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Guides To Irish Genealogical Research

Baxter, Angus.  In Search of Your British and Irish Roots.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991.  (CS414 / B355).

Begley, Donal F., ed.  Irish Genealogy: How to Trace Your Ancestors and Relatives in .  Dublin, : Heraldic Artists Ltd., 1981.  (CS483 / H236 / 1984).

Begley, Donal F., ed.  Irish Genealogy: A Record Finder.  Dublin, : Heraldic Artists Ltd., 1981.  (CS484 / I68).

Black, J. Anderson.  Your Irish Ancestors.  Secaucus, NJ : Castle Books, 1978.  (CS483 / B627).

DeBartolo Carmack, Sharon .  Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic Ancestors.  Cincinnati : Betterway Books, 2001.  (CS49/C287)

Duffy, Godfrey F.  A Guide to Tracing Your Donegal Ancestors.  Dublin, : Flyleaf Press, 1998.  (CS497 / C799M12).

Falley, Margaret Dickson.  Irish and Scotch Irish Ancestral Research.  Baltimore :  Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.  (CS483 / F33).

Grenham, John.  Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993.  (CS483 / G826).

Magee, Peggy.  Tracing Your Irish Ancestors.  Prescott Valley, AZ : Magee Publications, 1986.  (CS483 / M191).

Maxwell, Ian.  Researching Armagh Ancestors: A Practical Guide for the Family and Local Historian.  Belfast, : Historical Foundation, 2000.  (CS447 / A727M46).

McCarthy, Tony and Tim Cadogan.  A Guide to Tracing Your Cork Ancestors.  Dublin, : Flyleaf Press, 1998.  (CS497 / C799M12).

Mitchell, Brian.  Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy. Reprint.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.  (CS483 / M681P).

Neill, Kathleen.  How to Trace Family History in .  Belfast, : Irish Genealogical Association, 1986.  (CS483 / N412).

O’Conner, Michael H.  A Guide to Tracing Your Kerry Ancestors.  Dublin , Ire: Fly Leaf Press, 1988.  (CS497 / K41O18).

O’Laughlin, Michael C.  The Complete Book for Tracing Your Irish Ancestors.  Kansas City : Irish Genealogical Foundation, 1982.  (CS483 / O42).

O’Neill, Robert K.  Irish Libraries: Archives, Museums & Genealogical Centres. Belfast : Historical Foundation, 2002.  (Z792.5 / A1058).

Radford, Dwight A. and Kyle J. Betit.  A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage.  Cincinnati : Betterway Books, 2001.  (CS483 / R128).

Ryan, James G.  A Guide to Tracing Your Dublin Ancestors.  Dublin, : Fly Leaf Press, 1988.  (CS497 / D9R98). 

Ryan, James G.  Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History.  Salt Lake City : Ancestry Publishing, c. 1988.  (CS483 / R989).

Smith, Brian.  A Guide to Tracing Your Mayo Ancestors.  Dublin, : Fly Leaf Press, 1988.  (CS497 / M473S64).

Yurdam, Marilyn.  Irish Family History.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990.  (CS483 / Y95). 

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MAPS, ATLASES, GAZETTEERS 

Derry Youth and Community Workshop, comp.  Parish Maps of .  Apollo, Pennsylvania : Closson Press, 1988.  (G1833 / U46P2).

General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of .  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing. Co. , 1984.  (DA979 / G326 / 1984)

Lewis, Samuel.  A Topographical Dictionary of .  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984.  Microform edition.  Please consult Reference Staff. 

Mitchell, Brian.  A New Genealogical Atlas of .  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002.  (CS484 / M681 / 2002). 

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HERALDRY AND FAMILY NAMES 

Burke, John.  A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of and .  Reprint, Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977.  (CS425 / B957).

Burke, Sir John Bernard.  A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of .  London : Harrison & Sons, 1912.  (CS490 / B959 / 1912).

Grehan, Ida.  The Dictionary of Irish Family Names.  Boulder, CO : Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997.  (CS2415 / G823).

MacLysaght, Edward.  Irish Families: Their Names, Arms and Origins.  Dublin, : H. Figgis, 1957.  (CS498 / M166I).

MacLysaght, Edward.  More Irish Families.  Galway, : 1960.  (CS498 / M166M).

MacLysaght, Edward.  Supplement to Irish Families.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964.  (CS498 / M166S).

O’Hart, John.  Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation.  New York : Murphy and McCarthy, 1921.  (CS483 / O5). 

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PASSENGER LISTS & IMMIGRATION HISTORY 

 20th Century:

 

Filby, P. William, ed.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography: 1538-1900.  Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1988.  (Z7164 / I3P28 / 1988).

Filby, P. William and Mary K. Meyer, eds.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.  Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1981.  (Includes supplements) (CS68 / P288).  Alphabetical by surname.  Gives first name, surname, age, place of arrival, year of arrival, source book of passenger list and page.

Hoerder, Dirk and Horst Rossler.  Distant Magnets: Expectations and Realities in the Immigrant Experience, 1840-1930.  London : Holmes & Meier, 1993.  (JV6450 / D614).

