Your Longford family story.
Trace people and places through townlands, census returns, local history and archival records.
Follow the evidence.
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Begin at home
Gather family names, dates, family stories and any known parish or townland. Record spelling variants.
02
Search national records
Compare census entries, civil registrations and church records; note dates and source references.
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Place it in Longford
Use local archives, historical maps and county research to connect records to specific places.
Research resources.
National ArchivesSearch surviving Irish census records and other archives.Visit website ↗ (opens in a new tab)
IrishGenealogy.ieSearch historical civil and church records from a national research portal.Visit website ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Longford Local StudiesFind county archives, local history collections and historical sources.Visit website ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Griffith’s ValuationResearch mid-nineteenth-century landholding and place names.Visit website ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Dúchas folklore collectionResearch recorded local traditions and school-collected stories as folklore.Visit website ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Write down the townland
When records include a parish or townland, keep the original spelling and its variant forms. Compare maps, civil records and census returns before assuming a family match.