Due to significant record loss—especially the 1922 Four Courts fire—genealogists researching Irish genealogy rely heavily on alternative sources. Church records like the The Registers of the Church of St. Michan, Dublin, 1636 - 1700, land surveys like Griffith’s Valuation, and tithe applotment books often substitute for missing civil or census data. School registers, estate records, and Poor Law Union documents provide additional clues to family structure and location. Obituaries and emigration records further enrich genealogical research, helping reconstruct lives and connections otherwise lost in the gaps of Ireland’s archival history.
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- Registry of Deeds, Dublin, Abstracts of Wills, Volume 1, 1708 - 1745 939 records
- Obituary Prior To 1800 (As Far As Relates To England, Scotland, And Ireland), Volume 1 (1899) 840 records
- Obituary Prior To 1800 (As Far As Relates To England, Scotland, And Ireland), Volume 2 (1899) 818 records
- Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Volume 6, 1904 - 1906 754 records
- Memorials of Rev. B.W. Mathias, Late Chaplain of Bethesda Chapel (1842) 718 records
- Journal of the Association for the Preservations of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Volume 2, Part 1, 1892 - 1894 708 records
- The Registers of the Church of St. Michan, Dublin, 1636 - 1700 604 records
- History of Sligo: County and Town 584 records
- Woods-Mcafee Memorial, Containing an Account of John Woods And James Mcafee of Ireland, And Their Descendants in America 532 records
- The Register of the Parish of S. Peter and S. Kevin, Dublin, 1669 - 1761 513 records
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