Caring for your Family Documents

Archivist Damien Burke from the Archives and Records Assocation Ireland will give a talk on Caring for your Family Documents at the County Library, Tallaght this Saturday 27th August at 2:00 p.m.

This will be a practical session giving advice on caring for your family papers, old photographs and books, etc. It will cover signs of damage to paper, basic preservation steps you can take to prevent damage, how to correctly handle old documents, best storage options, and much more.

Feel free to bring along any items you need advice on and Damien will have free conservation materials to give away to help you get started.

Discover your Irish Roots this St. Patrick’s Day

Ancestry.com are doing a nice promo of their Irish records for St. Patrick’s Day but did you know that these records are available for free through your public library?

Griffith’s Valuation is available as part of the Public Library Information Services on Ask About Ireland.

You can browse Ordnance Survey Historical Maps for free at your local library & South Dublin Libraries also have a historical map viewer which includes pre-Ordnance Survey Maps.

The index to the  Tithe Applotment Books can be searched computers in the Local Studies section at the County Library, Tallaght.

The Lawrence Collection of photographs can be viewed freely online on the National Library’s Digital Archive.

As well as these, there are many other free online tools for researching your Irish family history, including of course the Census for 1901 & 1911. South Dublin Libraries’ Digital Archive Source includes Thom’s Directories for the South Dublin County area. For more information on researching your family history at the County Library, Tallaght please see our guide at www.southdublinlibraries.ie.