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These are just some of the items from our collection that may assist you. Please ask a History Center Librarian for advice on further research. Books: A
genealogist’s guide to discovering your Irish ancestors: how to
find and record your unique heritage. Radford,
Dwight A. Tracing
your Irish ancestors: the complete guide.
Grenham, John The
book of Irish families, great and small. O’Laughlin,
Michael C. With volumes for Counties Kerry, Clare, Cork, Limerick, Galway,
Dublin. Irish Records: Irish
records: sources for family and local history. Ryan,
James G. Irish
church records: their history, availability and use in family and local
history research.
Master
book of Irish placenames: master atlas and placename locator.
O’Laughlin, Michael C. Immigration: Irish
emigrants in North America. Dobson,
David Ships
from Ireland to early America, 1623-1850.
Dobson, David Irish
passenger lists 1803-1806: lists of passengers sailing from Ireland
to America. Passengers
from Ireland: lists of passengers arriving at American ports between
1811 and 1817. Schlegel, Donald M. Ireland
and Irish immigration to the New World from 1815 to the famine.
Adams, William Forbes The
famine immigrants: lists of Irish immigrants arriving at the port of
New York, 1846-1851.
7 volumes. The
search for missing friends: Irish immigrant advertisements placed in
the Boston Pilot.
7 volumes. Voices of the Irish immigrant: information ads in the Truth Teller, New York City, 1825-1844. Local, State and Region:
Greeting the Past: A Walking tour of the Dublin neighborhood in
Morristown, N.J. Turkington, Cheryl C.
The
Irish in New Jersey: four centuries of American life.
Quinn, Dermot The
New Jersey ethnic experience.
Cunningham, Barbara (editor) The
story of a parish: the first Catholic church in Morristown, N.J.: its
foundation and development, 1847-1892. Flynn, Joseph M. Living
stones: a history of the Catholic Church in the diocese of Paterson.
Kupke, Raymond J. Guide
to northern New Jersey Catholic parish and institutional records.
Wosh, Peter J.
Browsing certain subject listings will be helpful in your Irish research. Be sure to check both the online catalog, as well as our card catalog as some older items are not on the electronic catalog. Some subject headings to look at are:
Be sure to also use the indexes to The Jerseyman and search for Irish names, streets and activities to find 19th and early 20th century information relating to Morris County. The Jerseyman is now available as PDF images (in the History Center) or microfilm. The History Center also holds the Boston Transcript genealogy columns (1896-1941) on microfiche. This source contains information on many Irish names. Microfiche GE0005 Vertical Files: Newspaper
clippings and other information on topical subjects. There are also
files on specific family names. On the Web:
Familia Family
Records.gov.uk (will have Irish information)
General Register Office (Ireland)–Research National Archives–Immigration Records National Archives–Passengers Who Arrived During Irish Famine Boston Passenger Manifests Castle
Garden Institutions: National Archives of Ireland–Genealogy National Library of Ireland–Family History Research
Databases: Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest have an abundance of resources including census records, the Social Security Death Index, newspaper & periodical collections, deeds & court records and city directories. Additionally, Ancestry contains several unique databases documenting Irish-American history: Boston,
New York and Philadelphia Passenger lists Ship
Passenger Lists From Ireland (18th century) |
Published in 2006 and available for sale in the History
Center for $5 plus tax.
