Tracing my roots, some help needed as to where to find information

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Currently in the process (like half the country) of tracing my roots. Whilst I've made a lot of progress in various areas, I am trying to get to the bottom of various family scandals/legends/stories etc and I'm hoping someone on here can assist in pointing me in the right direction. Like many families, most of the people involved are dead or those that are alive don't want to or can't see the point of talking about it, whereas it is fascinating me at the minute

Does anyone know how you would go about getting coroners inquest reports from the 30s( Not sure if grand-uncle poisoned his wife or she tried to do it to him - her second husband, and made a mistake !!!)

Does anyone know how you would access various wills from around 1900 onwards, trying to find out why my Granny got left the farm and not her brother.

Does anyone know how you would go about identifying a list of what horses someone owned back in the 40s and whether or not they were any good or not? (family legend, horses broke him)

Does anyone know how you would firstly identify when a certain court case took place and secondly, if there is a record/transcript of it anywhere/

Have to say, National Library and the GRO are fantastic, staff very helpful but they are all a bit swamped at the minute with lots of people doing this, so hoping someone on here can help as well
 
If you e mail your enquiries to the National Archives in Bishop St. ( behind DIT Aungier St) they will respond and tell what documents thay have. Might be worth a chance
 
I'm actually doing the course that Grizzly mentions - I don't think it would be useful for your specific questions.

I'll try to answer some of them.

Coroner's report and court cases - you could try searching the Irish Times digital archive and various other newspapers now online.

Wills - there'll be a record only if the will was probated. Are you sure there is a will? Hardly anyone made wills until the middle of the last century. If it's pre-1922, there's a good possibility it was lost in the Four Courts fire but not everything is destroyed. There are calendar books in the reading room of the National Archives for each year to do with wills as well as a card index. For more recent wills, I'm not sure if they are in the Archives yet. Probate Office would be able to tell you though.

Horses - I have no ideas at all. Possibly contact the National Stud for advice?
 
you could also try the general registrats office in the irish life mall for copies of deaths or birth records. http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

i've been doing my family history for the past 4 years. you'll find it very difficult to 'prove' a lot of stories handed down but you quickly realise that what is hearsay generally turns out to be true so it's important to record all those stories going forward as they'll all be lost in time.
 
Mpsox,
One of my colleagues has a lot of experience in this and has printed off a one page document for anyone who wants to get started. I have not done anything on it myself but it may be of use to you. Hope it makes sense!



county libraries - excellent service - check out first
Dublin City Archive, Pearse Street
1901 and 1911 Census on microfilm but see National Archives below
copies of Tithe Applotment Books/Griffith's valuation but see
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good overview
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1911 Census - Dublin,Donegal, Cork, Galway, Wexford and King’s County (Offaly) done,
rest of country for 1911 and 1901 to follow
RIC records
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
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Church of the Latter Day Saints
early (1864 onwards) GRO records - can be lucky,
US, UK and Canadian census indexes.
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new database tp://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start
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not only Leitrim/Roscommon
Sligo 1901 Census complete
Wexford 25%
Galway
http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/index.shtml
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parish records on microfilm, newspapers,
http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
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cancelled valuation books, good for tracing occupation of land holdings
narrow your research before using - can be expensive
http://www.valoff.ie/Research.htm
Valuation Office, Middle Abbey Street
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still under development but very useful
save money by doing your land research here first before going
to Valuation Office
Griffith's Primary Valuation and plots marked on first 6" maps
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still not online!
narrow your research before using GRO by using http://www.familysearch.org
- you can spend a lot of money on "wrong" certificates
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
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deeds
http://www.landregistry.ie/eng/Registry_of_Deeds_Services/
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Dublin City Archive, Pearse Street
has many genealogical resources for entire country not just Dublin
some electoral registers online - http://dublinheritage.ie/
http://www.dublincity.ie/Recreation...History/Dublin City Archives/Pages/Index.aspx
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this is a pay site but message boards are free
search for country, county or surname
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/community/
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emigration
http://www.ellisisland.org/
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terrible website when launched - has improved a little
use the free indexes
records are expensive at €5.00 a go and you rarely find the correct record first try.
you can pay twice for the same info e.g. church birth record and civil birth record for same person
treated as two separate records.
http://www.irish-roots.ie/
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gateway site
http://www.cyndislist.com/
 
“On-Line Sources of Irish Genealogy”

This might help

Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann --- Genealogical Society of Ireland
Lecture “On-Line Sources of Irish Genealogy”
by
Irish Professional Genealogist Mary Beglan, M.A.P.G.I.
Tuesday May. 11th 2010 20.00hrs

Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education
Cumberland Street, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Open to all
€3 contribution
 
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