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Monday, 24 October 2011
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Sunday, 23 October 2011
IRISH SOLDIERS SERVED IN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY
These are just a small sample of the records of Irish soldiers who served with the Australian Infantry. You can find lots of great information on the fantastic AIF Project site
AUSTRALIAN ANZACS IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html
Go to the link above and search either by conflict or go straight to Irish soldiers...
Go to the link above and search either by conflict or go straight to Irish soldiers...
Irish-born enlistments in the AIFAnalysis of the records suggests that approximately 3,000 men born in Ireland enlisted for service in the AIF. (An indeterminate number - probably many more - born in Australia of Irish families - also enlisted.) In Northern Ireland there are a number of local war memorials that record such enlistments, eg Ballycastle, Co. Antrim (Photos 1 2 3), where there is also the Anzac Bar (Photo), established by J DELARGY, who served with the British Army. Shankill Cemetery, Lurgan, Co. Armagh (Photos 1 2).
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Copyright The AIF Project, UNSW@ADFA, 2011 Reproduced by kind permission of the AIF Project.
Searching for Military Ancestors, U.K.
When looking for ' lost ' ancestors. don't forget to try searching through the various services, particularly if there has been a conflict within, say, a 10 year time frame.
Remember that people join the services for many and varied reasons, not just to protect their country. Many times, this was one way of getting fed, as simple as that, though in many times, the services were struggling to provide enough food as well. Some looked on it as an adventure, others as a means of getting away from their home situation, or to give them a 'home'... there are and were, so many reasons.
As well as service records, the museums attached to Military, can also be a great source of information, particularly if you do have some idea of what unit, Battalion, etc. you are tracing, but while they don't hold personnel records as such, they do hold logbooks, personal items, etc.and are usually run by folk who have a passion and a great font of knowledge.
Maybe some of your lost folk may be found by tracing through some of these links....
BRITISH MILITARY
This link takes you to the National Archives, and gives you many options to search.
British Soldiers pre 1913
British Soldiers post 1913
The Long Long Trail
I like to look for other sites, other than the obvious and direct. This has some great reading.
DocumentsOnline
This a great service as well, free to search, but you do pay to download actual registers and various items. Sometimes the indexes will be all you need.
Veterans UK
Commonwealth War Graves
Royal Air Force Museum
Irish Soldiers in the British Army
This is just one of many sites that may help when looking for Irish in the British services.
Friday, 21 October 2011
Free Irish genealogy advice. Tools and resources for Irish genealogy researchers
This is a great resource for those researching Ireland... it covers all things Irish. Have fun.
Free Irish genealogy advice. Tools and resources for Irish genealogy researchers
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/
Free Irish genealogy advice. Tools and resources for Irish genealogy researchers
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
CLARE ROOTS ENHANCE FOUNDATIONS!
ENNIS, CO CLARE, 1 Oct 2011 - The Templegate Hotel in Ennis was the place to be last Saturday if you were interested in Genealogy and Family History. A major international conference was hosted by Clare Roots Society with the theme, " The Future of our Past " and was addressed by leading figures from the world of Genealogy and Family History. Over 150 people attended the one-day Conference, the first of its kind to be held in Clare. Some of the participants travelled from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, England and Switzerland. The Conference was officially opened by the Mayor of Clare, Pat Hayes.
The keynote address was given by Dr Nick Barratt, London, whose talk was entitled "Family History and the Media‟ in which he examined the way genealogy has been transformed over the past 5 years by TV and the Internet. Dr. Barratt took his audience behind the scenes of programmes like Who Do You Think You Are to reveal how they are made and the impact the shows have had on the way people research. Nick Barratt is a TV presenter and commentator. He is Editor in Chief of Your Family History magazine and Chief Executive of Sticks Research Agency. He was the original genealogical consultant and lead researcher for BBC's show Who Do You Think You Are. It was the first time that Dr. Barratt and his partner had been to Ennis and they were delighted with the location of the Conference and the amenities of the town.
John Grenham M.A. author of Tracing your Irish Ancestors, and the writer of the weekly "Irish Roots‟ column in The Irish Times, gave a talk entitled "Jam Tomorrow: What's online and what's coming. " He was full of praise for the courage of Clare Roots Society in organising such a successful event in the current climate. John also spoke glowingly of the fine services of Clare Library which he said is the envy of many other libraries in Ireland and abroad in terms of the amount of genealogical and other information that is freely available online from the Library.
Gregory O'Connor, from the National Archives of Ireland spoke on the use of legal and Court documents in genealogical research.
Jim Herlihy, author of The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men,1816-1922, gave a fascinating talk on " The Black & Tans & the Auxiliaries ‟.
Dr Jane Lyons, Professional Genealogist and moderator of a number of genealogy websites spoke on the importance of graveyards in genealogical research.
Liam Curran a Clare based amateur historian, gave a very vivid talk on " The Irish Soldier in the British Army in the First World War ‟.
Antoinette O‟Brien, Genealogist and Manager of Clare Heritage Centre in Corofin outlined the work of the Genealogy Research Centre and its records.
In the week leading up to the Conference, daily events such as visits to Drumcliff Cemetery, to the Local Studies Centre, genealogical workshops, free consultations with genealogists, and talks, were arranged for the visitors who attended the Conference.
At a dinner following the Conference, the Chairman of Clare Roots Society, Gerry Kennedy, thanked all the speakers who had travelled from abroad and from within Ireland. The success of the Conference will lead to other events of its kind and continue to attract the Diaspora back to their roots in Clare.
Monday, 10 October 2011
ANCESTRY.CO.UK OFFER FREE SEARCHES
During the first half of October you can search 15 Ancestry datasets completely free, starting from the dates shown below and continuing until midnight (London time) on 15th October. Even if you have an Ancestry subscription many of them are normally only available to Worldwide subscribers, so most members can benefit from Ancestry's generosity.
Just click on a link below to go straight to the relevant database:
October 1st - US Social Security Death Index
October 2nd - Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1848-1864
October 3rd - California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
October 4th - Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918
October 5th - 1920 US Federal Census
October 6th - Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954
October 7th - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
October 8th - Sweden, Births from the Swedish Death Index, 1947-2006
October 9th - US WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
October 10th - England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
October 12th - Quebec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967
October 13th - 1930 US Federal Census
October 14th - 1901 England Census
October 15th - US Obituary Collection
Please remember that the records aren't available until the date shown above, but can then be accessed free until 15th October.
Friday, 7 October 2011
FREE & Pay Access to Irish newspapers
Ireland
- Galway Advertiser archive (1970-) Free
- Irish Newspaper Archives Irish Independent (1905-current), Freemans Journal (1763-current), The Nation (1842-1897), and more national, regional, and out-of-date newspapers from Ireland and Irish America Free through December 2011
- Irish Times (1859-) Pay
- Saoirse - Irish Freedom Newspaper (1987-2003) Free
- Villanova University Digital Library Free
- Irish Felon (24 June-22 July 1848)
- Irish Press (1918-1922)
- Irish Tribune (10 June-8 July 1848)
- United Irishman (12 February-27 May 1848)
- and others
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