Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS)
@igrs1936.bsky.social
The Irish Genealogical Research Society is the “Great Granddaddy of all Irish Family History Societies”. Founded in 1936, it’s the world’s oldest society dedicated to the pursuit of Irish family history.
https://www.irishancestors.ie
https://www.irishancestors.ie
IGRS Top Research Tip #181: Ancestors from Co Tipperary? Try Tipperary Studies’ vast and ever growing collection for the county’s history and heritage: books, journals, local newspapers, maps, images including photos and postcards, archives and ephemera: www.tippstudiesdigital.ie?utm_source=c...
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
IGRS Top Research Tip #181: Ancestors from Co Tipperary? Try Tipperary Studies’ vast and ever growing collection for the county’s history and heritage: books, journals, local newspapers, maps, images including photos and postcards, archives and ephemera: www.tippstudiesdigital.ie?utm_source=c...
IGRS Top Research Tip #180: Searching for post-1858 wills in England & Wales? Act quickly to save money: the cost of ordering copies will rise from Monday, 17 November 2025, by a whopping 966%, from £1.50 to £16! www.gov.uk/search-will-...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #180: Searching for post-1858 wills in England & Wales? Act quickly to save money: the cost of ordering copies will rise from Monday, 17 November 2025, by a whopping 966%, from £1.50 to £16! www.gov.uk/search-will-...
IGRS Top Research Tip #179: The records of Ireland’s Genealogical Office (created by the Ulster King of Arms) date from the 16th to 19th centuries and are described in detail here: shorturl.at/s5zdP
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #179: The records of Ireland’s Genealogical Office (created by the Ulster King of Arms) date from the 16th to 19th centuries and are described in detail here: shorturl.at/s5zdP
IGRS Top Research Tip #178: The IGRS’ online Early Irish Marriage Index notes alternative sources for marriage in Ireland up to 1863. It’s free, ever growing, and now comprises almost 276,000 names: www.irishancestors.ie/search/marri...
October 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #178: The IGRS’ online Early Irish Marriage Index notes alternative sources for marriage in Ireland up to 1863. It’s free, ever growing, and now comprises almost 276,000 names: www.irishancestors.ie/search/marri...
IGRS Top Research Tip #177: This is a great website for graveyard surveys, comprising photos and transcriptions of gravestones from across Ireland. More being added all the time: irishgraveyards.ie
October 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #177: This is a great website for graveyard surveys, comprising photos and transcriptions of gravestones from across Ireland. More being added all the time: irishgraveyards.ie
IGRS Top Research Tip #176: If the parish baptismal register doesn’t survive from early enough, try piecing a family together by combing through the civil marriage registers looking for matching fathers’ names. From 1845 for non-RC, 1864 for RCs, all for free:
www.irishgenealogy.ie/search/
www.irishgenealogy.ie/search/
October 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #176: If the parish baptismal register doesn’t survive from early enough, try piecing a family together by combing through the civil marriage registers looking for matching fathers’ names. From 1845 for non-RC, 1864 for RCs, all for free:
www.irishgenealogy.ie/search/
www.irishgenealogy.ie/search/
IGRS Top Research Tip #175: If you’re seeking Irish sources for women’s history the website of the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) has a page describing a range of such sources held by NAI: nationalarchives.ie/collections/...
October 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
IGRS Top Research Tip #175: If you’re seeking Irish sources for women’s history the website of the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) has a page describing a range of such sources held by NAI: nationalarchives.ie/collections/...
IGRS Top Research Tip #174: Was your ancestor one of the c45,000 Irish men who served and died in British forces during the Great War, 1914-1918? Check the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: www.cwgc.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #174: Was your ancestor one of the c45,000 Irish men who served and died in British forces during the Great War, 1914-1918? Check the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: www.cwgc.org
One Thousand New Entries Added to our Early Irish BMD Indexes: www.irishancestors.ie/bmd-indexes-...
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
One Thousand New Entries Added to our Early Irish BMD Indexes: www.irishancestors.ie/bmd-indexes-...
IGRS Top Research Tip #173: If your ancestor was a sailor he’ll likely appear in the crew lists of ships & boats registered in what is now the Republic of Ireland, 1860-1921. Search the database here: census.nationalarchives.ie/search/cl/ho...
September 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #173: If your ancestor was a sailor he’ll likely appear in the crew lists of ships & boats registered in what is now the Republic of Ireland, 1860-1921. Search the database here: census.nationalarchives.ie/search/cl/ho...
IGRS Top Research Tip #172: Glasnevin cemetery is the main place of burial for Dublin’s Catholics: 1.5M are interred there. Helpfully, its online database can even be searched with just as little as an address by first tapping a ‘space’ in the surname box: www.dctrust.ie/genealogy/se...
September 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #172: Glasnevin cemetery is the main place of burial for Dublin’s Catholics: 1.5M are interred there. Helpfully, its online database can even be searched with just as little as an address by first tapping a ‘space’ in the surname box: www.dctrust.ie/genealogy/se...
