Skip Navigation Links The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers 
Local History & Genealogy Reading Room
  Home>> Bibliographies & Guides

Sources for Research in Irish Genealogy :
Handbooks

Compiled by Judith P. Reid



1.	Edwards, R. Dudley (Robert Dudley), 1909-. 
	Sources for early modern Irish history, 1534-1641 / R.W. Dudley
	Edwards and Mary O'Dowd. -- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York
	: Cambridge University Press, 1985. -- x, 222 p. -- (The Sources
	of history, studies in the uses of historical evidence) 
							DA905.E38 1985 
	
	Includes bibliographical references and index. 

2.	Falley, Margaret Dickson, 1898-. 
	Irish and Scotch-Irish ancestral research : a guide to the
	genealogical records, methods and sources in Ireland. --
	Evanston, Ill. : [s.n., 1962]. -- 2 v.             
							CS483.F32 
	
	Contents: v. 1. Repositories and records -- v. 2.
	Bibliography and family index. 
	Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. Co. in 1981.

3.	Glynn, Joseph Martin, 1932-. 
	Manual for Irish genealogy : a guide to methods and sources for
	tracing Irish ancestry / compiled by Joseph Martin Glynn, Jr. --
	2nd ed., rev., corr. & enl. -- Newton, Mass. : Irish Family
	History Society, c1982. -- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. 
							CS483.G58 1982 

	Includes bibliographical references. 

4.	Grenham, John. 
	Tracing your Irish ancestors : the complete guide / John Grenham.
	-- Dublin : Gill and Macmillan, c1992. -- xxxviii, 281 p. : maps. 
							CS483.G74 1992 
	
	Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. Co. in 1993. 

5.	Handbook on Irish genealogy : how to trace your ancestors and
	relatives in Ireland. -- 6th ed. / rev. and edited by Donal F.
	Begley. -- Dublin, Ireland : Heraldic Artists, 1984. -- 155, [5]
	p. : ill. -- (Heraldry and genealogy series)      
							CS483.H36 1984 
	
6.	Irish genealogy : a record finder / edited by Donal F. Begley. --
	Dublin, Ireland : Heraldic Artists, c1987. -- 252 p. -- (Heraldry
	and genealogy series)
							CS484.I75 1987 
	
	"Miscellaneous genealogical sources": p. 241-248. 

7.	McCarthy, Tony.
	The Irish roots guide / Tony McCarthy. -- Dublin : Lilliput,
	1991. -- ix, 116 p. : ill.                       
							CS483.M28 1991
	
	Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-116).

8.	Mitchell, Brian S. 
	Pocket guide to Irish genealogy / Brian Mitchell. -- Baltimore :
	Genealogical Pub. Co., 1991. -- 63 p.            
							CS483.M57 1991 

9.	A New history of Ireland / edited by T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin,
	F.J. Byrne. -- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York :
	Oxford University Press, <1976-1989>. -- v. <2-5, 8-9> :
	ill.                                                
							DA912.N48 

	Includes bibliographies and indexes. 
	Contents: -- v. 2. Medieval Ireland, 1169-1534 -- v. 3.
	Early modern Ireland, 1534-1691 -- v. 4. Eighteenth-century
	Ireland, 1691-1800 -- v. 5. Ireland under the Union, I, 1801-1870
	-- v. 8.  A chronology of Irish history to 1976 -- v. 9. Maps,
	genealogies, lists -- 

10.	O'Laughlin, Michael C. 
	The complete book for tracing your Irish ancestors / by Michael
	C. O'Laughlin. -- Kansas City, Mo. : Irish Genealogical
	Foundation, c1980. -- 224 p. : ill., maps.             
							CS49.O25 

	Includes bibliographical references. 

11.	Reakes, Janet. 
	How to trace your Irish ancestors : an A-Z approach / Janet
	Reakes. -- Sydney, NSW : Hale & Iremonger, c1987. -- 64 p. :
	ill., maps.                                        
							CS483.R43 1987

12.	Ryan, James G., 1950-. 
	Irish records : sources for family & local history / by James G.
	Ryan. -- Salt Lake City : Ancestry Pub., c1988. -- li, 562 p. :
	ill., maps.                                    
							Z5313.I7 R83 1988 
	
	Includes bibliographies and index. 

13.	Yurdan, Marilyn. 
	Irish family history / Marilyn Yurdan. -- Baltimore. :
	Genealogical Pub. Co., 1990. -- xii, 194 p. : ill.   
							CS483.Y87 1990

	Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191) and index. 
Top of Page Top of Page
  Home>> Bibliographies & Guides
  The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers
  May 17, 2006

Contact Us:
Ask a Librarian