Learn how to explore your West Cork genealogy in this series of podcasts from Skibbereen Heritage Centre. Listen to the Centre’s in-house genealogist, Margaret Murphy, as she shares her 20-years’ plus experience of carrying out such research with Skibbereen Heritage Centre’s manager and curator, Terri Kearney.
In this episode,these friends and colleagues explore how to start researching using the 1901 and 1911 censuses as genealogical sources, while also exploring the broader societal context of what these records reveal. Margaret brings Terri’s ancestry into the 19th century and they come across a few surprises along the way.
Websites mentioned in this episode:
www.skibbheritage.com
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/