Clan Hannon - Ó hAnnáin Genealogy

1 I r i s h G E N E A L O G Y

Irish Genealogy
Useful Websites and Books of Interest

The Fianna Guide
The ULTIMATE international guide to Irish genealogy on the web.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/guide/

Ireland Mailing Lists from Rootsweb
Mailing lists for countries, states, counties, cemeteries, obituaries, etc.
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/

Irish Parish History Book Guide: (by county at end of page )
http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/books/

Irish Ancestors from Ireland.com
http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/
Search surname to view NUMBER distribution in each county from Griffith’s Primary Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864. For a fee, Irish Ancestors will supply a complete name and holdings entry for each ancestor.
NOTE: This resource will be posted here on our website in the near future. (full names, towns and counties will be available for the complete Hannon spelling only and the P-Z forename of the Hannan spelling).

Ireland & Northern Ireland Resources---Cyndi's List:
http://www.cyndislist.com/ireland.htm

Ireatlas Townland Database:
Lists the townlands and parishes within counties and counties within baronies in Ireland.
http://www.seanruad.com

Irish Travellers:
http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/gypsy/travell.htm

Irish Resettlements around the World

Ethnic Irish Lists
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Irish/
Includes specific “Irish to” Australia, Canada, Irish American, Chicago Irish, Irish in Pennsylvania, New York City, Buffalo and Albany, NY mailing lists as well as many other locations throughout the world. You can search the archives by surname or town etc. on each list, or browse each mailing list by year and month.

Center for Migration Studies, Ulster American Folk Park
http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/collection/IED.htm

UCC Irish Centre for Migraton Studies at University College Cork is now closed but some recent articles are available at the following page:
http://migration.ucc.ie/currentmigration.htm

Books on Irish Genealogy:

Mitchell, Brian/ A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986.
(includes “good” maps of baronies, poor law unions, county parishes that are sometimes lacking on the web.)

General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland, Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984.
(Sorts out duplication of town names by county and location in Ireland, indicating Ordnance Survey of Ireland location.)

A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland /by Samuel Lewis. London : S. Lewis and Co., 1849
Comprising the several counties; cities; boroughs; corporate, market, and post towns; parishes and principal villages; with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishoprics, corporate towns, and boroughs; and of the seals of the several municipal corporations.

General Family History Resources

Immigrant Ships Transcriber’s Guild
Comprehensive international Ship Manifest list, updated weekly, searchable by surname, ship, port and year.
http://immigrantships.net

Latter Day Saints Family History Centers (LDS) Search for microfilm records that can be ordered at your local LDS center
http://www.familysearch.org/
Search for ancestor records online at:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

World Genweb
http://www.worldgenweb.org/index.html

United States State Genweb
http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html

Advanced Research List:
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Research_Techniques/

National Archives (US)
http://www.nara.gov