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/