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 Irish
Earnest Irish immigration to the United States began after the potato famine
in the 1840s, with more than 4.5 million Irish arriving prior to 1930. The Irish
settled throughout the United States, with the highest concentration found in
Boston. Although immigration during the rest of the twentieth century has been
slow, Irish remain the fifth largest immigrant group since 1820.
Contacts and Sources
American Irish Historical Society Library
991 Fifth Avenue and 80th Street
New York, NY 10028
Telephone: (212) 288-2263
Publication: Recorder
The Irish Ancestral Research Association
P.O. Box 619
Sudbury, MA 01776.
Telephone: (617) 894-0062
Publication: TIARA
Irish Families
P.O. Box 7575
Kansas City, MO 64116
Telephone/Fax: (816) 454-2410
E-mail: mike@Irishroots.com
Publication: Irish Family Journal
Web Sites
The Internet has hundreds of Web sites about Ireland, Irish history, and Irish genealogy.
Rather than attempt to list them all here, we've provided you with some are that are good
starting points for Irish genealogical research.
- In Helpful Web Sites,
you can find links to useful resources about:
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- National Archives of
Ireland
- Another good starting point for learning to research in Ireland. They have
descriptions of different record types, as well as two online resources: transportation
records of convicts sent from Ireland to Australia between 1788 and 1868,
and census fragments for County Antrim.
Books
- In Search of our British and Irish Roots, by Angus Baxter
- Irish Emigration to the United States, by Stephen Byrne
- Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research, by Margaret D. Falley
- Ireland Research Outline, by the Family History Library of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Tracing your Irish Ancestors, by John Grenham
- A Guide to Irish Parish Registers, by Brian Mitchell
- Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy, by Brian Mitchell
- Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History, by James G.
Ryan
- Ireland and the American Emigration, 1850-1900, by Arnold Schrier
For some tips on researching abroad, see the topic All
about international resources.
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