Ireland Family Tree research resources
Dig into the past of the Ireland Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6952 people with the Ireland surname? In that year Ireland was ranked number 588 for popularity in the UK. |
"A native of Ireland. The family are descended from Sir John de Ireland of Lancashire, temp. William the Conqueror. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Ireland records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Ireland family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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Historical References
"IRELAND. A family of this name is in record in Scotland in the last quarter of the thirteenth century. John Ybemiens de Frertun was a witness in 1288 (RPSA., p. 346), and Patrick of Ireland, accused of housebreaking at Forfar, was hanged in 1296 (Bain, n, p. 190). David de Ireland was one of the Scots prisoners taken at Dunbar Castle in 1296; cattle belonging to Walter de Ibernia were driven 0 off from a moor near Aberdeen in the same year; Robert de Irland of Stirlingshire rendered homage, 1296; and John de Irland (Hibemia) agreed to serve the king of England in France and elsewhere outwith England (ibid., n, p. 176, 192, 205, 243). Duncan, earl of Fife in 1336 granted a charter of the barony of Murthly, Perthshire, to John de Yrelande as held by his ancestors. The family, often called de Hibernia, held Murthly till about 1440 (Stodart, n, p. 394). John de Irlande who held a land in Perth, 1424 (RMS., n, 18) may be the John Irland (without 'de') who was burgess there in 1437 (SCM., v, p. 261). Andrew Irland was a witness in Perth, 1478 (RAA., n, 202), and Walter Irland bailie there, 1488 (Methven, p. 31). Andrew Erland or de Ireland was a Scots merchant, 1450-51 (Bain, rv, 1230, 1240), Schyr Andro Irlande was vicar of Torreff (Turriff), 1489 (SCM., n, p. 259), William Yrlande, notary in Arbroath, 1502 (RAA., n, 438), Johannes Irland, vicar of Perth, 1524 (Scon, p. 205), Cuthbert Irland a follower of Campbell of Lundy, 1529 (RSS., n, 59), and Henry Airland in Strathendrie, 1602, is doubtless Henry Irland in Strahenrie, 1614 (Fordett, p. 160, 162). (2) In Roxburgh a family named Ireland held lands called Ireland's land in the barony of Wilton. In 1454 John of Irelandys of that Ilk, "in his urgent and known necessity" sold the lands to David Scott. Mathew Ireland was appointed doomster in Berwick and Roxburgh in 1524 (Home, 34). (3) The Irlands of Orkney are of local origin from Ireland (Old Norse eyrr-land, a gravelly beach), the largest township in the West Mainland. Thomas Ariand appears in an agreement drawn up at Kirk wall in 1369 (Diplomatarium Norvegtcum, i, p. 308). Master John Irland was chaplain in Wick, Caithness, 1530 (OPS., n, p. 752). A pedigree of the family of Ireland of Ireland is given in REO (p. 452-453). By the middle of the seventeenth century the family seems to have disposed of all their land, and the name is now believed to be extinct in the islands. For Ireland as a place name in Scotland see Watson i, p. 232-233. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Ireland Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ireland Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Ireland family tree.
Look at Ireland Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Ireland family name using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Ireland family records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Ireland family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Ireland family.
Research the Ireland surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Ireland Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 8687 people with the Ireland surname in the UK? Ireland is now ranked number 679 for popularity in the UK. |
Ireland Genealogy Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Ireland family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Ireland data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Ireland family and people looking to contact living Ireland relations.
Look at GENi for Ireland family records.
Find your Irish Ireland relatives on findmypast.ie
Ireland Forums
Research the Ireland surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Ireland surname in the USA? Ireland is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Ireland Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Ireland family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Use the Surname Map project to look at the current distribution of the Ireland surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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