News - Irish Genealogy

Update to the Civil Records

Details: Published: Friday, 11 January 2019 15:54

We are pleased to advise that in early 2019, an additional 2 years of records of births, marriages and deaths will be added to the www.irishgenealogy.ie website. The marriage Index data along with additional images will also be updated for the years 1864-1869 inclusive. The years covered by the release of the historic records of Births, Marriages and Deaths after this update will be;

Births: 1864 to 1918

Marriages: 1864* to 1943 civil records 450x180px

Deaths: 1878* to 1968

Minister Humphreys congratulates www.irishgenealogy.ie team on winning ‘Promoting Ireland Overseas Award’ at the Ireland eGovernment Awards

Details: Published: Wednesday, 31 May 2017 15:00

Pictured: Minister Simon Harris TD, Tadhg O’Shea of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has congratulated the team in her Department which oversees the genealogy website www.irishgenealogy.ie after it was awarded the "Promoting Ireland Overseas Award" at the Ireland eGovernment Awards.

Phishing e-mail notice

Details: Published: Monday, 27 March 2017 14:30

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Minister Humphreys launches online genealogy toolkit for schools to help students discover their family history

Details: Published: Wednesday, 01 February 2017 10:30

Minister Humphreys launches online genealogy toolkit for schools to help students discover their family history The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, is today (Wednesday) launching a new online genealogy toolkit for schools, aimed at encouraging students to trace their roots and explore their family tree.

The 2016 Family History website has been created by the National Archives as a legacy project under the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. Minister Humphreys met with students in Muckross College in Donnybrook, who have been trialling the website, to launch this new online resource.

Welcome to Family Research 2016

Details: Published: Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:36

2016 Family History is a new, free Irish genealogy education website, brought to you by the National Archives and IrishGenealogy.ie. The site is aimed primarily at secondary school students, but can be used by anyone with Irish ancestors to learn how to use the multiplicity of online sources now available for family history.

The site is still being tested, and will be formally launched in January 2017. Enter here.

Historic Civil Records now available to view on www.irishgenealogy.ie:

Details: Published: Thursday, 08 September 2016 17:00

historic civil records Today, Heather Humphreys T.D. Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Leo Varadkar T.D. Minister for Social Protection officially launched the historic records of Births over 100 years ago, Marriages over 75 years ago and Deaths over 50 years ago of the General Register Office (GRO).

Further details on what records are now available can be found here.