Hook Genealogical Records
Hook Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
A collection of almost 4 million birth and baptisms records from civil, Catholic and Church of Ireland registers.
Digital images of registers recording the birth and baptism of Catholic families' children. They record around 550,000 births and baptisms, which can be searched by a name index.
An index to evidences provided to the British Civil Service Commission to establish the age of prospective and current civil servants. The index includes date & place of birth and provides a reference to surviving documents.
An index to over 5 million births and baptisms recorded in Ireland. These are predominantly from the 19th century.
Hook Marriage & Divorce Records
Index entries extracted from wills, letters of administration, acts of probate, marriage licenses, and other records within the Diocese of Dublin.
Digital images of documents from civil divorce cases. The cases cover both the cause of the case and the outcome, such as division of property and visitation rights. These records also contain details of illegitimate children. Cases can be searched by a name index.
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
Transcripts of more than 850,000 marriage records, including parents' names when listed in the original document.
Digital images of registers recording the marriages of Catholics in Ireland. They record around 150,000 marriages, which can be searched by a name index.
Hook Death & Burial Records
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
Details of crew and passengers who died aboard RMS Titanic. Information given includes date, place & cause of death; gender; age; nationality; profession; and residence.
An index to around 13,000 marriages of the upper class of Ireland recorded in a magazine.
Registers compiled from the logs of ships registered in Britain & her colonies. These records are indexed by named and are connected to original images of the registers. They list the name of the deceased, the date they died, their gender, age, cause of death and the name of the ship they died on.
Transcriptions of over 35,000 death notices of Irish who died in America and other parts of the world.
Hook Census & Population Lists
An index to several million names in records delineating families and including important personal details, such as religion, occupation and place of birth.
An index to and digital images of registers recording people eligible to vote. The records list name, residence, qualification to vote, ratable value of property and sometimes a description of their property.
Directories containing over 275,000,000 entries. As well as name, address and phone number, occupations are often recorded. A useful census substitute.
Over 135,000 surviving extracts from the 1841 and 1851 censuses of Ireland.
An index to almost half a million surviving extracts from largely lost Irish censuses. These records show families, with relations and important genealogical information.
Newspapers Covering Hook
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
Originally founded as a chartist organ, the newspaper became a liberal platform.
Digital images of a newspaper that circulated through Ireland, promoting agriculture, gardening, commerce and manufacturing. It is fully text searchable.
A popular illustrated, liberal newspaper; one of the most popular in Britain.
Digital images of a liberal, unionist newspaper published in Ireland. Pages can be searched by article text.
Hook Wills & Probate Records
Index entries extracted from wills, letters of administration, acts of probate, marriage licenses, and other records within the Diocese of Dublin.
An index to over 100,000 Irish wills.
Transcripts of over 9,000 wills penned by Irish privates and non-commissioned officers during World War I.
A name index connected to images of Ireland's civil probate registers. It lists the name of the deceased, residence, status or occupation, type of probate, date of probate and names of the executors or administrators.
An index to around 365,000 documents relating to the distribution of deceased person's real and personal estate.
Hook Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.
A list of over 40,000 passengers traveling from North America to the British Isles. Details of passengers may include: occupation, nationality, gender, age, martial status, class, destination, and details of the vessel they sailed on.
Details of over 700 poor Irish settlers in the Newcastle district of Canada. Contains details of the land they occupy, family and live stock.
Registers recording those who by their criminal deeds were sentenced to be transported to Australia. Records include name, date & place of conviction, term of sentence, ship sailed on, departure date and the name of the colony they were to be sent to.
Hook Military Records
A variety military service, medical, award and general documents detailing WWI army soldiers who claimed a pension for disability. Contains a great deal of biographical and genealogical details, including physical description and disabilities. Digital images, searchable by a name and place index.
A history of the town during WWI, with a list of men and women who served and notes of those who lost their lives.
A list of over 1.3 million British and Commonwealth servicemen who were injured during World War One.
