Genealogy in Clare

A Bridge to the Past – Genealogy Information Day

Clare Roots SocietyIrish Ancestry Research Centre

Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee, Co. Clare

1:00pm 11 Aug 2012

by Paddy Waldron

WWW version: http://www.pwaldron.info/IrishARC/ (case-sensitive)

Outline:

  • Clare County Library
  • Clare Roots Society
  • Clare Heritage & Genealogical Research Centre
  • Online forums
  • Other resources
  • Clare County Library

    Clare Roots Society

    Clare Heritage & Genealogical Centre

    Online Forums

    Clare Past forum
    County Clare | Ireland Reaching Out
    By working parish-by-parish across Ireland, Ireland XO seeks to identify and invite home all our Diaspora, wherever they may be found across the world.
    Ancestry Message Board
    Rebranded as Rootsweb Message Board
    Cousin Connect queries
    Genforum
    RootsWeb: IRL-CLARE-L Archives
    RootsWeb Mailing List Search: IRL-CLARE
    Rootschat
    Chat about your British and Irish Genealogy UK Family History around England Wales Scotland Ireland. 1881 1901 Census lookups of your ancestors. Fun and easy to use. Recommended
    Irish Lives Remembered Clare page
    Welcome to the Tracing your ancestors in CLARE group page. Join Irish Lives Remembered now to start participating in the group. Tracing Your Ancestors in CLARE is a FREE Discussion Forum which provides the general public with a place to ask questions and provide information about their ancestors from CLARE. Get down to grass roots level in seeking information about your ancestors through our forums which will help you with your genealogy research. Here's how it works: 1.SIGN UP as a free member on our home page - use this every time you visit our site 2.Click on JOIN GROUP under GROUP OPTIONS on the right hand side of the page. You can now participate in conversations and ask questions about the person/family you are tracing by positing your request on the WALL section of the page 3.Browse the Memorials on the right hand side of the page as you will then be able to view cemeteries/graveyard pages which may help you further with your research.
    Kilrush Local History Group (facebook page, anyone can like, not searchable)
    County Clare Ireland Genealogy (facebook group, requires invitation to join, searchable)
    Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos and learn more about the people they meet. This group has two surname interest lists for Clare, one arranged by civil parish (address=townland), the other arranged by surname (address=county).

    Other resources