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County Laois (Irish: Contae Laoise) is a county in the Midlands of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. The county town is Portlaoise (previously Maryborough). At various points in its history, the county was known as Laoighis; Leix or Queen's County. Laois was part of the Kingdom of Ossory. As Christianity came to Ireland, religious communities w...
1901 Ireland Census, 1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index1911 Ireland Census, 1911 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index1623-1866 Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index1701-1845 Ireland, Catholic Qualification & Convert Rolls, 1701-1845 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & imagesList of County Laois Civil ParishesList of County Laois Catholic Parishes1845-1913 Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images1845-1958 Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images1880 Ireland, Thom's Irish Almanac, 1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, images available on Findmypast1884 Ireland, Thom's Irish Almanac & Official Directory 1884 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & imagesDe Breffny, Brian. The Family of Odell or O'Dell. Article contains Genealogy of Odell family including pictures of thomas Bernard O'Dell with daughter Florence Barbara b.1885, Thomas Odell 1822-189...
1810-1926 Ireland, Dog Licence Registrations, 1810-1926 at Ancestry — index & images ($)1831 - 1856 Ireland, Valuation Office Books, 1831-1856 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images1847-1864 Ireland, Griffith's Valuations, 1847-1864 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)1914-1918 Ireland, Memorial Record: World War I, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
Abstracts of Wills. Collection of Abstracts of Wills gathered from many sources, covering years 1654-1837. It includes Edward JACOB of Vickerstown, 19 Jan. 1685, proved Prerogative Court 26 June 1688. Also Thomas Jacob late of Ironmills dated 8 Sept. 1721, proved at Leighlin 29 Aub. 1723. Article found in The Irish Ancestor, vol.II, no.2, 1970 page...
Welcome to Laois Local Studies. Laois Local Studies was established to collect, preserve and make available for reference, material relating to the history and heritage of County Laois. It is home to the Laois Collection, a specialist collection on the local, social, political, economic and geographic history of the county.
The Ireland Genealogy Project's County Laois (Queens) page, and its listing of the Project's available Laois Records.. The Irish Ancestors website (subscription) has the following types of records: State Registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths, Census returns, Land records, Church records, Genealogical Office records, Gravestone inscriptions, Directories, Newspapers, Wills, Deeds, and ...
The subscription website is now available, free of charge, in the Laois Local Studies reading room located on the first floor of the new Portlaoise Library. Offering online access to millions of pages of British and Irish newspapers from 1703-2003, the British Newspaper Archive is a fantastic resource for everyone interested in history, and for family and local historians in particular.
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