Covering everything from how to search the Roman Catholic Registers to understanding more about the estate papers and farming families of Ireland, you are guaranteed to find something of interest to you.
My article - Unearthing Your Mayo Roots - concentrates on tracing those ancestors who lived in County Mayo, and touches upon the workhouses in that region where many of our ancestors took refuge .
Due to Mayo’s mass emigration it
has created a diaspora of people worldwide whose roots can be traced back to
the county. Not all emigration was caused by the Great Famine – as far back as
the 1700, Mayo emigrants settled in Monserrat and Jamaica whilst later,
Australia, America and Canada drew those seeking new challenges and adventure.
As a result, the Irish Genealogical Project has appointed two research
facilities – The Mayo North Family Heritage Centre and the South Mayo Family
Research Centre.
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The resources available at the centres is staggering and a gold mine for
anyone wanting to ‘push back’ further with their Irish roots. Alongside Civil
Registration records and grave inscriptions there are Church of Ireland records
from 1744, Roman Catholic records from 1794, Presbyterian records from 1819 and
Methodist Records commencing ten years later. Dig deeper using Tithe Applotment
books, Griffiths Valuation Tenements, Rent Rolls and lists of migrants. With
over two million records housed between the two centres, the possibility of
finding that next snippet of information which could open up a whole new avenue
of your family research is vast.
County Mayo
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