This illustrated, well indexed book, was created exclusively to help you find
your family in County Kerry, Ireland. Focusing specifically on families within
the county, it includes an introduction to research and sources in Kerry. The
most numerous families from birth records are given, as well as rather rare
Kerry families found in heraldic records. Included you will find a full page
county map from the Atlas of Ireland, along with a listing of modern parishes
and old townlands, along with the address and location of records for more
research.
This work includes copies of actual records (some worn, torn and faded), from
the Irish Genealogical Foundation Library. It also includes rough sketches of
family coats of arms and notes from centuries past - seldom found elsewhere. The
resources provided here will help research any family in the county, including
old Irish families, and settler families from England, Scotland, Wales and the
continent. This book is a hands on guide for finding your family in Kerry - some
family history is included - but it is not a gigantic collection of family
histories. For that see 'The Book of Irish Families Great and Small'.
That book gives hundreds of family histories from County Kerry, and the
surrounding areas. "Genealogy and Family History Notes of County Kerry" expands
upon that coverage with added families and new resources just for Kerry.
The most numerous families in Kerry in the 19th century were:
Sullivan.....Soolivan.....Sulivan
Connor.....Conner.....O'Connor
Shea....O'Shea....Shee
Murphy.....Murphey....Morphey
McCarthy.....MacArthy.....MacArty
Moriarty.....Moriartey.....Moriarity
Fitzgerald.....Fitsgerald.....Fitz.
Griffin.....Griffen.....Griffy
Connell.....Conel.....O’Connell
Brosnan.....Bresnan.....Brosnahan
Foley.....Foly.....Foaly
Leary.....Leery.....O'Leary
Clifford.....Cliford.....Clifferd
Walsh.....Welsh.....Welch
Cronin.....Cronan.....Cronine
Lynch.....Linch.....Lynche
Mahony.....Mahoney.....Mahowney
Daly.....Daley.....Dailey
Contents:
- List of Books
- Illustrations from an earlier work
Part One
- Introduction to Sources; Birth Index
- National Resource List
- Local Resource List
- Names in County Kerry
Part Two
- The Complete Existing returns from the 'census' of 1659, showing the
methods of spelling family and place names at that time
Part Three
- Coats of Arms and Genealogical Notes
- Arms connected in some way to the county, as taken from the "Irish
Book of Arms"
Part Four
- County Kerry Families in "Irish Pedigrees"
Part Five
- Finding Locations
- County Map
- Index of Place Names, Ancient and Modern
- Index
