Where do I research ancestors from County Dublin?
Dublin splits three ways, and the best of it is free. IrishGenealogy.ie holds the surviving Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland registers for Dublin city at no charge, alongside civil births, marriages and deaths; one gap worth knowing is St Paul's, Arran Quay, whose registers are transcribed on RootsIreland instead. North and south of the city have their own RootsIreland services, Fingal Genealogy at Swords and a heritage society at Dún Laoghaire. For originals and advice, the National Archives on Bishop Street runs a genealogy advisory service, Dublin City Library and Archive on Pearse Street holds the city's own collections, and the GRO Research Room on Werburgh Street sells register copies.
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Sources
- IrishGenealogy.ie and the General Register Office: civil records of births, marriages and deaths
- Irish Family History Foundation: RootsIreland and the county genealogy centres, rootsireland.ie
- National Archives of Ireland: the 1901 and 1911 censuses, census fragments, Tithe Applotment Books and research guidance, nationalarchives.ie
- Dublin City Library and Archive: the city's local studies, archives and Gilbert collections, dublincity.ie
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