Families & Clans
Websites and pages pertaining to specific family names only. Includes in depth research, family trees, and photographs.
Ancestry.co.uk search. Focuses on many of the early Scots-Irish families in colonial America.
The Northern IrelandGenWeb Project has been online since early 1998.
The following were the names of the principal families in Ireland, of Irish, Anglo-Norman, and Anglo-Irish origin. This list from "Irish Pedigrees" by John O'Hart, vol. 2.
Includes Roman Catholic marriage index from 1872 to 1901.
General resource site for the name "Teskey", with links to the Irish Palotine Organisation and their records.
General resource site for the name family "Roulstone". Run by Simon Roulstone.
General resource site for the family name "O'Donnell". Features all relevant information such as news, details of up-coming events, etc. pertaining to the O'Donnell Clan Association along with bits of history, songs, and poems relating to the O'Donnell Clan.
The Cassidy Clan is a perpetual hereditary association comprised of persons that bear the Cassidy surname or are descended from an ancestor with the Cassidy surname or any of the variant spellings of Cassidy. In the United States, many Cassidy variations exist, including Cassity, Cassaday and Casada. We are a nonprofit organization founded and based in Ireland, and run entirely by volunteers from around the world.
General resource site for the family name "Claffee" in Moate, Co. Westmeath.
William Kelly (1787-1857) and Mary (Bryans) Kelly (1789-1849) so far are our founding family, with nine children - 6 boys and 3 girls. most of the children emigrated to the USA mainly Johnson County, Kansas and Merrickville area of Ontario, Canada.
General resource site for the family name "Magner". Includes census records and graveyard records.
This site tells the story of two American families: the Jones family (my family) and the Dumond family (my husband's family). Our families come from two very different places and backgrounds.
The official home page of the world wide Boylan clan. If your name is (or used to be) O'Baoighealláin, O'Baoilean, O'Beollain, O'Boleyn, Boleyn, Boylen, Boyland, Boland, Baylon or Boylan or if you simply had a Boylan ancestor, you are in some way, a member of the clan.
Mentioning of Ahern's in Richard Griffith's Primary Valuation records, passenger lists, newspapers, military records, and so on.
While the Huguenots were not great in number, they were very important in the history of Ireland, and in particular in the development of the textile industry here. It was they who brought knowledge of linen manufacture and established the production of linen, silk and poplin here for the first time. The world renowned Irish Linen owes its existance to these long ago immigrants from France.
With resources on the Comerford, Comberford and Quemerford families of Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Kilkenny and Wexford, and their branches.
Irish Midlands Ancestry provides an ancestral research service covering the Midland counties of Laois and Offaly.
Here you can learn about the history of the MacAuliffes - their lands and castles, the battles they fought - and read their ancient legends. You can also read about MacAuliffes who have achieved fame and distinction, or find out what is happening with the clann today, including the Rally that is held where the clann once had its lands (the next rally is in July 2012).
Grant family genealogy from pre-Norman Conquest to the present day. This is the place to come to get information about the Grant family in Southern Ireland. Grants arrived in Kilkenney in 1169 and moved from there outwards.
Storys / Storeys had been in Ireland since 1480, - Co. Westmeath - where a Rev. John V. Story was Rector of Delvin Parish. However from 1650, Storys / Storeys began settling in Ireland as a result of happenings in Cumberland, Westmoreland & Northumberland, where feuding was commonplace among the local families there.
From Australian records (which include surviving copies of letters sent from Ireland) we know that the parents of my Great Great Grandfather, Michael O'Brien (c1833-1925), were Owen and Bridget (nee Finegan). Two of Michael's siblings (Hugh and Mary) remained in Ireland. Church records (and recent contact online with descendants of Mary) has shown that they were known as Breen rather than O'Brien. Michael and his two brothers (Thomas and John Joseph) and one sister (Margaret Bridget) who came to Australia were all known as O'Brien. Letters from Ireland gave the family's address as Drumintee or Dernaroy.
So you think you have Mayo ancestry? Well you're in good company: Mary Robinson, Grace Kelly, Mel Gibson and Mrs Richard Nixon are a few of the many international figures whose ancestors came from this beautiful county.
"We would like this site to be a place that McConvilles in Ireland, Australia, Britain, Canada, the U.S. and anywhere else in the world can use as a resource. We have information on some McConvilles that we plan use on this site, from young Oisin McConville, of the Crossmaglen Rangers Football Club in Co. Armagh to Henry McConville, the South Australian pioneer. We even have had McConvilles chasing after Chief Joseph and the Nez-Pierce Indians in the western U.S."
"The Clann O DubhGhaill / Clan Doyle Exists to promote and strengthen a mutual interest and fellowship throughout the World between all persons bearing the family name of Doyle, Doyel, O'Doyle, or their relatives."
Nicholas Delaney: Irish rebel in 1798, transported convict, Australian roadbuilder, innkeeper, farmer and ancestor. Our descent from Nicholas. By his great-great-great-granddaughter. As a young man living on the borders of Wicklow and Wexford in the east of Ireland, Nicholas Delaney was caught up in the violent events of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. After the rebels were defeated, he was tried and convicted of murder on the word of a notorious informer, Biddy Dolan. Sentenced to death, he was reprieved and sent as a convict to New South Wales.
