Hanlon Genealogy Links
These sites are recommended for their online genealogy content:
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1: Hanlon & O'Hanlon Surname Origins |
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2: Hanlon & O'Hanlon Message Boards |
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3: Hanlon & O'Hanlon Researchers |
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4: Hanlon & O'Hanlon Mail Lists |
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5: General Search Links |
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- Rootsweb: Huge, well
organised and free.
- FamilySearch: Huge searchable database of the Church of Latter
Day Saints (Mormons), including the "IGI" (International Genealogy Index).
- Ancestry.com:
Excellent data, e.g. scanned images of original census returns, but very little of it
can be seen without becoming a paid member.
- Geneaseek: Search engine
which only returns genealogy sites. Surprisingly good - use the advanced search
option to filter by date etc.
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6: Irish Links |
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- The General Register Office
of Ireland: apply for birth, death and marriage certificates directly from the
government registry office. All records available from 1865 onwards; non-Catholic
marriages are also available for the period 1845-1864.
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National Archives of Ireland: complete searchable 1911 Census of Ireland, including
scanned images of the handwritten pages - FREE.
- The Irish Times:
excellent source of Irish genealogy records grouped by county or by surname, e.g.
gives name distribution within Ireland for Griffith's Primary Valuation and 1890
Births Register.
- Fianna
Study Group's Guide to Irish Genealogy: precise explanations, plenty of hard
data.
- Failte Romhat: online
searchable Griffith's valuation, complete scanned copies of
Slater's
Directory 1846, Pigot's Directory 1824, etc. EXCELLENT!
- Cyndi's List,
Ireland & Northern Ireland: The web's best known collection of genealogy related
links.
- SeanRuad.com: excellent
Irish Town Locator specifies County, Barony, Civil Parish, Poor Law Union,
Province. Free. Generously created by John Broderick, aka Sean Ruad, RIP.
- Towns,
Cities, Parishes of Ireland.
- Valuation Office of
Ireland: government land records and maps going back to the Griffiths Valuation
of 1846. Includes a research service.
- Freeeholders'
Records: government archive listing people registered to vote in Northern Ireland,
1737 to 1840
- Pasthomes.com: commercial
source for old maps of Irish towns c. 1840.
- JohnTheMap.co.uk: free online maps of Irish towns in County
Donegal, Sligo, Cavan, Leitrim and Cork.
- Pensear.org:
commercial site offering transcribed pension records (80p per record), so far only for
Ulster: Antrim, Armagh, Donegal, Down, Londonderry, Tyrone.
- Donegal
Genealogy Resources: excellent source for transcribed records, e.g. 1665 Hearth
Money Rolls, 1796 Spinning Wheel Lists, 1820/30's Tithe Applotment Books, 1850's
Griffith's Valuation, 1901 and 1911 Censuses etc.
- Ulster History Foundation:
several searchable databases of Ulster and Irish records, e.g. 1803 Agricultural
Census of Antrim, 1807 & 1808 Belfast business directory, 1878-1900 Index to Wills
(all counties), etc.
- Leitrim-Roscommon
Genealogy Website: outstanding collection of census records, land records etc.
available free - mostly County Leitrim & Roscommon, but some info for all counties
- Catholic Diocese of
Raphoe: Official site for this diocese which covers almost all of County Donegal,
Ireland. Names each church by location with a contact name, telephone number and
start dates of the church registers.
- Donegal Historical
Society: publisher of the Donegal Annual.
- Ulster Ancestry:
commercial site offering a good collection of free pages, e.g., 1609 Pardon List, 1876
Landowners of County Donegal, several passenger lists from 1803, 1804, 1811 etc.
- Lurgan
Ancestry: genealogy site for the town of Lurgan, Parish of Shankill, County
Armagh.
- The Belfast
Newsletter, 1737 - 1800: online abbreviated text content of all articles
published in that period. Fascinating!
- Eircom Telephone Directory
of Ireland.
- Golden Pages
of Ireland.
- 11850: Ireland's Directory Enquiries
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- 1901
Census of England & Wales: official site of the National Archives offers individual
census transcripts for 50p, or a scanned image of the whole page for 75p.
- Free
BMD: Birth, Marriage and Death Records for England and Wales (free).
- Freecen.org.uk: Census Records for England, Scotland and Wales (free).
- www.thepeerage.com:
Surname index of the British peerage, including Hanlon and O'Hanlon.
