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This website is a compilation of 18th to early 20th century resources, provided to assist amateur genealogists with their family history research in Donegal

It is the work of myself and other researchers. If you would like to contribute any records to this website, it would be very much appreciated!

 

There are now 2,629 pages of transcriptions online, with more to come!

You will find project pages, where a large collection of records have been compiled on a subject/event or parish, as well as general indexes to BDM, census or land records, where full or partial transcriptions have been compiled. There are also maps, photographs and indexes to all available records and published works.

I have been researching my Donegal ancestors for many years - the research is difficult and a lot of the records hard to navigate, but once you understand these available records, you can put together a good family history. Donegal records are limited however - civil registration didn't start until 1864 for the general population, church registers in the mid 1800s, though a lucky few start earlier; and very few 19th century census exist; the earliest universally available is 1901.


ALL records on this website are in the public domain and should all be free of copyright. If there are any records which you believe are under copyright, or have been reproduced here without permissions/the correct acknowledgements, please contact me with the details of the file.

 

This website is totally FREE to access and is intended to be used by amateur genealogists researching their Donegal roots.

If you would like to copy sections of any records for your family history, please advise the submitter of the record/s and request permission to do so.

 

Copying of anything contained within this website for commercial purposes is not permitted

The copying & selling of any of these records for your own profit is expressly forbidden (I do know who you are!)

 

Please note that I cannot undertake research for anyone, even if I'd like to!

Aside from this research being much more enjoyable & satisfying if you do it yourself, the more time I spend on queries,

the less time I have to transcribe and add records to this website

Everything you need is in the links below & contained within this website, especially in the How To section under General

 

Getting Started With Your Donegal Family Research

Genealogy Toolkit

 

 Resources -

 

 General -

 

 Projects -

Births, Deaths, Marriages & Wills

Archive & Library Resources

Donegal Relief Fund

Census Records

Books

 Researchers -

Commercial Directories

County, Parish & Townland Websites

Surnames A to K / Surnames L to Z

Convicts

How & where to get Records

 Extra -

Donegal Families

Irish Names/Place Names in Donegal

Donegal Holiday 2008

Headstone Inscriptions

Life in Donegal

Donegal Holiday 2010

Land Records

Maps and Parish & Townlands Lists

Donegal News Media

Occupation-related Indexes

New Donegal Photographs

Webrings & Links

Passenger Lists

Old Donegal Photographs

 

School Records

Research Addresses  

 

 

 Parish Projects -  
These are on-going projects - information & records are still being added for each Parish

Aghanunshin

Fahan Lower

Kilteevoge

Allsaints Fahan Upper Leck
Aughnish

Gartan

Lettermacaward

Burt

Glencolumbkille

Mevagh

Clonca Inch Mintiaghs or Barr of Inch

Clondahorky

Inishkeel

Moville Lower

Clondavaddog

Inishmacsaint

Moville Upper

Clonleigh Inver Muff
Clonmany Kilbarron Raphoe
Convoy Kilcar Raymoghy

Conwal & Glenswilly

Killaghtee

Raymunterdoney

Culdaff Killea

Stranorlar

Desertegny Killybegs Lower

Taughboyne

Donagh Killybegs Upper Templecarn
Donaghmore Killygarvan Templecrone & Arranmore
Donegal Killymard Tullaghobegly & Gweedore
Drumhome Kilmacrenan & Termon Tullyfern
    Urney

 

 

Files Recently Added & Updated - 27 Aug 2010

 

1833 Tithe Applotment Book - Kilteevoge Parish

1901 census Mevagh - Aghadachor, Glengillagrana High, Carnagore, Highglen, Umlagh

Old RC Graveyard, Umlagh, Mevagh

Birth, Marriage & Death Notives from Early Newspapers - Kilcar Parish

1834 Tithe Applotment Book - Kilcar

Letters of the Famine Relief Committee 1846/7 - Clonmany & Donagh

1833 Tithe Applotment Book - Kilbarron

1833 Tithe Applotment Book - Raymoghy

1740 Protestant Householders Census - Inishowen Parishes

Raphoe Parish Old Newspaper Reports - Jottings

Taughboyne Parish Old Newspaper Reports - Jottings

Clonleigh Parish Old Newspaper Reports - Crime & Jottings

Birth, Marriage & Death Notives from Early Newspapers - Desertegney Parish

1834 Tithe Applotment Book, Leck Parish

1837 Tithe Applotment Book, Muff Parish

Headstone Inscriptions, Carne Graveyard, Pettigo, Templecarn

Headstone Inscriptions, St Mary's RC Church, Sessiagh (O'Neill)

Killea Parish updated - 1901 census Dunmore notes & the Works of Miss Letitia McClintock added

1901 Census Donaghmore - Cooladawson & Meenlougher

Urney Census - 1901 Drumdoit & 1911 Dresnagh

Headstone Inscriptions, Church of the Ascension, Meenglass, Donaghmore

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Graveyard, Crossroads, Donaghmore

1901 Census Convoy - Lettershanbo

St Anne's Church of Ireland Graveyard, Crossroads, Donaghmore

RC Deaths Clondavaddog 1847-1869

Drumhome Parish Birth, Marriage & Death Notices from early Newspapers

1901 Census Inishkeel complete - Lackagh, Largybrack, Longfield, Liskeeraghan, Newtownburke, Middletown, Lagunna

Compete 1901 Census Online at the National Archives of Ireland Census Website

1901 Census Inishkeel - Stralinchy, Stracastle, Meenamanragh, Meenmalragh

 

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Lindel Buckley

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