Detailed records of 858,171 Royal Artillery personnel. The records contain genealogical, biographical and military details.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of 88,096 records detailing biographical, genealogical and service details of the men of the Royal Tank Corps.
Hook Court & Legal Records
An index to and digital images of registers recording people eligible to vote. The records list name, residence, qualification to vote, ratable value of property and sometimes a description of their property.
An index to millions of names occurring in minor Irish legal records. The index is linked to images of the original registers.
An index to and images to various records, including loan application forms. These may list name, residence, names of relatives, loan particulars and more.
A index to over 3.5 million names occurring in Irish prison registers. Details provide vary, but may include: name, age, place of birth, abode, religion, occupation, education, physical description, next of kin and details of crimes and sentences Contains images of the original registers.
Digital images of thousands of letters and documents detailing the state of Ireland during the famine. The documents can be searched by a name index of over 10,000 people.
Hook Taxation Records
An assessment of property in Ireland for taxation purposes. Provides descriptions of properties.
Records detailing occupiers of land in pre-famine Ireland. Contains a description of lands and other details. Original images of the records can be searched by name and place.
Lists of occupiers of Irish land and tithes to support the established church; arranged by parish.
A list of people who refused to pay an annual tax to the Anglican church in Scotland.
Hook Land & Property Records
Records detailing tenancies of over 500,000 Irish people. In some cases details may be provided back to the 18th century.
The name and address of people who owned two or more acres of land in Ireland.
An assessment of property in Ireland for taxation purposes. Provides descriptions of properties.
Essentially an electoral roll, listing those who were eligible to vote, their occupation, residence and entitlement.
Records detailing occupiers of land in pre-famine Ireland. Contains a description of lands and other details. Original images of the records can be searched by name and place.
Hook Directories & Gazetteers
A detailed directory of the county's nobility, gentry, tradesmen, farmers etc. Also contains descriptions of settlements, the county, some of its businesses and its customs. The work is searchable by an index of over 10,000 names.
A directory of the court, parliament, aristocracy, mayors, civil service, military, militia and banks in the British Empire.
A directory containing all manner of facts and descriptions of public and other important institutions. Contains various lists of the nobility, gentry and other Irish citizens. Searchable by an index of over 130,000 people.
A directory of the Church of England, its institutions and ministers.
A directory listing over 345,000 people in Ireland. Also contains details of public institutions, public houses, churches etc. as well as descriptions of settlements.
Hook Cemeteries
A name index connected to transcriptions of gravestones and other monuments primarily in counties Wexford & Wicklow. This database contains over 60,000 names.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
An index to around 100,000 various births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemeteries, wills, immigration, census extracted from Irish sources.
Hook Obituaries
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
This database contains extracted genealogical information from the obituaries of the Irish Independent newspaper.
Hook Histories & Books
Photographs and images of churches in County Wexford.
A growing database including millions of photographs of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Ireland catalogued by latitude & longitude and OS grid reference.
A history of the town during WWI, with a list of men and women who served and notes of those who lost their lives.
An indexed collection of 21,000 photographs covering all of Ireland.
A collection of 220,000 professional photos covering most towns and villages in Britain, and parts of Ireland.
Hook School & Education Records
An index to and images of registers recording 100,000s of Irish schoolchildren. Registers may list name, year of birth, year of registration, age, religion, address, occupation of parent or guardian, name of current and previous school, parish, number of days attendance, class enrolled into, results of exams and date of leaving.
A register of faculty and students educated at Trinity College Dublin. Entries include the individual’s full name, date of entering the college, age of entering, father’s name and address, the degree they received and their graduation date.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Registers recording students who attended a series of non-denominational schools throughout Ireland.
Transcripts of over 27,000 entries from admissions, apprentice, and schoolmaster ledgers of the Royal Military Asylum in Chelsea and Royal Hibernian Military School in Dublin.
