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Know Your Ancestors
Megan Hillyer
48 episodes
2 days ago
I’m Megan Hillyer, professional genealogist and host of Know Your Ancestors. This podcast is about more than building a family tree, it’s about discovering the strength, belonging, and healing that come from knowing your lineage. Each episode is an invitation to explore the power of your ancestors’ lives and how their stories can shape and guide your own. At its heart, this podcast is about one truth: when you know your ancestors, you know yourself.
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I’m Megan Hillyer, professional genealogist and host of Know Your Ancestors. This podcast is about more than building a family tree, it’s about discovering the strength, belonging, and healing that come from knowing your lineage. Each episode is an invitation to explore the power of your ancestors’ lives and how their stories can shape and guide your own. At its heart, this podcast is about one truth: when you know your ancestors, you know yourself.
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2 Essential Sites for Late 1800s Irish Genealogy - BTS of Ep 37
Know Your Ancestors
17 minutes 54 seconds
1 year ago
2 Essential Sites for Late 1800s Irish Genealogy - BTS of Ep 37

Free Mini-class: ⁠3 Steps to Start Knowing Your Ancestors⁠

Ep 38 - In this "behind the scenes," look at last week's episode with Christopher Ward from  ⁠@modelstrangers⁠, I share 2 essential sites to use to research your ancestors who lived in Ireland after 1864. See links below to access the sites I talk about. Let's go! Use this site to look for birth, marriage, and death records: ⁠https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp⁠ Use this site to look for census records in Ireland: ⁠https://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/⁠ Discover Irish Registration Districts: ⁠https://www.swilson.info/regdistmap.php⁠ Find your ancestor's Irish Townland: ⁠https://www.townlands.ie/⁠ 00:00 Introduction and Recap of Episode 37

01:01 Researching Irish Ancestors: Key Websites

02:04 Understanding Irish Civil Records

03:23 Searching for Ancestors in Civil Records

07:27 Using Registration Districts for Accurate Searches

09:28 Exploring William's Birth Record

10:30 Finding Ballygawly on the Map

12:02 Using Irish Genealogy Website

12:33 Navigating Irish Census Records

14:00 Analyzing Census Data

15:42 Understanding Census Details

17:02 Conclusion and Additional Resources


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Know Your Ancestors
I’m Megan Hillyer, professional genealogist and host of Know Your Ancestors. This podcast is about more than building a family tree, it’s about discovering the strength, belonging, and healing that come from knowing your lineage. Each episode is an invitation to explore the power of your ancestors’ lives and how their stories can shape and guide your own. At its heart, this podcast is about one truth: when you know your ancestors, you know yourself.