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Imagine tracing those tenuous bits of family history back to the
land of your ancestors... seeing the places your great-great-great grandparents
came from... maybe even meeting a long-lost cousin or two.
Fortunately, uncovering your Irish roots has never been easier, thanks to the
Irish Genealogical Project. Its website - www.irishgenealogy.ie
- embraces the entire island of Ireland and gathers in one spot a wealth of assistance
and important leafs. You can download tips about how to trace ancestors, order
surname histories, browse the gravestone index, request a location search for
a fee, or post inquiries and chat online with other searchers. Links direct you
to repositories of valuable information including the Irish Family History Foundation,
county archives, county genealogy centers, and national offices, such as Belfast's
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and Dublin's general Register Office
and National Archives. You can order a few genealogy publications or check the
schedule of lectures to see if there's one you want to add to your trip itinerary.
Speaking of your trip, the site even lists travel programs and tours focusing
on ancestor hunting, plus a discount B&B voucher book in association with local
genealogy centers.
And if you decide you need a real pro to track down your elusive forebears, the
website helpfully provides links to the Association of Professional Genealogists
in Ireland an the Association of Ulster Genealogists and Record Agents.
This is as close to one stop shopping as the dedicated genealogist is likely to
get.
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