The History of the Giles family of Piltown and Carrick-on-Suir, as well as associated families, including Prendergast and O'Donnel/Daniel of Killonerry, Colleton of Carrick-on-Suir, Gorman of Owning and Three Bridges, and Murray of Tybroughney/Tibberaghny
This repository holds ancestral records for Rutledge, Kelly, and collateral families. Records are provided by visitors researching their own branch of these families.
My ancestors came from County Tipperary, Ireland to Newfoundland and ultimately to New Jersey. They also came from The Channel Islands, County Westmeath, and County Down in Ireland to New Jersey. They came through Batavia, New York.
Family history had never been a topic that featured very high on my list of things to research. That was, until my father died, in 1998, when my roots seemed to become the most important thing in the world to me. I got stuck right in, barely coming up for air as I looked on practically every ancestry website I could find. How I wished I'd taken more notice of the stories my father had told me and how I wished I could have had him come back for a few hours to ask him about everything.
This is a genealogy blog for all that are interested in the Carroll family name. Inside, I will present you our Carroll family members, and some anecdotes and photos of them. I'm open to all feedback from other Carrolls and anyone interested in our family name.
The patrilineal starting point of this project is Edward Aide, who was born in Co. Kilkenny Ireland and died in Highland, WI on 11 Oct 1883. His headstone reads that he was 70 years old at the time of his time of death, putting his birth year at 1813.
It was not until the reign of Edward I, or about the year 1300, that surnames began to be fixed. From that period, Fitzgerald, Butler, Fitzmaurice, Grace, etc., begin to be accepted as surnames, replacing such designations as John Fitz Thomas, Theobald Fitz Walter, Oliver Fitz William, etc. Somewhere along in that period also, these names begin to appear in their Irish equivalent.
Links to Co. Kilkenny family histories, web pages or contributed biographies.
The CrowleyClan web site depends entirely on voluntary contributions of time, effort and content.
This project was started in June 2001 for the purpose of making accessible miscellaneous records collected in the course of researching my family history.
Peter Lalor (1827-1889) is a significant figure in the history of Ballarat and the establishment of democracy in Australia.
On May 15, 2009 the Boylan Clan was accepted and registered as an official Irish Sept by Finte na hÉireann / Clans of Ireland which is the independent authority for registering Irish Clans.
In recent centuries crime and punishment linked Great Britain to America and Australia in a most curious way: the actual crimes occurred in England, Ireland and Scotland but for punishment thousands upon thousands of the criminals were banished to the American colonies and later to Australia.
Home to 78 Wright family members, 48 Gudgeon descendants, 48 members of the Ryan family and family histories of 87 other surnames
"I have spent countless hours in among dusty shelves seaching pages of old records, viewing obits on micro fische, searching the Net, writing letters, sending photographs and iquiries, xeroxing, cataloging, reviewing and concluding I may need to look again in my quest to find family. I have been lucky enough to visit Ireland twice."
Martin Dee b. ca. 1801 Ireland m. Ellen Powers b. ca. 1805 of Ireland. Dee, Powers, Allen, McCaffery, Mahoney, Daily, Saunders.
At Family History Reports we delve deep into the world of your ancestors to produce comprehensive reports that show what they did, where they lived and what all the information available tells us about the kind of people they were.
The origins and history of the Buggy name along with instances of the name in genealogical records.
This site is a resource for descendants of the Irish Dunne/Dunn/O'Duinn/O'Duin Tribe of Hy Riagain. It is our virtual meeting place on the Internet.
The home of the Clan Egan, for the descendants of Aodhagáin, hereditary Brehons (or Judges) in Connaught, Leinster and Ormond. This includes the anglicised names MacEgan, Egan, Eagan, Eagen, Agin, Agins and Keegan.
The McRedmond family were very prominent in Irish History. We have traced some of the history back to 1066.
One American family, strong Irish Pennsylvania roots, and the amazing stories that have shaped our lives.
The Clan Doyle exists to promote and strengthen a mutual interest and fellowship throughout the world between all persons bearing the family name of Doyle, Doyel, Doyal, O'Doyle, Doyelle or their relatives.
A valuable resource for those researching their ancestors in Bandon, Co Cork. This site contains two protestant census from 1834 and 1846.
Origins, history and genealogy of the Tracey/Tracy/Treacey/Treacy family name in Ireland.
Connect with your Murphy name heritage & read articles, features and discussions on the Murphy name. Claim your Murphy birth-right with a free, personalized Murphy Clan Membership Certificate available for all visitors.
The Great Irish Online Clan Gathering is seeking to build the international profile of Ireland and its people by connecting to an audience that may never have known of their direct links to Ireland via their surname.
A site representing the Irish Clan Ó Flannagáin, Chiefs of Uachtartire. This clan who were sub-Chiefs to The Ó Faoláin, Lords of the Déise, was a historically distinct sept which can be differentiated from other clans of the same name.
The County Roscommon Family History Society was founded in 1993 to record and preserve information related to County Roscommon people and to publish information on, about and in connection with County Roscommon.
If you have tracked your family to Co. Longford in central Ireland, this site may give you some ways to further your research.
Thomas Boylem (?Boylan) to Bridget Kelly. Witnesses: Pat & Mary Finnegan and Francis Beggly. Married at Quarry Lane Moores. April 14th 1804.
Sent to Sharon (SLC) 1st of December 2001 from Mary Melia Secretary of Parochial House and posted to the Y-IRL group, the Shamrock Rootsweb mail list and the Kildare-L rootsweb list.