In view of the upcoming Zoom talk on Irish Geneology, I wonder if many people know of this (free online) book:
https://archive.org/details/varietiessynonym00math/page/n9/mode/2up
Varieties and Synonyms of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland
For
THE GUIDANCE OF REGISTRATION OFFICERS AND
THE PUBLIC IN SEARCHING THE INDEXES OF
BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES.
The Registrar-General, Robert E. Matheson
Speaking as someone who's
Speaking as someone who's just finished* researching an Irish immigrant family in Liverpool, that is an excellent resource. Thanks for the tip.
*Obviously what I mean is finished for the moment; no-one ever finishes a family's history.
Thanks for that Pat, I think
Thanks for that Pat, I think it's going to give us a lot of insider information.
This is brilliant, thanks
This is brilliant, thanks Mary.
In one Irish family I had the baptism of a son Aidan, about whom I could find nothing else, and a son Moses, with lots of info but no baptism. They had to have been close in age. This book says Moses and Aidan are synonyms, so it was the same lad all along. Who would have guesed that one!