My name is Denise Wells and I am the coordinator for County Longford, Ireland. I'm looking forward to bringing to you as much information about Longford as I possibly can. I hope that you, as seekers of Irish data, can help me as well. If you have a webpage with Longford ancestors and you would like a link on this page, please send me the url address for your website.
Also, anyone who has any raw data, such as census records, cemetery transcriptions, birth, marriage or death indexes, etc. that you would like to contribute, I would be glad to place those at this site giving you full recognition and copyright authority over your contribution.
So, a hearty welcome to ya and welcome to
Longford county, in the province of Leinster, is located in the central part of Ireland. It is bounded by Counties Leitrim and Cavan to the northwest and northeast, respectively, by Westmeath on the southeast, and by Roscommon on the west. The county town is Longford.
RESOURCES
County Library
Annaly Carpark
Longford
Ballymahon Library The Court House Ballymahon, Co Longford
Drumlish Library Mary Street Drumlish, Co. Longford
Edgeworthstown Library Pound Street Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Granard Library Market House Granard, Co. Longford Lanesboro Library The Green Lanesboro, Co. Longford
Longford Branch Library Town Centre Longford, Co. Longford
Longford Roots Longford Museum & Heritage Centre 1 Church Street Longford Town Tel/Fax: 043-41235 Email:
Registrar General
Midlands Health Board
Co. Clinic
Longford
OTHER IMPORTANT IRISH SOURCES
The National Library of Ireland National Archives of Ireland The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Marsh's Library Dublin Public Libraries Department of Foreign Affairs Cemeteries of Ireland Shamrock Tombstone Transcription Project Genealogical Society of Ireland Irish Genealogical Society, Int'l. (IGSI) Irish Family History Foundation North of Ireland Family History Society Irish Midland Ancestry
MISCELLANEOUS IRISH SITES Diane's Page About Ireland Andrew J. Morris - Genealogy goireland.com Clans of Ireland Irish Ancestors - Longford Estate Records
ARTICLES
Irish Roots Magazine - not sure if it is still being published. I've sent them an email to determine if it is still in publication as it appears the website has not been updated since February, 2001. I'll put any updates here.
Some articles to read from Irish Roots Magazine
Enoch Pratt Free Library
A History of the Calverts and their Holding in the United Kingdom
Irish Genealogy & History Articles The Longford/Argentine Connection
IrishAbroad Genealogy
MAPS
Longford Town
IRISH NEWSPAPERS
Irish Newspapers from the British Library's Newspaper Collection Leinster Regional Newspapers - James Hardiman Library The Irish Times
COMMON SURNAMES
Surnames in Pre-Famine County Longford
QUERY BOARDS
Roman Catholic Parish-County-Diocese Chart
IRELAND MAPS
CHURCHES
Church of Ireland
Births, Marriages and Deaths - Starting dates and locations
GREAT INFO FROM OTHER FANTASTIC SITES & PROJECTS
Award of Pensions to Royal Irish Constabulary
Longford Poor Law Union and Workhouse
1901 Census Returns for Parish of Edgeworthstown
Church Records - on the Co. Longford IGP site. Includes marriages, baptisms, deaths
Griffith's Valuations (1860+) - on the Co. Longford IGP site
Irish Convicts to Tasmania, Australia 1845 -
Irish Marriages, being an index to the marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771 to 1812, by Henry Farrar, London, England; 1890
Longford Town Directory 1894 - by Jan Tynan Dempsey at the County Longford IGP Site
Longford Landowners A-D, E-I, J-O, P-Z
Online Irish Names Research Directory
Transportation Records, Irish Convicts to Australia, 1788-1868 -
SOCIETIES
Genealogical Society of Ireland 14, Rochestown Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Irish Family History Society P.O. Box 36, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland Membership: Euro €17, or StŁ13 , US $20 , Can $33 , Aus $34 , NZ $40 . If paying by € or StŁ from an address outside Europe, € 20 or StŁ16 (to cover additional postage) Irish Genealogical Society, Int'l (IGSI) Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN Membership: US/$20 - NonUS/$25
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SUBSCRIPTION BASED SITES FOR IRELAND RESEARCH
Irish Records Index, 1500-1920 - at Ancestry.com
Irish Source Records, 1500s - 1800s - Learn an Irish ancestor's name; names of family members; location and description of property; records of vital events like birth, marriage, and death; plus more. - at Genealogy.com
Irish to America, 1846-1865 Passenger and Immigration Lists - Trace your family tree to Ireland with this ground-breaking collection of immigration data. Discover an ancestor's full name, province or county of residence, village or town of origin, dates of travel, plus much more. - at Genealogy.com
