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For your genealogy research - FREE online resources

Online history and genealogy resources and other useful links

Here is a list of links to free online resources which are relevant to Nicholas's story.
As the list grows it will cover Ireland and the Rebellion of 1798 in Counties Wicklow and Wexford, events connected to Nicholas's trial and conviction, transportation, convict life in Australia, including his time working for Governor Macquarie, and Nicholas's later life.
I'm adding wider background reading and some great blogs, too.

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (United Irishmen)

1798 Ireland with plenty of contemporary writings

1798 Rebellion An overview with lots of links


The 1798 Rebellion A BBC site with a scholarly article by Thomas Bartlett

Irish Rebellion of 1798 by Wikipedia

1798 Rebellion - Ireland

Society of United Irishmen by Wikipedia

Memoirs of Joseph Holt, free e-book version

Memoirs of Miles Byrne (of Monaseed), free e-book version


History of the Rebellion in Ireland, in the Year 1798 by James Gordon, free e-book version

The United Irishmen, their lives and times by Richard Robert Madden, free e-book version

An historical review of the state of Ireland from the invasion of that country under Henry II. to its union with Great Britain on the first of January 1801 by Francis Plowden, free e-book version

Ireland, 1798-1898 by William O'Connor Morris (anti United Irishmen), free e-book version

Some resources for researching 1798, from findmypast.ie

List of free e-books about the United Irishmen


1798 in South-East Ireland

Graham Norton on Who Do You Think You Are? This clip shows him finding out about his yeoman ancestor, who would have known Nicholas

"The sham squire" and the informers of 1798 - William John Fitzpatrick's account, which has nine pages on 'Croppy' Biddy Dolan (pp327-336). Scanned copy, so sometimes it seems to make no sense

A portrait of Bridget Dolan (Google book)

The Memoirs of (General) Joseph Holt - free e-book, a great source

Wicklow United Irishmen website

The War in Wexford by HFB Wheeler & AM Broadley, free e-book

Askamore Community website - about the area of seventeen townlands which make up the Roman Catholic curacy in the parish of Kilrush. It was at the heart of the events of 1798 covered in A Rebel Hand and the website gives a lively picture of the community now as well as a look at its history

A blog about the life of Laurence Butler, Wexford rebel transported with Nicholas Delaney on Atlas II. Good background.

A look at Wicklow Family History Centre. Plus how to contact them. A new website is being developed there - watch this space!

The website of the National 1798 Centre

Ian Cantwell's site, includes information about 1798 claimants and surrenders

List of claims for property damage during 1798, and another one

1938 film of 1798 commemoration at Vinegar Hill

More short films about Vinegar Hill


Irish genealogy and history

NEW! Catholic parish registers at the National Library of Ireland. No index, you have to search. But -

List of Catholics in Carnew, lists people in the NLI parish registers. Can help you find if you're looking in the right place

The Irish Times list of online Irish genealogy records


List of free Irish genealogy e-books


Irish Church records - another very useful list

Free online resources for Irish genealogy

Irish Ancestry - lots of links

Irish Genealogy Toolkit - does what it says

Irish resources released in 2014 - ebooklet from Irish Genealogy Toolkit


The National Library of Ireland's 2012 talks on Irish family history

The NLI's introduction to family history (with a very useful booklet to download)

A Primer in Irish Genealogy, Sean J Murphy - 2011 edition online free

The Carnew Historical Society website

Irish genealogy links from the Faery Folk (that name always makes me smile)


Genealogy's Star list of Irish genealogy resources

The Irish Archives, including 1798 information

Irish Genealogical Research Society website, includes Early Irish Birth and Marriage indexes (full databases members only)

Civil registers of BMDs and some church baptisms, marriages and burials (not all counties)

Church of Ireland Parish Registers (Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & copies) and the table of registers

Interactive map of Ireland from the 1650s (the Down Survey of Ireland)

Free ebooks about Wicklow (an odd mixture)

Keep an eye on John Grenham's Irish Roots column in the Irish Times. Tip: search for his name and you'll get a list of recent articles.


