The Irish Times Online Irish Ancestors

This site goes from strength to strength. Run by the Irish Times web site ireland.com it has masses of information for anyone looking for their Irish ancestors. The Home Page offers a choice of a surname or an ancestor search. There is also a database of 65,000 Irish placenames.



The surname search reveals details of households with the surname entered in each county of Ireland in the property survey of 1848-64.
It also offers variants on the spelling of the surname.



The ancestor search offers visitors the chance to research further and produces a profile of everything you will need if you want to find out more.



The site map gives the full range of what is on offer from articles about emigration to county sourcelists, addresses of major libraries in Ireland north and south and Roman Catholic and civil parish maps for every county.



Full access to the site allows you access to all the databases. It costs $60 for 30 units and the basis of what units cost is explained in the subscribe section.