County Kerry, Ireland

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County Kerry

Kerry Coat of arms

• Motto - Comhar, Cabhair, Cairdeas - Co-operation, Help, Friendship
• Country - Ireland
• Province - Munster
• County town - Tralee
• Area Total - 4,746 km2 (1,832 sq mi)
• Area rank - 5th
• Population - 145,502
• Rank - 14th
• Irish name - Contae Chiarraí

Naming Patterns in Irish Families

This traditional naming pattern was often used by Irish parents until the later 19th century:

• First son usually named for the father's father
• Second son usually named for the mother's father
• Third son usually named for the father
• Fourth son usually named for the father's eldest brother
• Fifth son usually named for the mother's eldest brother
• First daughter usually named for the mother's mother
• Second daughter usually named for the father's mother
• Third daughter usually named for the mother
• Fourth daughter usually named for the mother's eldest sister
• Fifth daughter usually named for the father's eldest sister.

Genealogy Resources for County Kerry

County Kerry has three major cities: Listowel, Killarney and Tralee.

County Kerry is in the CASHEL ecclesiastical parish district . This is important to know when you research church records in Kerry.

Generally, for Kerry records research, pre-1864, you will usually need to deal with Irish church records. - See more at: Pre-1864

For records of births, marriages and deaths after 1864, your search will be in the Irish civil registration system. - See more at: Post -1864

• For some insight into Kerry Parish Registers or more broadly My Kerry Ancestors hosted by a local genealogist.
• Find Graveyard Records hosted by Kerry Local authorities. Search, Browse, Locate burial grounds in County Kerry.
• NEW Find Kerry burial sites KLA Burial Sites
• NEW Kerry County Council
• NEW RootsChat for County Kerry
• NEW Links for Kerry Records

• Keep up on the latest news on new record uploads and standard Irish genealogical research at John Grenham, who writes for the Irish Times, and Claire Santry's Irish Genealogy News.

• Forebears site for Kerry
• GENUKI County Kerry
• National Library of Ireland. The collection of images of records is amazing here.
• Ireland, Burial Index, 1600-1927 FREE at Ancestry ( let me know if the FREE link does not work for you )TIP: Hover over the 'View Record' to see further information, i.e. do not click on it.
• County Kerry, Ireland, Burial Index FREE at Ancestry ( let me know if the FREE link does not work for you ). Burial Index. 1898-2010. TIP: Hover over the 'View Record' to see further information, i.e. do not click on it. If you click on it, it takes you to the already free "Kerry Local Authorities - Graveyard Records".
• Ancestry Irish collection and Irish Records Notice there are only two Kerry genealogy categories at Kerry records at Ancestry.Paid site only
• Free Griffith's Valuation Plug in the county KERRY
• Cyndi's List for County Kerry
• Find My Past Irish Collections Paid site only except they do have FREE search specials occasionally which I will post in G2G so put the County_Kerry TAG in your profile so you will get the announcements on your navigation page. Supposedly, Find My Past has a better search capability which I tried on a free weekend. See Why I use Find My Past
• From Ireland
• Irish Genealogy Toolkit Claire Santry listed her toolkit. Make sure to follow through all her links for great general research tips.
• Kerry Local Authorities -- Graveyard Records Search, Browse, Locate burial grounds in County Kerry.
• Roots Ireland Paid site only BUT WARNING: NO KERRY RECORDS
• Rootsweb Kerry Ireland site
• County Kerry Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki
• Irish Genealogy IE. The Irish government site of records indexed. Very comprehensive, great search features. By the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Random links ~

• Kerry County and Borough Directory, 1862 From Thom's Almanac and Official Directory for the Year 1862.
• Kerry Cattle Herd Book, Volume 3, Parts 1-2.
• Irish censuses for 1901 and 1911 censuses for Kerry Families]