"With 70-million Irish diaspora around the world, and up to one-fifth of Canadians claiming Irish heritage, this project will connect even more people to their historical," stated Ian E. Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada.
The LAC and the NAI collaborated on other projects including two Irish studies held in 2006 and 2008 (I attended this one*); the Irish-Canadian Documentary Heritage at the LAC, and the popular website, The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland.
Making these records accessible online will give genealogists and historians around the world the chance to explore the age, occupation, religion, and marital status of individuals. It will also allow research on Irish on Irish society of the early 20th century. The National Archives of Ireland have provided vibrant historical essays on topics such as social life, government, sport, and religion, and the photographs depicting life in Ireland in 1911.
The census records can search free of charge, and it is searchable by name.
* (For more on the 2008 Irish Studies I attended, please visit these four pages):
- http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2008/09/irish-studies-symposium.html
- http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2008/10/irish-symposium-2008-at-library-and.html
- http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2008/11/library-and-archives-canada-launches.html
- http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2008/12/450-years-of-fishing.html
