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Kerry
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Kerry
Genealogy
- Kerry (History & people etc)
Kerry
Genealogy
I
don't like 'pure' genealogy per se, that is, the putting
of names on a family tree, instead I like to know
about the people, how they lived and the places they
lived in. There are lots of people who are not like
me, who do like to know just the names and where they
came from. The pages linked to below are pretty much
to do with pure genealogy (but a little bit of the
other thrown in!).
To
my mind, the Lewis Topographical Dictionary is one
of the most valuable and ignored tools for genealogists
or family historians because it gives us alternative
names and spellings of parish names, also, most
importantly it names the religious parishes which
cover any civil parish.
There
is more to do with Kerry Genealogy on the History
& people tables
Discovery
Series Map No. 71:
includes: Abbeydorney - Ardfert - Ballyheige - Ballymacelligott
Banemore - Blennerville - Camp - Castleisland Castlemaine
- Farranfore - Fenit - Fybagh - Inch
Lyreacrumpane - Milltown - Stack's Mountains - Tralee
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County
Kerry, history, geography, genealogy, people
Every
time I have seen someone ask if anyone knows anything
about education or emigration on any of the mail
lists I have been subscribed to I always think of
the 1931 descriptions of the counties in Ireland
which I have on line. At the end of every county
description there are tables listing the figures
for emigration from the county, education in the
county, whether or not the people speak Irish, and
a breakdown of the religious denominations in the
county taken from various census returns from 1821
through 1926. So, these descriptions are of historical
and genealogical importance.
The
Diocescan listings were one of the first sets
of pages I created for this web site, because
sometime way back then I had read that when a
man qualified as a priest he was usually put back
into his own parish, originally I had considered
these tables of importance because they told us
the names of the Roman Catholic parishes in a
Diocese in 1836 (which sometimes changed over
the years) and they also told us the name of the
closest post town - this never changed. So, to
me, these lists help if I am looking for a Roman
Catholic parish which no longer exists. I find
the name of the closest post town to where-ever
it is I am loking for information about and then
I find the records which co exist for that area,
regardless of the name.
Lists
such as the 1832 Military list, the Revenue Officers,
the Admiralty Examinations, the General Synod, the
Presbyterian Synod - these can apply to any county
- they are of genealogical & historical value.
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