Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS)
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 Irish family history - and now in its 90th year
https://www.irishancestors.ie
- IGRS Top Research Tip #192: Street names in civil and church registers can sometimes be hard to locate on modern maps. For Cork city there’s a handy online list linking together old and new street names, 1750-2013: digital.corkpastandpresent.com/Documents/De...
- Have some fun with your morning cuppa and try the St Bridget’s Day quiz compiled by Accredited Genealogists Ireland… accreditedgenealogists.ie/wp-content/u...
- AGI Publishes New Resource on the Social Context of Ireland’s 1901 and 1911 Census Records: accreditedgenealogists.ie/agi-publishe...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - IGRS Top Research Tip #191: Cork City Libraries has a terrific online collection of scanned images of Cork City and County maps, the earliest dating from 1545: shorturl.at/Qqu3o
- How the new Irish Free State counted the population in 1926: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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- Interested in Irish census? Here ye go….
- IGRS Top Research Tip #190: There are still 2 ways to access census records on National Archives of Ireland’s website. The original portal, which can be more limited but more reliable, & the new portal with greater searching scope, but with some drawbacks in reliability. See here: shorturl.at/MnMAb
- Marking its 90th anniversary, the IGRS will host a global programme of events in 2026, reflecting its international membership and ties to the Irish diaspora, and celebrating Irish identity and heritage in all its traditions worldwide: www.irishancestors.ie/90th-anniver...
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- Guess who’s 90 this year! 😉
- IGRS Top Research Tip #190: There are still 2 ways to access census records on National Archives of Ireland’s website. The original portal, which can be more limited but more reliable, & the new portal with greater searching scope, but with some drawbacks in reliability. See here: shorturl.at/MnMAb
- IGRS Top Research Tip #189: If your ancestor worked on the British and Irish Railways, then this database of accidents and fatalities may be helpful. It lists incidents by name and location, 1889-1930: shorturl.at/DDUjp
- 2026 marks the 90th anniversary of the IGRS. Watch this space in the coming weeks for more information about how we will be celebrating this milestone anniversary throughout the year ahead.
- IGRS Top Research Tip #188: Here’s a rich online seam of Cork City and County Directories just waiting to be mined, dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries: shorturl.at/IiF6g
- Nick Reddan is the 2025 Recipient of the Society’s Wallace Clare Award: www.irishancestors.ie/wallace-clar...
- IGRS Top Research Tip #187: The earliest records in the Belfast Burial Index date from 1869 & are drawn from three council run sites. The data includes death dates, ages, addresses, & plot numbers. For older records, scans from the registers can be purchased too: www.belfastcity.gov.uk/burialrecords
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- IGRS Top Research Tip #186: Ancestors from Co Donegal? This site is laden down with a real medley of material arranged by subject and place: donegalgenealogy.com
- IGRS Top Research Tip #185: The Linenhall Library in Belfast has a terrific collection of Irish postcards (mainly Ulster) which have been scanned, indexed & posted online. Find out what your ancestor’s local town looked like a century or more ago: www.postcardsireland.com
- IGRS Top Research Tip #184: OS200 is a Digital Archive bringing together the records of the 19th-century Ordnance Survey of Ireland, historical maps, memoirs, name-books, letters and drawings, into one searchable online platform: dri.ie/os200/spotli...
- IGRS Top Research Tip #183: Was one of your Irish ancestors in receipt of a US civil war pension? Try this new online resource: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
- IGRS Top Research Tip #182: There are two online databases for records of Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin. Using them both interchangeably can reveal a full list of who is interred in each grave: www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/... & shorturl.at/uyLgx
- Newly rediscovered Wexford church records and other family history gems in Killiney’s Franciscan Library: irishheritagenews.ie/wexford-chur...
- 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...
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- National Archive launches search for Irish people who are 100 years or over to tell their stories: www.irishstar.com/news/ireland...
- 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-...
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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/
- 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
- Ancestors who worked aboard boats and ships? Here ya go…
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- One Thousand New Entries Added to our Early Irish BMD Indexes: www.irishancestors.ie/bmd-indexes-...
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- 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...
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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-...
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- Irish orphans sent to Australia in mid-19th century remembered in Co. Tyrone: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- 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...
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- Interesting in Church of Ireland parish registers? Check out this online list of holdings…
- 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
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- 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
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- Until the 1930s, Mount Jerome Cemetery was the main place of burial for Dublin city’s Protestants.
