War Memorials are a means of honouring people killed or injured in action. The memorial may list the service that the person served in.
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Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Find My Past - Ireland |
Link: | https://www.findmypast.ie/search-records/Vital-records-(BMDs) |
Description: | Find My Past's Birth, Marriages and Deaths for Ireland |
Extra Info: | Their birth, marriage and death records date as far back as the 13th century (Dublin Will and Grant Books Index 1270-1858) and include records of over 400,000 gravestones and church memorials, over 150,000 newspaper obituaries and four indexes to wills. |
Classification: | Deaths, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Armed Forces Memorial |
Link: | https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-ro... |
Description: | Armed Forces Memorial |
Extra Info: | Searchable database of members of the armed forces that have been killed since WW2. Includes birth date and location. |
Classification: | National, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Link: | https://www.cwgc.org |
Description: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Eddies Extracts |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~econnolly/genealogy... |
Description: | Eddies Extracts |
Extra Info: | Many extracts of Births, Marriages, Deaths etc transcribed from various newspapers but also various news stories, book extracts, church records, records of deceased seamen and the names of over 25,000 Presbyterians who served in WW1. |
Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
Title: | Irish Records Extraction Database |
Link: | Irish Records Extraction Database |
Description: | Irish Records Extraction Database |
Extra Info: | This collection is compiled from over 120 unique sources. The records spread from 1600-1874. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Irish War Memorials |
Link: | http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/ |
Description: | Irish War Memorials |
Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Moville Parish Transcriptions |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20120708125229/http://w... |
Description: | Moville Parish Transcriptions |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be available. May take a few moments to load. Includes a list of people lost at sea off Irishowen. |
Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Officers Died Website |
Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
Description: | Officers Died Website |
Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland |
Link: | https://irishdeedsindex.net |
Description: | Registry of Deeds Index Project Searchable Online Database |
Extra Info: | The Registry of Deeds Index Project is a volunteer project to provide a full names index to the memorial transcription volumes of the Registry of Deeds Ireland. |
Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht... |
Description: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | War Memorials Online |
Link: | https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/ |
Description: | War Memorials Online - Recording, Conserving and Remembering our war memorials |
Extra Info: | War Memorials Online is an unprecedented opportunity for the public to upload images of war memorials and log concerns for the conservation of these important community and historical sources for future generations. |
Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Link: | https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx |
Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including memorials, easy to search. |
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