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County Westmeath Genealogy
 
Description

"Westmeath, a county of Ireland, province of Leinster, contains 249,943 acres, Irish plantation measure, including bogs, mountain, and waste. It is agreeably interspersed with beautiful lakes. The chief rivers are the Shannon, Inny, and Brosna. It returns 3 members to the Imperial parliament. Pop. 128,042."
from The New London Gazetteer 1826
 Genuki - County Westmeath
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Neighbouring Counties
 
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Co. Westmeath GenWeb
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Archives and Libraries
 
  Westmeath County Council Libraries
County Westmeath Message Board
post and read about County Westmeath genealogy with other researchers
Local Genealogy Societies & Groups
Cyndi's List - County Westmeath
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County Westmeath Genealogy Record Sources

many of these sites can provide source records of ancestors:
 
FIANNA
These records include histories, pedigrees, parish registers, probates, and orphan's court records.
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
600 Million Name Database
search 600 million UK/Irish records and over 60 individual databases, including
Irish Flax Growers List 1796, Irish Wills, Irish Independant Newspaper Obits
records of births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemeteries, wills, immigration, census from 1600-1874
Land Owners in Ireland 1876
The names of every land owner in Ireland 1876 who had at least one acre of land.
Cemeteries
links to cemetery transcriptions here
 
Censuses
 
1841-1891 Census transcriptions by volunteers
 
 
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