West Cork Genealogy Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This episode covers burial, school, crime and emigration records as well as maps, directories and occupational sources as sources of genealogical information.

Websites mentioned in this podcast:

www.skibbheritage.com

www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library

www.findmypast.ie

www.corkpastandpresent.ie 

www.corkcoco.ie/en/resident/libraries/local-studies

www.corkcitylibraries.ie/en/locations/city-library/reference/

https://webapps.geohive.ie/mapviewer/index.html

https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8

https://corkarchives.ie/

https://www.nationalarchives.ie/

www.rootsireland.ie

www.historicgraves.ie

www.ancestry.com

www.familysearch.org

http://www.irishnewspaperarchives.ie

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

http://www.newspapers.com/

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-of-the-first-world-war

http://www.uk.forceswarrecords.com/

http://www.fold3.com/

http://www.archives.gov/research/lighthouses

http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/coastguard-records

http://www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org/infusions/records_system/recordsdb.php

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/merchant-seamen-serving-since-1918

Margaret and Terri discuss the background to the Tithe placed on land in the 1823s and examine the outcome of this tax as well as utilising these records for genealogy information. Margaret goes on to discuss the value of other miscellaneous land records from around that period - the local Wrixon-Becher Estate records, the Landed Estates website, the Register of Deeds and the Flax Rolls - as genealogical sources. 

Tithe Applotment Books 

www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie - Full Tithe list for each county (Free)

www.failteromhat.com - Tithe Defaulters list only (Free)

www.findmypast.ie - Tithe Defaulters list only (Pay site) 

Flax Growers list 1796

www.failteromhat.com (Free) 

https://www.ancestry.co.uk (Pay site)

Land Estate Records - named differently on sites below both pay sites

www.ancestry.co.uk - Land Estate Court Rentals (1850 - 1885)  

www.ancestry.com -  Encumbered Estate Records (1850 - 1885)

Creagh Estate Records

https://skibbheritage.com/genealogy-using-tenant-records/

In this episode, Margaret discusses the background to the Griffith’s Valuation and what the house, field and tenure books tell us as genealogical sources and how best to interpret them alongside the associated maps, as well as giving the societal context to all of these records.

Websites mentioned in the podcast:

www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie  - House, Field and Tenure Books ( Free)

www.askaboutireland.ie - Field Book lists and maps ( Free)

www.findmypast.ie - Field Book lists and associated maps ( Pay Site)

www.failteromhat.com - a transcribed list of  Field Books only

In this episode, Margaret discusses what civil records are, where they are available and the dates covered as well as discussing the common pitfalls encountered when utilising this data. She then goes on to explore the RC Church records as a genealogical source and, again, shares her knowledge on how best to carry out a search as well as giving a societal context to all of these records.

Websites mentioned in the podcast:

 www.irishgenealogy.ie (free site)

https://www.rootsireland.ie (free site)

www.ancestry.com (pay site)

Learn how to explore your West Cork genealogy in this series of podcasts from Skibbereen Heritage Centre. Listen to the Centre’s in-house genealogist, Margaret Murphy, as she shares her 20-years’ plus experience of carrying out such research with Skibbereen Heritage Centre’s manager and curator, Terri Kearney.

In this episode,these friends and colleagues explore how to start researching using the 1901 and 1911 censuses as genealogical sources, while also exploring the broader societal context of what these records reveal. Margaret brings Terri’s ancestry into the 19th century and they come across a few surprises along the way.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

www.skibbheritage.com

https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/