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Herritage sites Journal 2001 in jpeg format Journal 2002 some still available Hints and addresses for researching in Cork Books and CDs you might find useful First steps in recording you family history Newsletter |
The Civil Registrar Office in Cork has moved from Liberty Street to Adelaide Court. Research only on Wednesdays.. To find a will belonging to an ancestor call to the Cork Court House, Probate registry, Washington Street, Cork City.  Purchase a ticket for £1 and then the attendant will take you down stairs to where the Calenders are kept. The calenders begin in 1858 and give details such as Name, address, marital status of the deceased, the dates of death and probate, names and addresses of the executers and the value of the assets of the deceased. You will then be able to look through the books to find your ansestor. Write down the details. You then write to the National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8 with the correct amount of money and you'll receive a copy of your will in the post. Cost is listed in the Probate office There are two kinds of copies.A. A certified copy or B. An uncertified copy.
MALLOW HERITAGE CENTRE, 27 Bank Place, Mallow. Tel. 022 21778. Email: mallowhc@eircom.net. RC Diocese of Cloyne.
BEARA RESEARCH SERVICES: Riobard O Dwyer, Eyeries, Castletownbere, Co. Cork. riobardodwyer@eircom.net . Records of the Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork(South-West). The Parishes are: Adrigole, Allihies (including Dursey Island), Bere Island, Castletownbere, Eyeries, and the combined Parish of Glengarriff, Co. Cork/Bonane, Co. Kerry(straddling the border). See also: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/igsi_published/berehave.htm and http://www.swiftsite.com/odwyer/ The 1881 Census for the UK has become available on CD from The Mormans also have a site www.mormon.com where you can search Family File LDS site for UKThis site has an order form which you can use.Also available is Vital Records Index British Isles. This is a collection of five disks which contains 5 million births, christenings, and marriages taken from a partial collection of records in the British Isles dating from 1538 to 1881
Did you know that the Irish indexes to births/marriages are available in an L.D.S. Family History Centre near youL.D.S. Family History Centre For those of you who have had ancestors in Shipping the address below may help you find out a little more.
Have you ever thought of looking at newspapers for background information for your family histories. Sometimes you might find an obituary or and article written about a historical event eg. The sinking of a ship. Another source for articles such as these are the Journals of the Cork Historical and Archealogical Society. The Cork City Library has copies of the Journal and a good selection of local mewspapers.
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