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Limerick Genealogy Day 2014

Limerick Genealogy Day 2014

Posted on by Jack

For those who plan on being in Limerick or can travel to Limerick, you may be interested in Limerick Genealogy Day 2014. It is a free event and many groups of historical and genealogical interest will be there for 1 day only. Full details are available on the web at http://limerickcityofculture.ie/content/genealogy-day.

The event will be on March 15, 2014 in Limerick city. This is a chance to view many genealogical records from Limerick and surrounding areas and get advice from the participating groups. Many are listed on the website. In addition, I know that the Letters of 1916 project will participate.

Limerick Ireland Archives Search

Limerick Ireland Archives Search

Posted on by Jack

A while back I mentioned that Limerick City has archives online at http://www.limerickcity.ie/Archives/.

In the upper right there is a search box that will search many of the records. And it is worth noting that at least some of the records seem to be county wide, not just the city. For example, my Reidys are from Rathkeale in Limerick County so if I do a search on Reidy AND Rathkeale, 12 records are found including my gggrandmother in the 1901 census householders index. I also saw several indices of newspaper notices and some scanned newspapers.

I haven’t installed the viewer needed to view the digital records but I suspect that will make this site even more interesting.