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Researching family history in Cork

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      1. Write down all the information that you have in an ordered fashion eg group sheets, family tree maker or a word processor
      2. Check out the 1901 and 1911 censi
      3. Search online with roots chat and ancestry.co.uk
      4. Record all references with dates, saves you repeating research.
      5. Make a logical to do list, letters to write, people to visit, places to visit.
      6. Check out online sources through Cindy's list.
      7. Research the history of the era you might get an insite of how your relative lived, adds flesh to the narrative.
      8. Most important of all write it up in a fashion the enable persons coming after you to be able to understand it.
      9. Pass it on.

      Places to Visit

  1. County Library - Newspapers, local Directories
  2. City Library - newspapers, local directories
  3. Boole Library (Limited access)

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