May Record Collection Updates

FamilySearch

• Nothing specifically related to Ireland this month.

Roots Ireland

Updates to Clare records.

Civil births:

• Newmarket Civil 1898 – 1949 (2,744 entries)
• Tulla Civil 1899 – 1978 (3,066 entries)

Civil marriages:

• Ennis Civil 1864 – 1942 (3,959 entries)
• Feakle Civil 1864 – 1956 (1,401 entries)
• Cooraclare Civil 1864 – 1945 (1,688 entries)

Civil deaths:

• O’Call.mills Ci 1864 – 1994 (3,467 entries)
• Scarriff Civil 1864 – 1997 (7,778 entries) 

Find My Past

• Ireland, Defence Forces’ Military Archives Nominal Rolls: This new collection from the Military Archives of Ireland contains the names of individuals who served with Irish Volunteers, the Irish Republican Army, Cumann na mBan and Na Fianna Éireann during a transformative chapter in Ireland’s history. There are 487,575 records for you to explore.
• Ireland, Londonderry (Derry) & Armagh, Absent Voters Lists 1918: This brand-new set comprises 7,891 records from the Northern Irish cities of Derry and Armagh.
• Ireland, Londonderry (Derry), Freemen Records 1604-1963: These 6,865 new records tell the story of apprentices who went on to earn the privilege of becoming freemen between the 17th and 20th centuries. You’ll find a wide range of trades included, from blacksmiths and tailors to butchers and merchants

Ancestry

New collections:

• UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Birth Index, 1800s-2005

Updated:

• Ireland, 1926 Census of the Irish Free State
• Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1849-1865
• Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
• UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
• Ireland and Northern Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800’s to current

See: Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

Nothing new this month.

Irish Genealogy Projects

• CAVAN, Genealogy Archives – Headstones: St. Brigid’s R.C. Graveyard, Killygarry Part 1
• CAVAN, Genealogy Archives – Headstones: St. Felims R.C. Graveyard, Ballinagh – (Completed)
• CLARE, Genealogy Archives – Headstones: Craggagh Graveyard aka Fanore
• TYRONE, Genealogy Archives – Land: Tithe Applotments, Part 1, Clogher Parish 1829
• See: https://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives

Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland

See: Facebook. Also: This is the home page of the Registry of Deeds Index Project

Update of 20 April 2026 – 652,898 index records from 66,815 memorials of deeds. Thanks again to our wonderful volunteers we now have 652,898 index records from 66,815 memorials of deeds in our main database.

This index and the other indexes on our site are fully searchable.at:https://irishdeedsindex.net/search/search.php.

Irish Newspaper Archives

New Title Released:

• Belfast Morning News
• Cork Constitution
• Irish Weekly News
• Irish Weekly News Scottish Edition

Updated titles:

• Belfast Newsletter
• Donegal Democrat
• Donegal News
• Derry Journal
• Evening Echo
• Irish Examiner
• The Irish News
• Limerick Leader
• Meath Chronicle
• Mayo News
• Nenagh Guardian
• Offaly Independent
• Roscommon Herald
• Sligo Weekender
• Southern Star
• Tyrone Herald
• Westmeath Examiner
• Westmeath Independent
• Western People