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County Laois Genealogy

 
Description

"Queen's County , a county of Ireland, bounded N and W by King's county, E by Kildare and part of Carlow, S by Kilkenny, and SW by Tipperary, 32 English m. long, and as many broad. Along the W boundary runs a range of high and steep mountains, and in the E the Dysart hills form a prominent and picturesque object. Total area: 235,300 acres. "
from The New London Gazetteer 1826
Genuki - County Laois
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Neighbouring Counties
 
Offaly, Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary
Co. Laois GenWeb
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Archives and Libraries
 
  Laois County Library
 
County Laois Message Board
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Local Genealogy Societies & Groups
 
Cyndi's List - County Laois
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Genealogy Record Sources

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FIANNA
 
over 100,000 records of Irish births, marriages, deaths, burials,
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Ireland Top Databases - Over 45 Million Records
over 45 million records including  Irish B,M & Ds 1864-1958 and
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Griffiths Valuation
This valuation can be used as an excellent census substitute for the years after the Great Famine as censuses prior to 1901 were destroyed
 
CMC County Query Board
post your queries and get answers about your surnames here
 
800 Million Name Database
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Irish Flax Growers List 1796, Irish Wills, Irish Independant Newspaper Obits
 
 
 
Censuses
 
1841-1891 Census transcriptions by volunteers
 
Cemeteries
links to cemetery transcriptions here
 
Censuses
 
1841-1891 Census transcriptions by volunteers
 
 


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