Hook Occupation & Business Records
This collection gives brief details on the appointment of over 1.4 million people who worked for the Post Office. Includes references to corresponding data in the Postmaster General’s minute books and is a starting point for research in the rich archive of the British Postal Museum.
A database containing names extracted from Kelly's Directory of the Leather Trade. Contains name, occupation and residence.
A book containing details of the medical establishment in Ireland, with a list of over 2,700 medical practitioners in Ireland.
Records relating to merchant seamen of the British Isles. They may record, date and place of birth, address and details of their maritime career.
An index to those who were awarded spinning wheels and looms for growing flax.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Hook
The first edition of an exclusively Irish directory of the landed gentry printed by Burke's. This publication provides heraldic, genealogical and biographical details on Ireland's foremost untitled landowners. Searchable by an index of over 80,000 names.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
Hook Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
The first edition of an exclusively Irish directory of the landed gentry printed by Burke's. This publication provides heraldic, genealogical and biographical details on Ireland's foremost untitled landowners. Searchable by an index of over 80,000 names.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
A dictionary of families elevated to the peerage of Great Britain & Ireland. It includes genealogies and biographical details.
Hook Church Records
A directory listing all the members of the clergy and parishes in Ireland. Also includes details on clergy in the Empire.
Biographical details of around 32,000 Congregationalist ministers in the British Isles and further afield.
A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.
Brief biographical details on all Anglican clergy in Britain & the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Brief biographical details on all Anglican clergy in Britain & the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Biographical Directories Covering Hook
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Detailed biographies of thousands of notable Europeans with details on ancestry.
An index of names connected to over 60,000 biographies of notable British and Irish people from arguably the world's most respected biographical compendium. Gives details on ancestry, careers and personal wealth.
Brief biographical notes on around 10,000 of Britain's foremost nobles, landowners and professionals.
Hook Maps
Digitalised copies of detailed maps covering around 99% of the country.
289 maps depicting routes through Ireland.
A sprawling website setting out and describing the historical divisions of Britain. Also contains countless maps of various sorts. Covers the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man & has fleeting details of other localities.
County and national maps covering the British Isles, extracted from John Speed's landmark work, Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain.
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Hook Reference Works
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A sprawling site that lists British trade unions, histories of some unions and outlines how to locate records relating to trade union ancestors.
A calculator measuring the changing value of the British Pound using two price indices.
Historical Description
HOOK, or HOOKE, a parish, in the barony of SHELBURNE, county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Fethard, on the road to New Ross; containing 489 inhabitants. This parish forms part of a peninsula at the south-western extremity of the county, and is bounded on the west by Waterford harbour, and on the east by Slade bay. At what time, or by whom, the tower of Hook was built, is not precisely known; tradition ascribes its erection to Rose Macruim, the reputed foundress of New Ross; and a letter from the recorder of that place to the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, in 1688, states that "Hook tower, or the tower of Ross," with 7 acres of land around it, formerly belonged to the corporation, from whom it had been claimed by Mr. H. Loftus, as included in his patent. Dr. Ledwich, in his continuation of Grose's Antiquities, attributes its erection to the Danes, and others to Florence de la Hogue, who, in 1172, attended Henry II. into Ireland, and of whose name the appellation Hook may perhaps be a modification.
The parish comprises 1723 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; the soil is fertile, producing abundant and early crops, and the system of agriculture is greatly improved. Loftus Hall, the ancient seat of the Redmond family, was purchased in the 17th century by H. Loftus, Esq., whose son Nicholas was, in 1751, created Baron Loftus, of Loftus Hall, and in 1756, Viscount Ely; it is now the property of his descendant, the Marquess of Ely. The mansion is spacious, but the demesne is unembellished, the growth of timber being much retarded by its exposure to the ocean; the massive and apparently two-handed sword of Strongbow is preserved here. Limestone quarries are extensively worked; from Fethard bay alone 15 boats, from 12 to 20 tons' burden, are employed in carrying it up the river Scar to different parts of the country. There are several small bays on each side of the peninsula, of which the principal are those near the villages of Slade and Churchtown, both chiefly inhabited by fishermen.
