Bookmarks
My other bookshelf pages feature books that I either own in hardcopy or have downloaded electronically and have used in the course of my research. However, there are always more genealogical books than there are hours in the day and I have a stash of them bookmarked as potentially useful for solving as yet unencountered people puzzles. So here are a couple of them that I have not got round to purchasing yet but you may find useful for your own research. Do get in touch if you can recommend them further to me.
Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors (2020) William J Roulston
The sub-title of this book, published by the Ulster Historical Foundation, is "The essential genealogical guide to early modern Ulster, 1600-1800", which pretty much sums up the reviews I've seen for this book. This part of Ireland saw the "plantation" of Presbyterian Scots in the 17th century, a process that saw much conflict and of course, gave rise to plenty of paperwork! Even if your Ulster ancestors didn't have Scottish roots, you are still going to find this book enormously useful.
Click on the book cover image to the left and you will be taken to the bookshop page of the Ulster Historical Foundation. Scroll down the page and you will see the huge breadth of material covered in the various chapters.
The sub-title of this book, published by the Ulster Historical Foundation, is "The essential genealogical guide to early modern Ulster, 1600-1800", which pretty much sums up the reviews I've seen for this book. This part of Ireland saw the "plantation" of Presbyterian Scots in the 17th century, a process that saw much conflict and of course, gave rise to plenty of paperwork! Even if your Ulster ancestors didn't have Scottish roots, you are still going to find this book enormously useful.
Click on the book cover image to the left and you will be taken to the bookshop page of the Ulster Historical Foundation. Scroll down the page and you will see the huge breadth of material covered in the various chapters.
The Archives of the Valuation of Ireland, 1830-1865 (2018) Frances McGee
Frances McGee was an archivist at the National Archives of Ireland and no doubt spent a good deal of that time working with the extensive collection of papers deposited there for what is known colloquially as Griffith's Valuation. The result of all that effort is this comprehensive and quite possibly definitive book on the subject. William J Roulston (see above) has written a fulsome review which details what you can expect to find in the various chapters.
Just after the book was published, Frances gave a talk to the Genealogical Society of Ireland entitled "The 19th Century Valuation of Ireland." It's over an hour long and the sound quality is not great but she goes into a lot of detail with examples. From these, you should be able to get a good understanding of the different types of documents in the complete archive, how they relate to each other and how to interpret all the information that exists within them.
Click on the book cover image to go to the publisher's web page.
Frances McGee was an archivist at the National Archives of Ireland and no doubt spent a good deal of that time working with the extensive collection of papers deposited there for what is known colloquially as Griffith's Valuation. The result of all that effort is this comprehensive and quite possibly definitive book on the subject. William J Roulston (see above) has written a fulsome review which details what you can expect to find in the various chapters.
Just after the book was published, Frances gave a talk to the Genealogical Society of Ireland entitled "The 19th Century Valuation of Ireland." It's over an hour long and the sound quality is not great but she goes into a lot of detail with examples. From these, you should be able to get a good understanding of the different types of documents in the complete archive, how they relate to each other and how to interpret all the information that exists within them.
Click on the book cover image to go to the publisher's web page.
(c) Irish Geneaography - 2023
