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O'Hart in 1875 and generally fast application rnay be made 10:
Irish
referred
to as O'Hart's
Messrs. Ellis,
Families, gives an extremely ambi-
tious genealogical record of ali
78 May Street,
Belfast.
well known Irish families consist-
ing generally of nothing more than
a string of names. This volume
A certain arnount of reliable in-
must never be taken as reliable formation with regard to Irish mili-
unless information taken from it is tary history rnay be obtained from:
checked from some other source.
The Military History Society of
' Burke's Landed Gentry of Ire-
Ireland,
land ' consists of four editions. 1899,
1 Northgate Street,
1904, 1912 and 1958. Prior to 1899.
Athlone,
the Irish families were included in
the
entitled
Co. Westmeath.
English
Edition
'Burke's Landed Gentry', estab-
Senrch into Irish pedigrees should
lisbed in 1836 by John Burke and
carried on by his son Sir Bernard never be looked upon as being easy.
Burke who was Ulster King of One must possess a considerable
Ams.
amount of patience and not be jn
Other printed sources include a burry and be thanuul when one
Dalton's ' King James's Irish Amy is able to produce information that
List' of 1689. The Freeman's Jour- gives a reliable answer to one's prob-
nal, Walker's Hibernian Magazine lems.
(1771 to 1812) and old copies of the
newspapers.
IsIands, Channel - These Idands
If reference is to be made to a consist of a small group of Islands
Society well versed in searching close to the North West Coast of
Irish records there are one or two France. The principal Islands are
Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and
avalable. For example:
of the Duchy of Normandy which
The Society of Genealogists,
still belong to the British Crown.
37 Harrington Gardens,
Acts of the British Parliament do
London S.W.7
not apply to tliese Islands withour
their consent,
has a considerable amount of Irish
material. but the Society is excep-
Jersey.
tionally busy and inquiries rnay Sark, and they are the only portions
rake a considerable time to be
answered. Births, marriages and deaths have
Aiternatively. the application may been officially recorded in Jersey
be made to: since 1842.
Complete Regislers of births and
The Secretary, deaths are kept by the Parish con-
The Irish Genealogical Resea cerned. In the case of marriages,
Society. two registers are kept, one by the
82 Eaton Square, Parish concerned and the other by
London S.W.1 the Superintendent Registrar. Infor-
mation may be obtained by apply-
For additional searchers in Bel- ing to:
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