If you have Irish roots, you may already know that Ireland’s National Archives has put its national 1901 and 1911 censuses online–and it’s FREE. Recently,
Irish census, 1901, sample image from Irish Ancestors website.
they’ve added more searchable databases and linked images. Now you can also find:
- Census Records for 1901 and 1911,
- Census survivals for 1821-51,
- Census Search forms for 1841-51,
- Tithe Applotment Books from 1823 to 1837,
- Soldiers’ Wills from 1914 to 1917, and
- the Calendars of Wills and Administrations from 1858 to 1922.
TIP: Irish census records before 1901 are disappointingly sparse. Read more about it in this article in The Irish Times, which alerted us to the new material on the National Archives site.