Blogs, Newsletters & Forums
Here are links to some of my favourite blogs for keeping up with all the Irish genealogy news and gossip.
There are several forums and message boards which might prove both happy hunting grounds for information posted incidentally about relatives you are seeking or for you to post a query yourself, for which you will probably have to register or be a member of the relevant Society.
- Irish Genealogy News = Claire Santry's topical Irish blog.
- Irish Roots = John Grenham's blog published on his own website.
- Scottish Genes = Chris Paton's virtually daily blog on genealogy news, including Ireland. Email newsletter recommended
- Irish Lives Remembered = This e-magazine is now published bi-monthly and often focuses on particular counties at a time.
There are several forums and message boards which might prove both happy hunting grounds for information posted incidentally about relatives you are seeking or for you to post a query yourself, for which you will probably have to register or be a member of the relevant Society.
- Rootsweb = Ancestry's worldwide message board with thousands of threads and posts. Be inventive with how you query with keywords to sift out the treasure from the rest. Note, this site experienced a security breach in late 2017 but the home page dialogue is detailing all the measures they are taking to bring all of it back online safely.
- IGRS Forum = The Irish Genealogical Research Society has made their Members Forum free to view in a bid to have the queries reach as wide an audience as possible. However, if you want to post a query or reply, you will need to be a member of the Society.
