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Dogs are family too! 19 Aug 2013 | 01:31 pm
Dogs have been prized companions in Ireland since ancient times. They feature in our mythology and earliest laws. In the medieval period dogs were expected to earn their living, as hunters, herders a...
An insight into 19th Century Dubliners 12 Jul 2013 | 04:19 pm
As we delve deeper into our family history research we begin to imagine how our ancestors lived out their daily lives, the clothes they wore, the food they ate and the towns and streets they lived in ...
Destruction of the Irish Public Records Office 1922 28 Jun 2013 | 04:34 pm
The opening sentence of Hubert Wood’s catalogue to the holdings of the Irish Public Record Office is ominously prescient. He observes that Irish records have “suffered more in the way of loss of valu...
Childhood not always innocent in Limerick 4 Jun 2013 | 03:15 pm
Our most recent update to our Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers 1828-1912 includes Limerick City’s Children’s Court from the early part of the twentieth century, which exposes the petty crimes the ...
10 Reasons to Love the Terrible Twos 29 Apr 2013 | 02:47 pm
Two is traditionally a magical age for a child, an age of memories and self-discovery, a time of significant milestones and imaginative initiatives. It is no different here at findmypast.ie. We want t...
In the Newspapers - Easter Rising 1916 29 Mar 2013 | 07:06 pm
This weekend will see the Easter Rising being commemorated in Ireland. Technically the anniversary is the 24th of April but the connection with Easter is so strong that the commemorations tend to occu...
19th Century Medicine 25 Mar 2013 | 07:40 pm
Our latest release the Irish Medical Directory 1852 lists medical practitioners, and members of scientific associations and societies, in Ireland in the mid nineteenth century. Included in each entr...
Criminal Irish in Britain 26 Feb 2013 | 07:47 pm
When it comes to family history research having a black sheep in the family can be a boon. Legal records offer another route to find ancestors who inexplicably manage to avoid the census. The bureauc...
Famous Family Trees: Daniel Day Lewis 21 Feb 2013 | 08:13 pm
Not for the first time Oscar buzz surrounds Daniel Day-Lewis. His powerful performance in Lincoln has already earned him a Bafta and this weekend we’re crossing our fingers at the findmypast office f...
Irish Love Tokens 14 Feb 2013 | 05:28 pm
Nestled in a city centre church in the heart of Dublin city is the shrine of St Valentine. A 3rd century martyr, Valentine was beheaded for illegally marrying couples. Marriage was forbidden by the ...
