Family Records

There are billions of online family history records available to explore on Findmypast. Discover how to make the most of them and what they can reveal about your ancestors with our record guides and information.

Did your ancestors experience the Great Irish Famine?  

The 1921 Census is now online for the very first time

1921 Census search tips

21 ways to make the most of the 1921 Census

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How Dog Licences Could be the Key to your Irish Ancestors' Secrets

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How to use Poverty Relief Loans to find your ancestors

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How to Search Findmypast's UK Parish Records

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Expert tips: Irish Marriage License Bonds

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How to Find Criminal Ancestors in the Newspaper Archives

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A Bleak History: Dublin workhouse records allow you to find the voices of the voiceless

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Why Everyone Should be Searching our Workhouse Records

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10 years of Pettigrew & Oulton's Dublin Almanac & General Register of Ireland, plus over 1.7 million Devon parish records

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Griffith's Valuation, the gateway to Irish research

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How to Explore Irish Burial Records and Gravestones

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