Overseas ancestry

Learn how to search for your ancestry overseas and discover your international family tree

The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland launches

The Public Record Office of Ireland fire, 1922

Overseas ancestry

The Public Record Office of Ireland fire and the Beyond 2022 project

German street musicians 1879

Overseas ancestry

How to tell if you have German ancestry

Indian Tea Plantation British in India

Overseas ancestry

How long were the British in India?

Irish wills. A wake in Ireland, 19th century

Overseas ancestry

How to find Irish wills

Passengers play games on board ship, 1936 passenger lists

Discover your past

How to find passenger lists for ships

If your family came from the Caribbean, you could also have British royal ancestry

Getting started

The best websites for tracing Caribbean ancestors

A tithe proctor visits a family in Ireland to fill in a tithe applotment book, 1830s

Overseas ancestry

Tithe applotment books: Our guide to finding your Irish ancestors’ land

A funeral in Florence, c. 1945 Italian ancestry

Overseas ancestry

How to research Italian ancestry

Irish ancestry. Farmers in Glenshesk, County Atrim, c. 1900

Overseas ancestry

Irish ancestry: How to trace Irish ancestry

Ruins of Mirtle Bank Hotel after the earthquake Jamaican ancestry

Overseas ancestry

Jamaican ancestry: How to find Jamaican family history records

US president Joe Biden in the 1950 US census

1950 US census goes online

A party of child migrants about to leave for Canada, 1929

Overseas ancestry

What is child migration?

circa 1900: Roman Catholic church, Rosstrevor, Co. Down, at the foot of the Mourne Mountains

Overseas ancestry

How to find Irish Catholic records

Irish registry office

Overseas ancestry

All you need to know about Irish civil records