Genealogy
MS 11336: Heraldic pedigree of the Hartpole family
The Library will undertake very basic searches in response to genealogical enquiries but does not offer a research service.
Two printed sources may be used to discover if a person attended or graduated from Trinity College: Alumni Dublinensis: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors, and Provosts of Trinity College, in the University of Dublin 1593-1860 and A Catalogue of the Graduates of the University of Dublin, Vols. I-VIII. The former is based mainly on College entrance books, which are held in the Manuscripts and Archives Research Library (TCD MUN/V/23 and 24). They date from 1637 onwards. The latter provides the name, degree and date of degree of each student from the foundation of the College to the present day.
Other student-related records include entrance marks books (1839-1929); examination returns (1719-1856); registers of exhibitioners, scholars and sizars (19th-20th centuries); lecture attendance books (1783-1847); Chapel attendance books (1842-1933); degree registers (18th-20th centuries); and degree signature books (1750-1975).
The records of student societies and clubs may also contain information on student members.
The College operates a strict 100-year non-access policy in relation to records containing personal information relating to officers and students of Trinity. Consultation of records that are less than 100 years old is not permitted, unless permission is obtained from the person in question or from his or her direct descendant(s).
Other genealogical and heraldic material includes:
- MSS 1212-1221: volumes compiled by Dr John Madden (d.1703) relating to the principal Irish and English families in the 16th to 18th centuries
- MSS 456-477: 22 volumes of arms from the libraries of four Ulster Kings of Arms
- MS 2063 et al: records of Dublin parishes, principally St Bride’s
Bibliography
A Catalogue of the Graduates of the University of Dublin, Vols. I-VIII (Dublin, 1869-2005)
G.D. Burtchaell and T.U. Sadleir, Alumni Dublinensis: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors, and Provosts of Trinity College, in the University of Dublin 1593-1860 (Dublin, 1935)
K.C. Bailey, Trinity College Record Volume (Dublin, 1951)
D.A. Webb and J.R. Bartlett, Trinity College Record Volume (Dublin, 1991)
D.J.M. Sherlock, Trinity College Record Volume (Dublin, 2006)
E. Curtis, "Extracts from Herald’s Books in Trinity College Library relating to Ireland in the 16th century", JRSAI (June 1932), pp. 32-49