We are delighted to announce the addition of almost 12,500 new Armagh graveyard, baptismal and burial records to the Roots Ireland database! They are as follows:

Graveyards:

We are delighted to announce the addition to the Roots Ireland database of almost 15,500 census substitute records for County Monaghan! These records are as follows:

We are delighted to announce the addition of over 13,000 new Roman Catholic baptismal and marriage records from North Mayo. These latest additions bring the majority of North Mayo Roman Catholic parish records available on rootsireland.ie up to the year 1923. The added records are listed below. For an up to date list of sources for North Mayo and to search these records, go to mayo.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.

We are delighted to announce the addition of 6,226 new baptismal and marriage records for Sneem parish, Kerry.

• Baptisms – 5497 records (1813-99);
• Marriages – 729 records (1858-1900).

For an up to date list of sources for Kerry and to search these records, go to kerry.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.

We are delighted to announce the addition of 16,762 new baptismal records for Ballyferriter parish, Kerry, 1807-1899. For an up to date list of sources for Kerry and to search these records, go to kerry.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day by taking out a 12-month subscription for RootsIreland with 25% off from 6th March to 31st March 2024!

Why take out a subscription to Roots Ireland?

• RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online, as well as millions of Protestant records, civil records, census records, headstone inscriptions and census substitutes. Our index is easily searchable and has features such as standardised surname and forename searches which make your searches even more user-friendly.
• We hold over 23 million records, and our database is being added to continually. Since 2020, we have added over 1 million records to our database from Limerick, Clare, Sligo, Kerry, Wicklow, Westmeath, Kilkenny, South Dublin, South Tipperary, Monaghan, Armagh, North Mayo, Cork, Laois, Offaly and East Galway. New records are continually being added to our database throughout the year, which will be announced in due course.
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If you have any questions please check our Help section and if this does not provide an answer, then you may contact us or one of the county centres. You can check what is available on our site for each county here.

*Offer applies from 6 March 2024 to 12 midnight Irish time on 31 March 2024 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest issue of ‘Irish Genealogy Matters’, and first for 2024, in which we keep our readers abreast of all of the latest developments in the Irish Family History Foundation and new records online! Click on the image above to read the newsletter in full. We hope you enjoy!

We are delighted to announce the addition of the Electoral Register for Co. Monaghan, 1938-1939, which consists of 36,616 records. For an up to date list of sources for Monaghan and to search these records, go to https://rootsireland.ie/monaghan and login or subscribe if required.

Australia and New Zealand 2024 Family History Workshops

10 February to 02 March 2024

Ulster Historical Foundation is pleased to announce that Gillian Hunt (Research Officer) and Fintan Mullan (Executive Director) will be returning to the Southern Hemisphere for a lecture tour programme for the first time since 2017!

The itinerary for this Australian and New Zealand lecture tour will run from Saturday, 10 February to Saturday, 2 March 2024.

Lecture programmes, full days and half days will be offered. In addition, at a number of locations individuals will be able to register for a one-to-one personal research consultation with either member of the Foundation’s team where they can benefit from our knowledge and experience to help overcome ‘brick walls’ or advance their Irish and Scots-Irish roots.

Venues Include:

• Melbourne VIC (consultations), (LINK – https://www.ancestryireland.com/2024-lecture-tour-melbourne/)
• Adelaide SA (LINK –https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1117729)
• Perth WA (LINK – https://www.fhwa.org.au/index.cfm?module=event&pagemode=indiv&page_id=2158337 )
• Wishart, Brisbane QLD (LINK – https://www.gsq.org.au/event/ulster-historical-foundation-irish-mini-seminar/ )
• Chermside, Brisbane QLD (LINK – https://www.qfhs.org.au/ )

• Nambour, QLD (LINK – https://sites.google.com/site/genealogysunshinecoastinc/Home/gsc-workshops-and-classes/february-2024)
• Melbourne, VIC (LINK – https://www.gsv.org.au/bookings-researching-your-irish-family-history)
• Blackburn, Melbourne, VIC (LINK – https://www.gsv.org.au/bookings-researching-your-irish-family-history)
• Canberra ACT (consultations and programme) (LINK – https://www.familyhistoryact.org.au/index.cfm?module=event&pagemode=indiv&page_id=2183563)
• Sydney NSW (LINK – https://www.sag.org.au/event-5522975)
• Panmure, Auckland NZ (consultations) (LINK -https://www.ancestryireland.com/2024-lecture-tour-panmure)
• Pakuranga, Auckland NZ (LINK – https://genealogy.org.nz/Branch-details/11084-s1100100/)
• Pakuranga, Auckland NZ (LINK – https://genealogy.org.nz/Branch-details/11084-s1100100/)
• Pukekohe, Auckland NZ (consultations) (LINK – https://www.ancestryireland.com/2024-lecture-tour-Pukekohe)
• Wanaka, Otago NZ (lecture and consultations) (LINK – https://www.ancestryireland.com/2024-lecture-tour-wanaka/)
• Dunedin, Otago NZ (LINK – https://www.ancestryireland.com/2024-lecture-tour-dunedin)
• Wellington NZ (consultations and programme) (LINK – https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/10974)
• Wellington NZ (LINK – https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/10974)