Irish genealogy and record research can present certain challenges. In this webinar, John Grenham explores ways in which visualizing the locations of households with particular surnames in Catholic records, Griffith's Valuation, census records, and records of births, marriages, and deaths can help with genealogy and local history.
John provides vivid examples of just how local some names are and how impossibly widespread others can be. In addition, some of focus is on maps of the geographic areas used to collect the records, including the technical background involved in creating the maps and how to use the maps to shed light on the surnames and families.
This program will be available until June 27, 2025.
About the Presenter
John Grenham was Project Manager with the Irish Genealogical Project from 1991 to 1995 and later went on to develop and market his own genealogical software, Grenham’s Irish Recordfinder. In 2005, he was the first Genealogist-in-Residence at Dublin City Library. He was awarded a fellowship of The Irish Genealogical Research Society in 2007 and of the Genealogical Society of Ireland in 2010. He is the author of Tracing your Irish Ancestors (5th ed. Dublin, Baltimore MD, 2019), the standard reference guide for Irish genealogy; The Atlantic Coast of Ireland (2014); Clans and Families of Ireland (1995); and An Illustrated History of Ireland (1997), among other works. He wrote the "Irish Roots" column in The Irish Times from 2009 to 2016, develops heritage databases, and ran the Irish Ancestors website in conjunction with The Irish Times until 2016. In partnership with his son Eoin, he now runs the successor website at www.johngrenham.com.
