A Guide to Finding Your Ancestors in County Kerry - Softcover

Caball, Kay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907990089 ISBN 13: 9781907990083

Publisher: Flyleaf Press, 2015

Synopsis

This comprehensive guide to all of the records available for tracing families in the county is filled with information on what the records contain, and how and where they can be accessed. It is well illustrated with maps and with examples of the types of records to be found. It also provides background on the social history of Kerry and how this history has affected the keeping and survival of records. There is also a comprehensive index. This is the latest in a series of county guides published by Flyleaf Press. These include guides for Kildare, Limerick, Sligo, Galway, Dublin, Clare, Westmeath, Cork, Limerick, Roscommon, Mayo, and Donegal.

About this title

About the Author

Kay Caball is a genealogist specialising in Kerry ancestors, and runs the website www.MyKerryAncestors.com as well as publishing a weekly blog on local sources and issues. She has written several works on local history and families, including most recently "The Kerry Girls: Emigration & the Earl Grey Scheme" (Published by History Press, Ireland 2014). This is the story of 117 'orphans' sent from Kerry workhouses to New South Wales in 1849/50. Kay is also active in local Kerry organisations and has been a Member of Tralee Urban District Council 1979-1984; a Member of the Governing Body of the Institute of Technology Tralee 1993-1999, and is a Member of Kerry Archaeological & Historical Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Flyleaf Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1907990089
• ISBN 13: 9781907990083
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160