Morton-Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals for the Years 1890-1930 at the Port of New York and for the Years 1904 to 1926 at the Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore.  New York : Immigration Information Bureau, Inc., 1931.  (HE945 / A2D5 / 1931).  Entries give names of ships arranged within the year of arrival by name of shipping line, then by ports of departure and destination, and finally by date of arrival.  Includes ships arriving at ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore . 

 

19th Century: 

Adams, Raymond.  An Alphabetical Index to Emigration to Philadelphia , 1803-1850.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.  (E184 / I6A22).

Adams, William Forbes.   and Irish Emigration to the New World From 1815 to the Famine.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.  (JV7711 / N7A21 / 1980).

Filby, P. William, Ed.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography: 1538-1900.  Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1988.  (Z7164 / I3P28 / 1988).

Filby, P. William and Mary K. Meyer, Eds.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.  Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1981.  (Includes supplements)  (CS68 / P288).  Alphabetical by surname.  Gives first name, surname, age, place of arrival, year of arrival, source book of passenger list and page. 

Glazer, Ira A., editor.  Famine Immigrants: List of Irish Immigrants Arriving in the Port of New York , 1846-1851.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983-1986.  Volumes 1-7.  (E184 / I6F19).

Hoerder, Dirk and Horst Rossler.  Distant Magnets: Expectations and Realities in the Immigrant Experience, 1840-1930.  London : Holmes & Meier, 1993.  (JV6450 / D614).

McGee, Thomas D’Arcy.  A History of Irish Settlers in North America from the Earliest Period to the Census of 1850.  Reprint, San Francisco : R and E Research Assoc., 1970.  (E184 / I6M14).

Mitchell, Brian.  Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989.  (CS497 / L847M68).

Mitchell, Brian.  Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806. Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995.  (E184 / I6I72).

Mitchell, Brian.  Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988.  (E184 / I6I71).

Morton-Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals for the Years 1890-1930 at the Port of New York and for the Years 1904 to 1926 at the Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore.  New York : Immigration Information Bureau, Inc., 1931. (HE945 / A2D5 / 1931).  Entries give names of ships arranged within the year of arrival by name of shipping line, then by ports of departure and destination, and finally by date of arrival.  Includes ships arriving at ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore . 

National Archives.  Index to Passenger Lists: Philadelphia , 1800-1906.  Microfilm edition.  Please consult Reference Staff. 

National Archives.  Passenger Lists: Baltimore , 1820-1879.  Microfilm edition.  Please consult Reference Staff. 

National Archives.  Passenger Lists: New York , 1820-1841, 1840-1850; Index 1820-1846.  Microfilm edition.  Please consult Reference Staff. 

Schlegel, Donald M.  Passengers from : Lists of Passengers Arriving at American Ports between 1811 and 1817.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.  (E184 / I6S33).

Schrier, Arnold.  and the American Emigration, 1850-1900.  New York : Russell and Russell, 1970.  (JV7711 / Z79U5).

Wolf, Donna M.  Irish Immigrants in Nineteenth Century Ohio : A Database.  Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1998.  (F34SL / I5W86).

18th Century:  

Dickson, R. J.  Emigration to Colonial 1718-1775.  London : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966.  (E184 / S4D5).

Filby, P. William, Ed.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography: 1538-1900.  Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1988.  (Z7164 / I3P28 / 1988).

Filby, P. William and Mary K. Meyer, Eds.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.  Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1981.  (Includes supplements) (CS68 / P288). Alphabetical by surname.  Gives first name, surname, age, place of arrival, year of arrival, source book of passenger list and page. 

McGee, Thomas D’Arcy.  A History of Irish Settlers in North America from the Earliest Period to the Census of 1850.  Reprint, San Francisco : R and E Research Assoc., 1970.  (E184 / I6M14).

Myers, Albert Cook.  Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania , 1682-1750.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969.  (F11FA / F911M / 1969).

O’Brien, Michael J.  Irish Settlers in : A Consolidation of Articles from the Journal of the American Irish Historical Society.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co.  (E184 / I6O14).

Thompson, Benjamin Franklin.  The Scotch-Irish Immigration of 1718.  No place: [1930?].  (E184 / S4T4).

17th Century: 

Filby, P. William, Ed.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography: 1538-1900.  Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1988.  (Z7164 / I3P28 / 1988).

Filby, P. William and Mary K. Meyer, Eds.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.  Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1981.  (Includes supplements) (CS68 / P288).  Alphabetical by surname.  Gives first name, surname, age, place of arrival, year of arrival, source book of passenger list and page. 

McGee, Thomas D’Arcy.  A History of Irish Settlers in North America from the Earliest Period to the Census of 1850.  Reprint, San Francisco : R and E Research Assoc., 1970.  (E184 / I6M14).

Myers, Albert Cook.  Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania , 1682-1750.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969.  (F11FA / F911M / 1969).

O’Brien, Michael J.  Irish Settlers in : A Consolidation of Articles from the Journal of the American Irish Historical Society.  Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co.  (E184 / I6O14).

O’Brien, Michael J.  Pioneer Irish in New England .  Bowie, MD : Heritage Books, 1988.  (E184 / I6O13 / 1988).

Wokeck, Marianne S.  Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migrations to North America .  University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania University Press, 1999.  (JV6451 / W847).

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