Ancestor Network, Ireland’s most trusted genealogy research, consulting and publishing company, has published a significantly expanded second edition guide to Irish families.
“Sources for Irish Family History†is now available in eBook form and is the ultimate resource for those trying to conduct their own research on Irish family history.
The genealogy guide contains lists of articles from periodicals, books and handwritten family histories deposited in libraries.
Published by Flyleaf Press, the editorial arm of Ancestor Network, the guide has doubled since its first edition and lists some 6,500 reference books, journal articles and other material on 2,500 Irish families.
“Sources for Irish Family History” is available in Caliber, usable on all e-book platforms (Apple, Android and on PC, tablet or mobile) and can be downloaded here.
References cited are primarily accounts of particular family lineages and vary from loving and emotional accounts of families and their ancestral homes to unbiased, well-researched and fully documented family studies and pedigrees.
“Sources for Irish Family History” is now available as an eBook
The greatest value of the material in these references is to give a human dimension to the facts that are usually found in the files.
Ancestor Network explains the importance of the guide by saying, “No church or civil status record will tell us that our ancestors were wonderful singers or dancers; or details of their travels or occupation; nor whether their marriages recorded were the culmination of great romances, or family arrangements.
“Such information, however, can occasionally be found in the memoirs and letters detailed in the articles and books listed here.”
Reviews of the first edition of Irish Family History:
“Sources are not your usual sources, so they offer new leads… contain good information about sources that should not be overlooked, as they give both name and location. These are not your usual references, so there is no duplication. ”
– St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly
“Anyone who is engaged in Irish genealogy will want to check this book for their surnames.”
– NY Genealogical and biographical file
“.. above all a reference book and as such it is very successful. If your ancestors lived in Ireland this might be the first place to look (information posted) â€
– Yorkshire Family Historian
“Sources for Irish Family History” has doubled since the first edition
“Sources for Irish Family History” was compiled by James G Ryan, Irish genealogy writer and editor.
He has lectured extensively at genealogy meetings and his research interests include church records and rentals. He writes articles for Irish Roots magazine; and blogs for Ancestor Network.
An E-book version of “Sources for Irish Family History” is available here. You can stay up to date with Ancestor Network on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Flyleaf Press also publishes guides to finding ancestors in Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Sligo, Limerick, Galway, Clare, Westmeath, Kerry, Limerick, Roscommon, Donegal, Tipperary and Leitrim.