The source library

Sources

Follow the record, its people and the original source.

15,656 collected reference items

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Saved newspaper clippings440 reviewed pages with saved excerpts and identity limits 1851 Irish CensusSurviving fragments, local references and the records lost in 1922 1831 Irish CensusDerry householders and religious counts; not a list of every person Irish civil deaths, 1864–1900241 index leads, qualified matches and original-record checks Scottish parish registers through 1700Reviewed births, baptisms, parents and unresolved identities

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170 references

Newspapers

Reported events, notices, advertisements and letters. OCR matches need visual checking; place names, vessels and matches to other surnames are excluded from Glasgow surname evidence.

2,668 references

Census

Households and population returns, arranged by census year and jurisdiction. Coverage and the meaning of a household relationship vary by census.

1,725 references

Births & baptisms

Civil births and parish baptisms. Baptism and registration dates must be distinguished from the date of birth.

1,190 references

Marriages & banns

Civil marriages, church marriages and proclamations of banns. Banns alone do not prove that a wedding took place.

2,137 references

Deaths & burials

Civil deaths, burial registers, monumental inscriptions and notices. Reported ages and inferred birth years may be inaccurate.

234 references

Wills & probate

Wills, testaments, inventories and grants. Probate dates differ from death dates; calendars may survive when original wills do not.

97 references

Land, tax & valuation

Tenure, ownership, occupiers, leases, taxation and valuations. An occupier list is not a complete household census.

1,485 references

Church & parish records

Parish registers and other church evidence. Denomination, parish coverage, gaps and the purpose of each entry matter.

447 references

Military & service

Service, pensions, rolls and military accounts. Identify the regiment, period and record series before linking a namesake.

37 references

Directories

Published addresses and occupations. Edition dates can lag collection; entries need not include every resident.

57 references

Schools & universities

Admissions, school notices and educational records. Institutional coverage is selective and names may be abbreviated.

401 references

Histories & biographies

Published histories and later accounts. Follow their citations to contemporary evidence and assess their authorship.

4,782 references

Profiles & family accounts

WikiTree profiles, family trees and later genealogies. These are secondary accounts; attached family relationships remain claims to assess.

2,862 references

Other references

References whose record type is unresolved, or which span several kinds of evidence. Inspect the source page before classifying further.

This library brings together original-record references, indexes, transcripts and family accounts. Counts describe our collected references, not unique people or complete archival holdings. Country and year groups are navigation aids; uncertain or missing dates remain visible. Each item opens its evidence, linked profiles and the recorded provider link. A profile citation is labelled as a family account.

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