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by Clare Admin
Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:24 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: How do I find information about James Moroney (b. 1816)?
Replies: 12
Views: 21102

Re: How do I find information about James Moroney (b. 1816)?

Mike, map of Civil Parishes of County Clare: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/parishes_map.htm and another map using MapBrowser http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/maps/mapbrowser/mapbrowser.html#M246%7CLX124584Y319841%7CS0.008953039%7CWmCbbX13Y41W350H300VtF1%7CWfCaaX39Y46W265H43...
by Clare Admin
Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:34 am
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: MCMAHON,BEHAN IN KILRUSH
Replies: 5
Views: 8698

Re: MCMAHON,BEHAN IN KILRUSH

To find a particular parish, or townland, or town or village (or indeed Barony or island) on the website click on the Places and Placenames link (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/places.htm) on the website homepage. The whole website is based on the theme of 'place', i.e. County Clare...
by Clare Admin
Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:03 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: A comprehensive listing of Clare emigrants - new project?
Replies: 41
Views: 75222

Re: A comprehensive listing of Clare emigrants

Paddy, Clare County Library will be very happy to provide 'administration backup' for this project. We'll create a new page for it, similar to what we did for the Tithe Applotment Books Project (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/tithe_applot/tab_index.htm). I've been talking with Ra...
by Clare Admin
Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:36 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: County Clare electoral registers
Replies: 6
Views: 16129

Re: County Clare electoral registers

Hello all. I have an update on the electoral registers from the County Archivist. This is the full list held in the archives: EL/RG/ A 1858 – 1909 1 1934 -1935 2 1935 - 1936 3 1936 – 1937 [4] 5 1938 - 1939 6 1939-1940 7 1940 - 1941 8 1941 - 1942 9 1942 – 1943 10 1943 – 1944 11 1944 – 1945 12 1945 – ...
by Clare Admin
Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:20 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: County Clare electoral registers
Replies: 6
Views: 16129

Re: County Clare electoral registers

I am reliably informed that Clare archives (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/archiv ... _index.htm) have 49 electoral registers dating variously from 1934 to 1983. They can be made available for consultation in the Local Studies Centre by prior arrangement. Clare Admin
by Clare Admin
Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:52 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Microfilming of RC parish registers in Ireland
Replies: 5
Views: 11419

Re: Microfilming of RC parish registers in Ireland

Hello all. Clare County Library purchased a total of 24 reels of microfilm for our parish register collection, http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/local-studies/catholic_parish_records.htm 12 reels were obtained from the Genealogical Society of Utah in June 2009; and 12 were obtained from the N...
by Clare Admin
Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:20 am
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Can someone fix the date on this web server?
Replies: 5
Views: 9518

Re: Can someone fix the date on this web server?

Our colleagues in Nova Scotia have fixed the problem. The server was three days out of date, showing the 27th of September. Right time, wrong date. This has been corrected and now the forum is showing the right date and time. We are not sure what caused this to happen on the server, but we'll be kee...
by Clare Admin
Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:44 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Can someone fix the date on this web server?
Replies: 5
Views: 9518

Re: Can someone fix the date on this web server?

Apologies to all. We noticed a problem with the dates and rebooted the server earlier today. It doesn't seem to have fixed it so we'll have another go on Monday. We need to upgrade to a new version of the software at any rate. Clare Admin
by Clare Admin
Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:14 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Planning a visit to Clare - a vade mecum
Replies: 16
Views: 282937

Re: Planning a visit to Clare - a vade mecum

Paddy. Thank you for posting this very useful guide on the forum. We've put a link to this topic on the main genealogy page at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... nealog.htm under Research Support.
Regards,
Clare Admin
by Clare Admin
Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:57 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Jones of Feakle. Research [and online maps of Clare]
Replies: 16
Views: 34060

Re: Jones of Feakle. Research [and online maps of Clare]

Lou and Sharon, here's a link to Ayle Upper townland on our 1842 Ordnance Survey map using our new MapBrowser system: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/maps/mapbrowser/mapbrowser.html#M248%7CLX61903Y20876%7CS0.7281466%7CWfCaaX39Y46W265H435VfI11TayleL%22Ayle%20Upper%22OsD10%2B232%2B252%2B144 a...
by Clare Admin
Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:18 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Clare Library Budget Cut-Back
Replies: 9
Views: 17876

Re: Clare Library Budget Cut-Back

Hello everyone. While I would normally hesitate to interfere with a topic on this forum - it is after all YOUR forum - I would like to say that this topic very much reminds me of Mark Twain's famous line "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated". Rest assured, folks, Clare County Library is ...
by Clare Admin
Tue May 25, 2010 12:43 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Malbay Clare and Canada
Replies: 1
Views: 4899

Re: Malbay Clare and Canada

See both 'Mal Bays' online in Rainer Kosbi's MapBrowser software: Mal Bay in Canada: http://www.ourlibrary.ca/pictou/mapbrowser.html#M289%7CLX7170Y1553%7CS0.0051695318%7CWfCbbX4Y40W265H411VfI14OsD10+185+205+167 MalBay in Clare: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/maps/mapbrowser/mapbrowser.html...
by Clare Admin
Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:16 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: kilmihal co clare family records
Replies: 2
Views: 5520

Re: kilmihal co clare family records

Thanks for the reminder about this website, Mick O. We've added links to the site at our Links to Genealogical Sources page (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/links/genealogy.htm) and there's a link to the Kilmihil Parish Homepage also on our Kilmihil Parish page at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/c...
by Clare Admin
Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:46 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: New Clare history website - War of Independence
Replies: 5
Views: 16344

Re: New Clare history website - War of Independence

Pádraig, your new website is now also featured on the library blog (http://clarelibrary.blogspot.com/).
All the best,
Clare Admin
by Clare Admin
Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:08 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: New Clare history website - War of Independence
Replies: 5
Views: 16344

Re: New Clare history website - War of Independence

Pádraig, we've placed a link to your new site on our Clare History links page at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/links/history.htm and there is a link to this links page from the main Clare History page at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/intro.htm. Best of luck with this project. C...