Trial and Gaol


Wicklow Gaol, where Nicholas was imprisoned


Transportation


Peter Mayberry's database of Irish convicts sent to Australia

Lesley Uebel‘s claim a convict pages

The British Convict Transportation Registry in a visual form - ConViz

The National Archives of Ireland's Ireland - Australia Transportation records

An impressive convict bibliography at the Paterson River site

Jen Willetts' Free Settler or Felon

Ireland-Australia transportation records (1791-1853)

Convicts to Australia - lots of good stuff

Convict-Ships: A Narrative of a Voyage to New South Wales in the Year 1816 by John Haslam - free ebook

Two Years in New South Wales by Peter Cunningham (1827) - free searchable ebook


Nicholas the road builder

Governor Lachlan Macquarie's diary entry for Thursday, 13 June 1816, when Nicholas finished Mrs Macquarie's Road in the Domain
and for Monday, 1 July when Nicholas began work on Macquarie Place

More about Macquarie, the Government Domain and Macquarie Place


Australian history

Trove, the National Library of Australia's wonderful digitised archive of newspapers and much more. And it's free

Today in history from the NSW State Archives

Clip from Tony Robinson's Australia series about 1804 Castle Hill rebellion (second Battle of Vinegar Hill)

Free ebooks about Australian history


Genealogy

Discover Ireland's list of links for anyone researching their ancestors in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland

The Irish Archives, a genealogy research tool - categorised lists.

The Irish Times list of resources for genealogists

The Ireland Genealogy Project - county by county genealogy resources

The Irish Government's free online records for family historians. (The link to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is broken. Use this)

Free Irish genealogy e-books - the collection grows all the time


Irish Genealogy Toolkit - promises 'free information, free tools, free advice'

Irish Lives Remembered, a site which profiles memorable Irish people, now has a memorial to Nicholas Delaney...

... and a free online Irish genealogy magazine, Irish Lives Remembered. The July 2012 edition has an article on Nicholas (p10)

Kimberly Powell's top 16 websites for researching Irish ancestors

Chris Patons' list of Irish genealogy resources from Who Do You Think You Are Live 2012

Ask About Ireland, which includes free search of Griffith's Valuation

UK & Ireland Genealogy's county-by-county links

GenGuide - great list of records and contacts, UK and Ireland

National Archives of Ireland's Ireland - Australia transportation database

The National Museum of Australia's list of resources for the Irish in Australia

Family trees of descendants of Australian convicts

Australian genealogy podcasts at Genies Down Under

Unlock the Past's Australian genealogy directory

CoraWeb, Cora Num's comprehensive for tracing Australian family history

Judy Webster's Genealogy Advice for Australia, especially Queensland

Free Pages Past Free genealogy records for Australia and New Zealand

Geniaus's list of sites for Australian research

Family History Across the Seas

Genies Down Under, a new site with matching podcast for genealogists with an Australian connection.

A useful list of links for NSW genealogy research at Family Stories: Photographs and Memories

Free Genealogy UK's list of links, articles and databases

Who Do You Think You Are Live 2011's free handouts (downloadable)

Who Do You Think You Are Live 2012 handouts at the Society of Genealogists' site

GenealogyInTime's list of the newest genealogy records on the net as of February 2012. To get more of these subscribe to their newsletter. Their home page is here

Cyndi's list of genealogy sites on the net, plus Australian and Irish lists

FamilySearch - a huge database, patchy but indispensable


Newspapers and historic printed resources


Irish Newspaper Archives - from the 1700s onwards

Trove - the National Library of Australia's resource

The British Newspaper Archive

An account of a voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington (free ebook)


Blogs - Irish


Help! The Faerie Folk hid my Ancestors!

British & Irish Genealogy

Irish Genealogy News - Claire Santry's unmissable blog

John Grenham's Irish Roots blog

Kevin's Irish Research

British GENES - Chris Paton often posts about Irish genealogy


Blogs - Australian

Geniaus - Australian genealogy with a tech twist

Queensland Genealogy

Inside History blog

Australian Genealogy Journeys

Twigs of Yore

From Helen V Smith's Keyboard

UK / Australia Genealogy

Family History Research

Genie Rambles from Shauna Hicks

Genies Down Under, with podcasts and shownotes

Family History Across the Seas

Irish Wattle, publishers of Inside History

AncestorChasing

Kylie's Genes

Genealogy in New South Wales

Lonetester

Dance Skeletons

Anglers Rest includes lots of good Aussie stuff

Unlock the Past's list of Australian genealogy blogs

Inside History magazine's list of top 50 genealogy blogs

... and this website's sister blog, also called A Rebel Hand

Other genealogy blogs

The Family Recorder

British GENES

The Armchair Genealogist

And... not online publications, but about Nicholas Delaney, Elizabeth Bayly and their descendants

A Rebel Hand: Nicholas Delaney of 1798 by Patricia and Frances Owen (order here)

Delaney Decades by Edna Delaney with Antoinette Sullivan (order here)

Nicholas Delaney, c1788-1834 & some of his descendants by Owen Benson



If you can suggest any more free online resources for this page, please let me know.

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