New Genealogy Toy - the Future is Here!

The future is here. Eye-Fi makes your digital camera go wireless. As soon as you snap your picture, it can be wirelessly uploaded to your computer or favorite online photo sharing site such as Facebook, Flickr, Snapfish, Costco.com and more....

1641 Depositions Online

Fully searchable digital edition of the 1641 depositions at Trinity College Dublin Library, comprising transcripts and images of all 4000 depositions, examinations and associated materials in which Protestant men and women of all classes told of their experiences following the outbreak of the rebellion by the Catholic Irish in October, 1641.

To see a list of all the depositions for a county, click on the County in the map on the right.

Dictionary of Irish Biography - 2009

The Dictionary of Irish Biography, a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland. It contains 9,014 signed biographical articles which describe and assess the careers of subjects in all fields of endeavour, including politics, law, religion, literature, journalism, architecture, painting, music, the stage, science, medicine, engineering, entertainment and sport.

The nine volumes of the Dictionary of Irish Biography was published in November 2009; the online version is very useful, but requires a subscription. However, the list of names and their death and birthdates is freely accessible online at

http://dib.cambridge.org/

and there is also a biography of the day; one of 9700!