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Offered  here are a few World Wide Web links that are of interest to the Irish researcher. We do not pretend that the list is comprehensive but rather a starting point to develop a set of  personal Book Marks on your Browser.

US Libraries and Archives
Family History Library Salt Lake- This library hold the world's largest genealogical data collection. Here you will find the complete library catalog including listing of over 3 million rolls of microfilm. In addition there is access to the International Genealogical Index, the Ancestral File and the index to the Pedigree Resource File. Milwaukee Public Library - One of the finest library sites in the nation. It has excellent Wisconsin resources.
Library of Congress - A vast resource. Wisconsin State Historical Society Library- Vast holdings known for their newspaper, city directory and passenger lists. It holds extensive Wisconsin resources.
UWM Golda Meir Library Archives - A valuable resource here in Milwaukee US National Archives - The nation's treasure box.
Allen County Library - One of the premier genealogical  collections in the nation. Has extensive holdings periodical publications
Irish Libraries and Archives
National Library Ireland - The Irish Republic Library in Dublin National Archives  of Ireland - The Irish Republic in Dublin

Irish Libraries - This site has contact information for all major public libraries in Ireland. Has links to those libraries that have web sites.

 General Register Office Republic of Ireland - The keeper of records.
General Register Office Northern Ireland - The keeper of records
US Searchable Databases
Social Security  Death Index - An invaluable resource for locating deceased ancestors. Ellis Island
Advanced Search Ellis Island
The top link opens the general Ellis Island web site. The second link takes you to an advanced search engine of the passenger list holdings. If you are searching for you ancestor we recommend using the second link.
Castle Garden - This site has indexes of selected passenger lists for the years 1820 to 1913. This site is still under development so you should make periodic searches if you do not find what you want. Boston Pilot "Missing Friends" - This site allows you to search multiple volumes of the Missing Friends series without looking at the index of each volume. It also offers a powerful search engine that allows multiple search criteria.
Bureau of Land Management - This site has records of the original transfer of government land to private ownership. If your ancestors homesteaded or were given a land grant this is the site for you. .

 


Irish Searchable Databases
Republic of Ireland Townlands - A search yields the County, Barony, Civil Parish, Poor Law Union and the Province when the townland is located Northern Ireland Townlands - a search yields the relative position of a townland within a county. The 1-inch Ordnance Survey maps can then be used to pinpoint the location.
Leitrim-Roscommon Home Page - A rich ever expanding site with records from Leitrim, Roscommon, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Westmeath and Wexford. Check this site often. Irish Census and Census Substitutes by County - Search for records in the County of your choice.


US and Canadian Genealogical Societies and Miscellaneous
Wisconsin Local History Network - A wealth of Wisconsin history and genealogical information InGeneas - A for-fee and free database of Canadian resources with a link to the National Archives of Canada
Irish Genealogical Society International - A Minneapolis site devoted to Irish research

Irish Genealogical Societies and Miscellaneous

Irish History Foundation - A rich source for Irish research with information on Irish Heritage Centers. Genealogical Society of Ireland - A very active and prolific publisher of genealogical data.
County Tipperary Historical Society - An interesting site.


Mega Link Sites
Cyndi's List - A vast collection of links dealing primarily with genealogical resources. World GenWeb - A great resource having country by country resources
Roots Web - The granddaddy of the Mega Link Sites Irish Progenealogists Sleuth
US Progenealogists Sleuth - These two sites are part of the commercial site offered by professional genealogist  Kyle J. Betit. Theses are the sites most often used by researchers in his organization.