County Westmeath

Wikipedia Image; Co.Westmeath Map

County Westmeath, known locally as The Lake County, is situated in the middle of Ireland. It's county town is Mullingar. The potato famine hit the county hard, having always been an agricultural county, and it has taken many years to regain a stable economy.

Resources

Primary Reference Links

• GENUKI: County Westmeath

Countywide Interest

• Dún na Sí Heritage Centre

• Westmeath Ireland Genealogy

• Various Westmeath 1901 census transcripts (partial), 1870s land owners

• Ancestorfind includes some Parish Registers

Specific Town and Village Interest

• 1901 Athlone Census

Maps and Photographs

Register Offices

Mullingar
Civil Registration Office
Health Centre
Mullingar
Co. Westmeath

Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 9:30 - 12:30 & 02:00 - 4:15
Contact: 044 93 95098 Fax: 044 9395098

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

Back to Republic of Ireland

Back to Ireland

Back to World Index Page