Irish & British family research

Find your Irish ancestors — starting with two real records, for $39.

Two primary-source documents from Ireland's state archives, delivered in seven days. Verifiable, authoritative, yours forever. Money back if we can't find them.

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Documents pulled from irishgenealogy.ie, the National Archives, and the National Library of Ireland — Ireland's own official sources. No paywall transcriptions. No AI guesses. Every record links back to the public archive so you can verify it yourself.

The problem

You know your family came from Ireland.

You might know the county. You might have an AncestryDNA result that says "38% Irish." You might have a grandfather's story about Knocknagree, or Achill Island, or "somewhere in Cork."

But every time you try to push further back, you hit the same wall:

Free databases give you indexes that lead nowhere.
Ancestry shows you a transcription you can't verify.
The professional research firms quote $3,000 and a four-month wait.
The Fiverr listings look cheap but feel like a gamble.

So you put it off. Another year passes. The grandparents who actually remember the names are getting older.

There's a third option.

What you receive

Two primary-source records — verifiable by you.

What you actually receive depends on where your ancestors lived — Ireland and the UK release their records differently.

Irish ancestors

The actual register image

You receive screenshots of the actual register images — the same images on Ireland's free state archives — plus a verifiable URL for each.

Example: an 1872 civil birth register entry from the Cork registration district showing your great-great-grandfather John Murphy, born in Knocknagree, son of Patrick Murphy (labourer) and Mary Buckley. Plus a 1901 census household form showing the whole family together.

British (England, Wales)

The GRO filing reference

The UK doesn't make register images free online — but the filing references are public. So you receive the exact GRO reference details that let you order the certificate yourself (or have us do it as an add-on).

Example: GRO Birth Reference Vol 6c, Page 432, Liverpool Registration District, Q3 1873 — Mary Ann Walsh, mother's maiden name "Connor." Plus the FreeBMD index URL for verification.

Either way, you also receive

A one-page evidence pack PDF — record images or references, citations in Evidence Explained format, plain-English summary of what each shows.
A clear honest assessment of how far we think your tree can go and what it would cost to take it there. No pressure, no hard upsell.

How it works

Three steps. Seven days.

Tell us what you know

A short intake form. The name of one or two ancestors. Approximate years (a decade is fine). County, or just "somewhere in Ireland." Religion if you know it.

We search Ireland's archives

Civil registers, parish records, the 1901 and 1911 censuses, Griffith's Valuation, the Catholic registers on the National Library's site.

Your evidence pack arrives

By email, within seven days of payment. Two record images. Two public archive URLs. One PDF you can forward to your kids tonight.

If we find nothing solid within seven days, you get a full refund. No back-and-forth.

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A real example

See exactly what you'd get.

We've built a public sample for John F. Kennedy's Irish line — same template, same data shape, same custom-website format your family's tree would land on.

Public demo

The Kennedy Chronicle

From New Ross, County Wexford, 1820s — to Boston, 1849 — to the White House. Civil register entries, parish records, BNA newspaper coverage, all sourced and linked.

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Why this works

When other things didn't.

We specialize in Irish records. We know what the 1922 Public Record Office fire destroyed (less than you've been told) and what survived (more than you've been told). We know which counties have which gaps in Catholic parish coverage.

We use Ireland's own archives, not paywall transcriptions. Every document we deliver comes from a free, public Irish state archive. You can click the link and see it yourself. No competitor offers this — they all deliver records from paid databases you can't independently verify.

We're fast because the supervised pipeline does the slow part. Most cases close in 24–72 hours of research time. The seven-day window exists because hard cases sometimes take longer. You're not waiting four months for someone to flip through microfilm.

You don't risk a research package on a brick wall. If you've been quoted $3,000 by another firm and you're not sure whether your particular family is even findable, $39 tells you in a week.

Compared to the alternatives

The choice in one table.

	DIY on Ancestry	Fiverr genealogist	Premium firms Legacy Tree, ProGenealogists	The Townland
Price	$0–$300/yr subscription	$40–$250	$2,950–$10,800	$39
Turnaround	Open-ended	1–4 weeks	4–6 months	7 days
Deliverable	Whatever you can piece together	Variable-quality PDF	PDF report + binder	2 verifiable records (image for IE, filing reference for UK) + PDF + preview page
Verifiable sources	Yes (if you know where to look)	Sometimes	No — paid databases	Every record links to the state archive
Irish-specific expertise	Generic	Variable	Generalist	Yes — only Irish records at this tier
Refund if we find nothing	n/a	Rarely	No	Yes, full refund

Frequently asked

Questions, answered.

What counts as a primary source?

A reference that points to an official state record — and either the image itself (where the state makes it free, as Ireland does) or the precise filing reference you need to order it (as for England and Wales). Not a transcription. Not someone's tree on a database.

What if you can't find anything?

Full refund. We're upfront: roughly 10–15% of cases brick-wall at this stage. Adoptees, illegitimate births where the father isn't named, common surnames in counties where the records were burned in 1922 — these are real limitations and we'll tell you in the intake form review if your case looks tough.

Will you order an actual certificate from the GRO for me?

Available as a paid add-on if you want one. The $39 tier is online evidence only — but the online register images on irishgenealogy.ie are, in fact, the same images the GRO would send you.

What if I want more than two records?

That's the next tier up. After your $39 pack we offer a few paths:

Family Outline (~$249) — one line traced as deep as records allow, 8–10 records, PDF format

Heritage Chronicle (~$899) — both maternal and paternal lines + a custom family website like the Kennedy sample above

Heritage Chronicle Premium (~$1,999) — adds deeper brick-wall research, hardcover printed book, townland map, and a 1-hour consult call

We quote you specifically after you've seen the $39 pack — by then you'll know which is the right scope and we'll know what's findable in your case. Pricing tracks the work, not a specific outcome — we commit to the research; the depth of what we find depends on which records survived for your family.

My ancestors are English or Welsh, not Irish. Can you help?

Yes — though what you receive looks a little different. The UK doesn't make register images free online (Ireland does), so instead of a screenshot you receive the exact GRO filing reference for each record: volume, page, district, quarter, and the FreeBMD link that confirms the entry exists. You can order the actual certificate from GRO yourself for £12.50, or we can do it for you for £20 inclusive. Either way you end up with two verifiable records and a clear path forward.

What if my Irish ancestors emigrated before 1850?

Pre-civil-registration cases (before 1864) are harder but often still findable through Catholic parish registers, Griffith's Valuation, and Tithe Applotment Books. We'll flag in the intake review if it looks tough.

My ancestors aren't in Ireland anymore — they emigrated to Boston in 1885.

Perfect — that's the most common case we handle. We trace them backward from Boston into Ireland.

Is my data private?

Yes. We don't publish your family tree anywhere unless you specifically ask. We don't sell or share intake data. We follow GDPR and the Genealogical Proof Standard's confidentiality requirements.

Can I gift this to someone?

Yes — pick "Gift" at checkout. You enter the details you know; the recipient gets the evidence pack with a personal note from you. Popular for parents and grandparents.

Two records. Seven days. $39.

Refunded if we come up short.
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The next step takes five minutes. After payment, you'll fill out a short form telling us what you know. Within 24 hours we'll review and confirm we think we can find your records. If we don't think we can, we refund you before any work starts.