IGRS Top Research Tip #171: Tracking down descendants of your Irish relatives who moved to New York City? Here’s a helpful free online tool: The NYC Marriage Index, 1950-2017. It records 4,757,588 marriage licences issued: www.nycmarriageindex.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #171: Tracking down descendants of your Irish relatives who moved to New York City? Here’s a helpful free online tool: The NYC Marriage Index, 1950-2017. It records 4,757,588 marriage licences issued: www.nycmarriageindex.com
IGRS Top Research Tip #170: The State of the Country Papers / Outrage Reports, were a sub-series of Chief Secretary’s Office Registered Papers, starting in 1821. They detail serious crimes of a political or organised nature. See online catalogues: csorp.nationalarchives.ie/index.html
August 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
IGRS Top Research Tip #170: The State of the Country Papers / Outrage Reports, were a sub-series of Chief Secretary’s Office Registered Papers, starting in 1821. They detail serious crimes of a political or organised nature. See online catalogues: csorp.nationalarchives.ie/index.html
IGRS Top Research Tip #169: Searching for gravestone inscriptions in Co. Galway? This comprehensive list points to over 400 cemeteries and burial grounds across the county for which there are inscriptions and/or burial records: tinyurl.com/29t29n4h
August 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #169: Searching for gravestone inscriptions in Co. Galway? This comprehensive list points to over 400 cemeteries and burial grounds across the county for which there are inscriptions and/or burial records: tinyurl.com/29t29n4h
IGRS Top Research Tip #168: Search this site for records of the Irish migration to, and settlement in, Newfoundland in eastern Canada, 1750-1850. Huge numbers hailed from Ireland’s southeast, specifically counties Kilkenny, Waterford & Wexford: www.mannioncollection.ca/default.aspx
August 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #168: Search this site for records of the Irish migration to, and settlement in, Newfoundland in eastern Canada, 1750-1850. Huge numbers hailed from Ireland’s southeast, specifically counties Kilkenny, Waterford & Wexford: www.mannioncollection.ca/default.aspx
IGRS Top Research Tip #167: PDF images of the Will Calendars for Ireland (Republic only) can be accessed online, 1922-1983. Use them to establish when and where an ancestor died and order a copy of their will from the National Archives of Ireland: www.johngrenham.com/browse/retri...
August 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #167: PDF images of the Will Calendars for Ireland (Republic only) can be accessed online, 1922-1983. Use them to establish when and where an ancestor died and order a copy of their will from the National Archives of Ireland: www.johngrenham.com/browse/retri...
IGRS Top Research Tip #166: Your ancestor’s farm may have overlapped townlands. First note all plots with your ancestor’s name in Griffith’s PV, then check against the numbered plots on corresponding valuation maps for any that adjoin or are in close proximity: www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-val...
August 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #166: Your ancestor’s farm may have overlapped townlands. First note all plots with your ancestor’s name in Griffith’s PV, then check against the numbered plots on corresponding valuation maps for any that adjoin or are in close proximity: www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-val...
IGRS Top Research Tip #165: Found reference to an Irish grant of probate (a will) which was destroyed in the 1922 PROI fire? Try checking the same records for England & Wales which contain many re-grants of Irish wills: www.gov.uk/search-will-...
July 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #165: Found reference to an Irish grant of probate (a will) which was destroyed in the 1922 PROI fire? Try checking the same records for England & Wales which contain many re-grants of Irish wills: www.gov.uk/search-will-...
IGRS Top Research Tip #164: Ever searched the Fiants? These were orders to issue letters patent recording a right, pardon, pension, grant, title etc. Surrogates for about 8000 records for the period 1521-1603 survive in calendared form. Search or read more here: virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/f...
July 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #164: Ever searched the Fiants? These were orders to issue letters patent recording a right, pardon, pension, grant, title etc. Surrogates for about 8000 records for the period 1521-1603 survive in calendared form. Search or read more here: virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/f...
IGRS Top Research Tip #163: The latest edition (July 2025) of the List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers includes hyperlinks to detailed lists of the many collections of parish records now held by the RCB Library: shorturl.at/B7wXC
July 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #163: The latest edition (July 2025) of the List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers includes hyperlinks to detailed lists of the many collections of parish records now held by the RCB Library: shorturl.at/B7wXC
IGRS Top Research Tip #162: Dublin’s Mount Jerome Cemetery has been the main place of burial for Dublin’s Protestants since 1839, and for many Dublin southside Catholics from the 1930s. This database notes brief details about each burial up to 2025: shorturl.at/RtMMJ
July 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #162: Dublin’s Mount Jerome Cemetery has been the main place of burial for Dublin’s Protestants since 1839, and for many Dublin southside Catholics from the 1930s. This database notes brief details about each burial up to 2025: shorturl.at/RtMMJ
IGRS Top Research Tip #161: This free database notes over 4,000 destitute young Irish women, from workhouses across Ireland, who migrated to Australia under the Earl Grey Famine Orphan Scheme, 1848-1850: irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/data...
June 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #161: This free database notes over 4,000 destitute young Irish women, from workhouses across Ireland, who migrated to Australia under the Earl Grey Famine Orphan Scheme, 1848-1850: irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/data...
IGRS has released a list of its extensive transcripts of Church of Ireland parish registers…
www.irishancestors.ie/michael-lead...
www.irishancestors.ie/michael-lead...
June 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
IGRS has released a list of its extensive transcripts of Church of Ireland parish registers…
www.irishancestors.ie/michael-lead...
www.irishancestors.ie/michael-lead...
IGRS Top Research Tip #160: Ancestors from Co Mayo? Check out the ginormous online photographic archive collections, 19th-21st century, depicting all aspects of county life: www.mayo.ie/library/loca...
June 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
IGRS Top Research Tip #160: Ancestors from Co Mayo? Check out the ginormous online photographic archive collections, 19th-21st century, depicting all aspects of county life: www.mayo.ie/library/loca...
IGRS Top Research Tip #159: Skibbereen Heritage Centre has created an online database comprising Cork Co. Council area Burial Registers and a number of Graveyard Surveys. Click here to learn more and/or search: skibbheritage.com/west-cork-gr...
June 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
IGRS Top Research Tip #159: Skibbereen Heritage Centre has created an online database comprising Cork Co. Council area Burial Registers and a number of Graveyard Surveys. Click here to learn more and/or search: skibbheritage.com/west-cork-gr...