New Irish family history resources dating as far back 1595!

Findmypast has made two exciting new collections available for tracing your Irish ancestors all the way back into the 16th century. Theses fascinating additions to Findmypast’s 90 million plus historical Irish records, include indexes of your ancestors’ wills and marriages, namely;

Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858

Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866

You can now find indexes of your ancestors’ wills and marriages on Findmypast.

http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/New-Irish-family-history-resources-dating-as-far-back-1595.html#

All of Ireland’s Catholic Church records to go online

Tracing your Irish roots just got a whole lot easier as the National Library of Ireland is to give free online access to its Catholic Church records collection online, from summer 2015. This will enable millions of people around the world to trace their roots in Ireland.

Courtesy National Library Ireland

http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/Genealogists-delight---Irelands-Catholic-Church-Records-go-online.html#

Thousands expected to join Trinity’s free online Irish history class

Up to 17,000 people are expected to avail of a free online Irish history class offered by Trinity College Dublin. In what has become one of the world’s biggest classes in Irish history, “Irish Lives in War and Revolution: Exploring Ireland’s History 1912-1923” is a six-week course taught online by Trinity lecturers.