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Margaret Curtain’s Pages

 

Margaret Curtain has been the Clan’s genealogist since its founding in1999.  Prior to that Margaret had been researching the Curtin family trees since 1978.  Below are three of her sites that may be of interest.

 

Details on Curtin folk who have passed on or who have done something special

   

Details on some families in Brosna Parish

 

Bits & pieces on some Curtin families

 

 
 

General Research Sites

 

Ancestry is the most comprehensive site for documents (census, immigration, birth, marriage, death, military records) is www.ancestry.com.  It is a paid site with an annual subscription fee.

 

Cyndi's List is a comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.  

 

FamilySearch, sponsored by the Church of the Latter Say Saints (Mormons) is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. For over 100 years, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide. 


Heritage Quest Online contains census data, family records, and local histories.   Many public libraries offer this database either in the library or online for its members.

 

The GenWeb project is a group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free genealogy access for everyone.

 

World level

Counties – click on the United States and find the state and county

 

Rootsweb - The primary purpose and function of RootsWeb.com is to connect people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research. Most resources on RootsWeb.com are designed to facilitate such connections.  Rootsweb contains message boards, mailing lists by topic or surname, Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and searchable family trees posted at the World Connect project site.  Although part of the ancestry.com community, its databases and services are free. 

 

Sites with Irish Data

 

A Government of Ireland supported site with church records (births, marriages and deaths) and 1901/1911 census records online

 

A Little Bit of Ireland     


For buying documents in various countries quickly         

 

This County Limerick site has links to all Irish Counties but actual documents must be purchased.   


County Clare genealogy   

County Kerry site

 
Tithe records for some of Co. Cork 

 

Burial records for County Kerry 

 

Irish Archives – its free to use  - provides links to other Irish research sites  
 
Irish Military  - provides access to Ireland's military collection
 
West Cork News &  Views - information about the West Cork area   
 

 

 

Immigration records

 

New York City Castle Garden – 1820-1892 - Not currently active. 

 

New York City Ellis Island, starting in 1892 

 

Newspapers

 

University of Pennsylvania maintains a list of newspapers that have been digitized and are available online.

 

 

Other useful sites

 

Stephan P. Morse one step search engine.  Immigration and census data are accessed with a simple search engine. 

 

Canada Library and Archives   


Canadian Census 1901 and 1911  Some earlier years available at ancestry.com - see above

 

CousinConnect is a small scale message board for surnames.

 

English searches  

 

New York obituaries

 

New York City – birth, marriage and death records