1. The lie of the land (National Archives of Ireland ; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland ; The National Archives (UK) ; National Library of Ireland ; Local archives, libraries and museums ; Valuations Online ; Property Registration Authority ; Land and Property Services ; Irish Manuscripts Commission ; Irish Arcitectual Archive ; Other heritage services ; Place names ; Gateway websites ; Commercial websites ; Family history and local studies societies ; Professional genealogists ; Ye don't ask, ye don't get!)
2. A brief history of Ireland (Gaels, Vikings and the Old English ; The Tudor conquest ; The Plantagenets of Ulster ; The war in three kingdoms ; Rebellions, unions and more rebellion)
3. Boundaries and administration (The island of Ireland ; Provinces and counties ; Counties corporate and county boroughs ; Boroughs and charter towns ; Townlands ; Other historic land divisions ; Poor Law Unions and District Electoral Divisions ; Civil registrations ; Converting administrative units ; Religious parishes, dioceses and ecclesiastical provinces ; Manors and demesnes ; Grand Juries ; Units of measurement ; The Land War and reform ; The partitioned island ; Terminology)
4. Where were they? (Vital records ; The 1813 census ; Decennial census records (1821-1851) ; Census extracts for Old Age Pension applications ; Decennial census records (1861-1891) ; Decennial census records (1901-1911) ; Subsequent censuses ; Census reports ; 1939 National Identity Registry (Northern Ireland) ; Earlier censuses ; Early taxation ; Ecclesiastical censuses ; Street directories ; Electoral records ; Newspapers)
5. Valuation surveys (The Down Survey of Ireland ; Tithe records ; Townland Valuation ; Valuation field work ; Tenement Valuation (Griffith's Valuation) ; Valuation appeals ; Valuation Revision Books / Cancelled Land Books)
6. Tenancy and ownership (Estate records ; Freeholders ; Leases ; Rental records ; Estate maps ; The Quit Rent Office ; Manor records ; Inheritance laws ; Probate records ; Finding pre-1858 probate records ; Post-1857 probate records ; The Registry of Deeds ; Landowners in Ireland 1876 ; Irish Land Commission ; The Land Registry ; Church land commissions)
7. A sense of place (Irish history: Towns Atlas ; Ordnance Survey maps ; Ordnanance Survey Memoirs ; Gazetteers, journals and parish histories)
