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This website was awarded the Irish eGovernment Award for Best Accessible Website, 2006

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The Irish Family History Foundation is the coordinating body for a network of county based genealogical research centres on the island of Ireland. These centres have computerised millions of Irish genealogical records, including church records, census returns and gravestone inscriptions. You will find information here about the Irish Family History Foundation centre in each member county. Through them you can have research carried out on your family history from the millions of records which they have gathered over the years.

Centres are now making their records available via an online research system (ORS) which will allow you to search an index of records and pay to view a record. More centres will come online in the coming months. A single database of the records of all counties that are participating will also be available in the coming months. Click on the map (left) to search the currently available records.

Latest News...

28/10/2008
Index of Griffith's Valuation Now Available
An Index to Griffith's Valuation is now available to search at no charge as part of the Irish Family History Foundation's Online Research Service (ORS).

14/10/2008
Twenty-Sixth Annual Belfast Book Fair
Antiquarian & second-hand books, prints, postcards and maps at Wellington Park Hotel, Malone Road,Belfast on Saturday 18th October 2008 from 10.00am–5.00pm

14/10/2008
Stirling Family History Conference
A three day Family History Conference aimed at those with Scottish ancestry.

14/10/2008
1821 Census Fragment for Co. Armagh
A fragment of the 1821 census for Forkhill parish, Co. Armagh is now available to search and purchase online.