County Donegal Ireland Genealogy 

County Donegal Ireland Genealogy below covers some additional sources of help that we found as well as those mentioned in the genealogy home page for northern Irish counties.

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County Donegal Ireland Genealogy

Online Maps of Donegal parishes and their Townlands

The main benefit of these maps is that, when used in conjunction with the online Griffiths Valuation index, you should be able to identify the townlands adjacent to or near to the one where you think your ancestors originated. 

The 1901 and 1911 censuses

The 1901 Census will give more data than almost any other source and the 1911 census has even more data 

The Tithe Applotment Books

This was an earlier land survey carried out between 1827 and 1835,this time in order to see who should pay tithes (taxes) to the Established Church, which was the Church of Ireland (Anglican) and also the National Archives in Dublin: 

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/valuation.html

Many parishes have also been transcribed to Lindel’s website:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/

County Donegal  :Church Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths

These are usually available at local churches or you can photocopy any of them at the Public Records Office in Belfast; 

County Donegal: Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths

Copies of the actual birth, marriage and death certificates, from 1864 onwards (or 1845 for Protestant marriages), can be obtained from the Civil Registration Office in Letterkenny, Tel: (00353) 74 9124576. 

The records are also available per certificate from The General Registry Office in Roscommon: http://www.groireland.ie

A commercial genealogy website also has many church and civil records of birth/baptism, marriage and death online at: http://www.rootsireland.ie/

Griffiths Valuation Revision Books

These are updates to the Griffiths Valuation and they show changes to who held the property after the initial valuation in the 1850s up to circa 1930.They are also available in PRONI in Belfast and at the Valuation Office in Dublin.

Wills

Some remain in both the Public Records Office in Belfast and the National Archives in Dublin.

County Donegal  : Old Age Pension/Census Returns

In 1909 the Old Age Pension was introduced in Ireland but elderly people had to prove that they were over 70 in order to claim it. Since birth certificates had not been introduced until 1864, this in effect meant applying to the authorities in Dublin, who held the 1841 and 1851 censuses, and asking if your name was recorded therein. The letters are stored in large binders in the Public Records Office in Belfast.






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