- Baedecker's
Maps: online maps of Great Britain c. 1910 with really good detail and colour.
Includes some of Scotland & Wales.
- www.oldmap.co.uk:
commercial site offering replica antique maps at very reasonable prices (about $12 each)
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- www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk:
official government site for online Scottish birth, marriage and death certificates.
Also has 1871, 81, 91 and 1901 census data. 30 image views for 6 pounds (about
$10).
- www.gro-scotland.gov.uk:
official site of the General Registry Office for Scotland, where the paper originals
are kept of the birth, marriage, death and census records. Includes a research
service.
- www.scottishdocuments.com:
Search Scottish wills 1500 - 1901 for free. Colour copies can be ordered online for
a fee of 5 pounds (about $8).
- Freecen.org.uk: Census Records for England, Scotland and Wales (free).
- FreeCEN Scotland: Census Records for Scotland (free).
- www.scotsorigins.com:
commercial site offering indexed online Scottish census data for 1861 and 1871.
- Scottish BDM Exchange:
Birth, Death and Marriage records (free).
- www.ancestralscotland.com:
official site set up by the Scottish Tourist board with background info on different parts
of the country, typical name distributions, occupations, upcoming events etc.
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- NARA: National Archives &
Records Administration.
- Famine Irish Data Files (12 Jan 1846 to 31 Dec 1851): the NARA's
Access to Archival Databases has over 600,000 irish immigrant records online
including over 600 Hanlons and variants of the name, indexed on this site
here
- Civil War Soldiers and
Sailors with 250 Hanlons and over 250 more variants of the name. Each variant of
the name must be searched separately; an index of all the names appears on this
site here.
- Hamrick U.S. Surname
Distribution: Wonderful tool which plots a map of the US showing the number
of people of a particular surname in each state. Can plot for 1850, 1880, 1920
and 1990.
- US
Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records: excellent searchable
database of old land patents, with scanned images of original documents. If your
relative bought land in the 1800's... have a look.
- New York
City Death Records Search 1891 - 1929, excellent service of the Italiangen.org
website with over 30 pages of Hanlon records. Use "sounds like" function to get 7
more pages of O'Hanlons.
- New York
City Marriage Search 1895 - 1936, another Italiangen.org webpage with several
pages of Hanlons.
- Brooklyn
Naturalization Records, 1907 - 1924, a webpage by the Jewish Genealogical
Society.
- Historic
Pittsburgh: old books and documents viewable online e.g. city directories and
county histories. Good quality images, searchable and free. Includes Pittsburgh
and Allegheny census.
- New York marriage licences: mainly for Brooklyn and Manhattan,
plenty of Hanlons.
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10: Other Nationalities Links |
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11: Immigration Links |
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12: Headstone Links |
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13: Maps |
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14: (O')Hanlon Family Genealogy Websites |
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- Andrew Hanlon born c. 1775 County
Donegal:
many descendants in County Donegal, Ireland; Glasgow, Scotland; Australia and
Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Family researched by Annemarie Bruinsma
Hanlon.
- Patrick
or Michael Hanlon born c. 1775 County Limerick:
his son Patrick Hanlon born c. 1798 immigrated to IL; descendants Peoria County,
IL, USA.
Family researched by Diana Davis.
- Patrick
Hanlin born 1757 Ireland, d. 1826:
immigrated to the US with his brother James, and both fought in the revolutionary
war and were awarded land in Tyler County, West Virginia. Later settled in Washington
County, Ohio where Patrick lies buried in a revolutionary veteran's grave.
Family researched by Marion L. Hanlin Poindexter
Hunt.
- Patrick Hanlon born c.
1780 in County Cork:
his son Thomas J. Hanlon born 1808 immigrated to Boston, MA, USA.
Family researched by Ginni Swanton.
- James Hanlon
born c. 1820 in County Fermanagh:
immigrated to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Family researched by Bandon.
- County Louth
Hanlons in St. John, New Brunswick Canada:
a large group immigrated from County Louth in the 1820's and setled together in
Lower Cove. The Families were researched by Peter Murphy and published as a book,
Together in Exile (1990). It is now out of print, but can sometimes be
ordered through Ruby's Bookshelf.
- Felix
Hanlon born c. 1810 in Ireland:
immigrated c.1827 and was a pioneer in Puslinch, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Family researched by Puslinch Historical
Society.
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