The UK website for online genealogy research (findmypast.co.uk) has just announced the best thing to happen to genealogy since the release of the 1940 US Federal Census:
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| findmypast.co.uk article |
Just look at what they have to say about the new records:
The National Archives of Ireland: Surviving census records
But few realise that the destruction was not total. A great deal survived. We now know that records concerning more than 600,000 people in the 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851 census records survive at the National Archives of Ireland. This is because for the first time they have all been digitally imaged, transcribed and published online. This is a free resource, available to all.
FREE!! ....FREE! ALL of these records are online ... digital images, transcribed ... it is all FREE!
Can you tell I am excited?!
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| findmypast.co.uk article |
Most of my Irish ancestors came to the States around or before 1850 which means that now I can have a better chance of catching and tracing ancestors who previously were a stalled end. This is particularly true for the northern Irish Campbell family and the southern Irish Holahans.
I am so eager to dive into this that I am staying up late without the aid of caffeine!
(An hour later...)
Wow! I am finding some good things, interesting points and if certain records are true, there are new facts to add to the family tree. ...Sadly there is only the 1831 census for county Derry/Londonderry, where most of the Campbell family branch comes from.
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