20 Unmissable Resources for Tracing British and Irish Ancestors | Findmypast

[@DS-fk7ed]

I think you should add wills to this collection of resources; Find My Past has several collections including the diocese of Lichfield and Chester; these have helped me get my family tree back to the early 1500's. I've even got back to the late 1400's (1486) with wills kept for Kent at Maidstone archives. Wills give so much personal information and can add individuals not found in parish registers, or even before parish registers came into use. The second half was not relevant for me as I don't have any Irish connections, but it's still interesting to listen to; sometimes I'll research for a friend so this information may come in handy.

[@lindaj5492]

No mention of Scotland’s People?

[@lindakay9552]

It is extremely important to consider permutations of names. I've found that several of my ancestors went by their middle name. While they used their first name as a middle initial. This is massively helpful when you find conflicting records about the same person. For example: Ephriam F = Frank E. This one confused me for 2 days.

[@yvonneroberts3871]

Very interesting and informative. I learnt many new things here that I plan to make use of! Many thanks to Alex and Niall.

[@jimkcork]

A question was asked regarding evictions and if there were records of same on Find my Past. The answer given was NO. This is not entirely correct as you will often find a record of an eviction or threatened eviction in the Petty Sessions records. They are well worth a look!

[@teriokeefe8733]

Anything on O'Keefe? County Cork? Third gen Irish American. Dad James Xavier O'Keefe. My dads dad was Lawrence Vincent O'Keefe. On residence records shows both sides of my great grandparents being from Ireland. Thanks You.

[@MrD-nn1gr]

My last name is Price and grandmother's last name is Brinston. Is there any information on these last names

[@altabacka]

Thanks for this info. I have been using Find my Past, in the past. Is there any way of researching Irish ancestry previous to the 1800s. particularly with regard to people entering Ireland from Britain during the time of the plantations.

[@histman3133]

My great grandparents surnames were Hone and they and my ancestors lived for centuries around the Oxfordshire and Warwickshire area and I was just wondering if this means they have any relation, whether distant or not with the Anglo-Irish Hone family who can trace their origins back to Samuel Hone from Marlborough. If anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it.

[@earlcollinsworth4914]

Looking for records for County Antrim for the period of 1730-1760. anything you might suggest?

[@lizjolly5454]

I don't think you have the 1939 Register for Scotland?

[@findmypast]

Hi Liz, we don't have it - any details for Scotland at this time are held by the National Records for Scotland.

[@joewright2679]

WANT TO FIND MY FAMILY “WRIGHT” IN IRISH GENEOLOGY

[@bevbarrett4762]

Does "Find My Past" have plentiful records of Scottish heritage?

[@findmypast]

We do Bev, and we're adding more all the time! :) search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records?page=1&region=scotland&searchedrecordsetname=

[@thomasragan9047]

Irish past.