Family History Library Catalogue is online, and is a
great place to find out what information they have, also,
if your Family History Centre is one of the smaller
ones, I suggest you call before you go, and if they don't
have the film or microfiche there, they will normally be
happy to order it for you for a very nominal fee. It's
normally not more than a couple of dollars in the U.S.
Not every FHL has every piece of material that is held by
this vast resource, so calling ahead insures that the
material you want to use is there, and also, there are
some materials that can not be viewed anywhere other than
the Salt Lake Library. If the material that you
want to check can't be sent to your local library,
normally they can find someone in the Salt Lake area that
will check the information for you and send you the results.
If you know your townland then you need
to find the barony and the Poor Law Union. Once
you find the Poor Law Union you can find the ELECTORAL
DIVISION for your townland and then you can easily find
the land records for your area and family.
You need to go to
www.familysearch.com then click on library
catalogue, then put in your County and then Ireland
example, LAOIS top line, bottom line, IRELAND. this
will take you to all they have on the county.
Scroll down to land and property, click. then when you
get land and property at upper top, see added details.
Click that and you will be at the electoral districts.
Find your electoral district name for your townland and
then it will give you the LDS film to send for.
When you get the film go to your electoral division and
there you will find all the tenants, not just owners of
land, renters, etc. You can also order the 1851 or-1871
microfiche from LDS (9 at 15 cents each to order) These
have all the Townlands, County, Barony, Parish, Poor Law
Union and Electoral Divisions on them.
To search a particular county in
Ireland
click here
and then type in the
County Name only in the top box and then press Search.
-
Now click
here to find out what Irish records are available:
To find a listing of worldwide Family
History Centers.
County
Carlow
In the above site (very kindly
provided by Ellen Naliboff ) are listed all the film
numbers and dates of records which have been microfilmed
by the LDS Church and which are available through your
local Family History Center. To locate the nearest Family
History Center, check your local phone book for "Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Family History
Center". Call them and find out their hours of
operation. Films can be ordered for a small fee and take
approximately 3 weeks to arrive (in the USA). These dates
and such do NOT mean that these are the only records
available.
These
are simply the only records which have been microfilmed
by the FHC. There are other records available through the
National
Archives of Ireland
and quite possibly in local custody.
Please check all resources.
Searching for Irish Surnames born in
Ireland try
http://www.familysearch.org/
and click on US 1880, British
and Canadian 1881 Censuses are now available online
The 1881 census for the British Isles includes Ireland. Just put
in Ireland where it says countries.
- A very special
thank you for the following people who helped me put this
together:
- Charlotte Smith,
Linda Babin & Ellen Naliboff.
Please report any links
or images which do not open to
mjbrennan30@gmail.com
- The
information contained in these pages is provided solely for the
purpose of sharing with others researching their ancestors in
Ireland.
- © 2001 County Carlow
Genealogy IGP
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