How to trace your Irish ancestors : an essential guide to researching and documenting the family histories of Ireland's people / Ian Maxwell.

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TitleHow to trace your Irish ancestors : an essential guide to researching and documenting the family histories of Ireland's people / Ian Maxwell.Alternative titleTrace your Irish ancestorsDescriptionThe purpose of this book is to highlight the most important documentary evidence available to the family historian wishing to research their Irish ancestry. It is aimed primarily at researchers whose time in Irish repositories is limited, and who want to know what is available locally and online. Unlike the British Isles, which has very extensive civil and census records, Irish ancestral research is influenced by the destruction of so many of the major record collections.Personal authorMaxwell, IanImprintOxford : How To Books, 2009.Edition2nd ed.LanguageEnglishDate2009Collationxvii, 204 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN9781845283759 (pbk)Bib. formatBooksNotesPrevious ed.: 2008.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Library of Congress (keywords)Ireland -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

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How to trace your Irish ancestors : an essential guide to researching and documenting the family histories of Ireland's people / Ian Maxwell.