Your Ancestor's Irish County of Origin - How to Find It

One of the most important steps in locating your16. Cork
Emerald Isle ancestors is discovering which Irish17. Kerry
county they lived in. It's important to remember18. Limerick
that even as late as the early 20th century, most19. Tipperary
people in Ireland never traveled too far from the20. Clare
area in which they were born. Entire clans of21. Galway
multiple family branches often stayed in the same22. Mayo
geographic area for generations. Once you find23. Roscommon
the county in which your ancestor lived in Ireland,24. Sligo
that will open up a whole new world of research25. Leitrim
opportunities for you, and may very well lead you26. Donegal
to discovering a lengthy and rich Irish heritage youIn addition to these counties, there are 6 more
never knew about before.Irish county areas in Northern Ireland: Fermanagh,
There are 26 counties in Ireland. These are:Tyrone, Londonderry, Antrim, Down, and Armagh.
1. DublinThe best way to find out which Irish county your
2. Wicklowancestor lived in is to examine stateside records
3. Wexfordthat ancestor left after emigrating to the United
4. CarlowStates. These records can be death certificates,
5. Kildaremarriage certificates, birth certificates of the
6. Meathancestor's children, newspaper clippings, religious
7. Louthrecords, and more. Usually, at least one of these
8. Monaghanrecords will mention the county from which your
9. CavanIrish ancestors hailed. Using online databases can
10. Longfordalso help you discover the pertinent county if
11. Westmeathyour stateside record resources run dry. Once
12. Offalyyou've found the county, you'll know where to
13. Laoislook for additional records on the extended family
14. Kilkennyin Ireland.
15. Waterford