A ground-breaking international cultural agreement was celebrated today at Library and Archives Canada during a ceremony to mark the official signing in Canada of the Documentary Heritage Research Partnership between the National Archives of Ireland Library and Archives Canada.
This agreement establishes a unique research partnership between both institutions to digitize the 1901 and 1911 Irish census records and create online tools to provide information to researchers and genealogists. This data will enable millions of Irish descendants in Canada and around the world to retrace their families and their heritage.
From a news release distributed by CCNMatthew.
Just a short update that the National Archive of Ireland is making good progress digitising the 1911 Irish census.
So far the records for Antrim, Cork, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kings County (Offaly) and Wexford are available online, and they hope to include the rest of Ireland over the coming months.