Hook tower, now used as a lighthouse, is a circular structure, 100 feet high, with walls of remarkable thickness; it is situated on the east side of the entrance of Waterford harbour, in Lat. 52° 7' 20" (N.), and Lon. 6° 58' (W.); the lantern contains 17 lamps, displaying a fixed light 139 feet above the level of the sea at high water.
The living is a vicarage, episcopally united to the impropriate curacy of Templetown, in the diocese of Ferns, and in the patronage of the Marquess of Ely; the tithes amount to £84. 13. 1 ½., of which £48. 7. 6. is payable to the Marquess of Ely, in whom the rectory is impropriate, and £36. 5. 7 ½. to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising also the parishes of Templetown, St. James, and Fethard; there are chapels at Templetown, Ramsgrange, Duncannon, and Poulfur. The parochial school is near Loftus Hall. Near the village of Slade are the remains of Slade castle, said to have been erected by one of the Hay family, descendants of Richard de la Haie, who accompanied his kinsman, Hervey de Montemarisco, into Ireland.
Most Common Surnames in Hook
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Wexford |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power | 33 | 1:9 | 4.11% | 18 |
| 2 | Fortune | 27 | 1:11 | 4.86% | 27 |
| 3 | Kennedy | 18 | 1:16 | 5.25% | 47 |
| 4 | Breen | 16 | 1:18 | 1.88% | 16 |
| 4 | Colfer | 16 | 1:18 | 7.08% | 70 |
| 4 | Moran | 16 | 1:18 | 4.49% | 43 |
| 7 | Kavanagh | 12 | 1:25 | 0.92% | 9 |
| 8 | Lambert | 10 | 1:29 | 2.87% | 46 |
| 8 | White | 10 | 1:29 | 1.89% | 29 |
| 10 | Barry | 9 | 1:33 | 3.02% | 50 |
| 10 | Carolin | 9 | 1:33 | 100.00% | 1,045 |
| 10 | Murphy | 9 | 1:33 | 0.16% | 1 |
| 13 | Chapman | 8 | 1:37 | 6.67% | 156 |
| 14 | Pendergast | 7 | 1:42 | 10.94% | 266 |
| 14 | Rice | 7 | 1:42 | 25.00% | 513 |
| 16 | Walsh | 6 | 1:49 | 0.38% | 4 |
| 17 | Colvin | 5 | 1:59 | 100.00% | 1,534 |
| 17 | Dwyer | 5 | 1:59 | 1.99% | 60 |
| 17 | Evoy | 5 | 1:59 | 4.10% | 153 |
| 17 | FitzGerald | 5 | 1:59 | 2.58% | 87 |
| 21 | Duggan | 4 | 1:74 | 2.40% | 112 |
| 21 | Hearne | 4 | 1:74 | 9.30% | 366 |
| 21 | Mason | 4 | 1:74 | 12.50% | 461 |
| 21 | Ryan | 4 | 1:74 | 0.45% | 14 |
| 21 | Sweedy | 4 | 1:74 | 100.00% | 1,732 |
| 21 | Williams | 4 | 1:74 | 2.53% | 121 |
| 27 | Brien | 3 | 1:98 | 0.34% | 15 |
| 27 | Furlong | 3 | 1:98 | 0.19% | 5 |
| 27 | Syms | 3 | 1:98 | 100.00% | 2,001 |
| 27 | Waddin | 3 | 1:98 | 100.00% | 2,001 |
| 31 | Bird | 2 | 1:147 | 8.00% | 560 |
| 31 | Carter | 2 | 1:147 | 6.25% | 461 |
| 31 | Crowley | 2 | 1:147 | 3.17% | 273 |
| 31 | Drew | 2 | 1:147 | 50.00% | 1,732 |
| 31 | Parle | 2 | 1:147 | 0.85% | 68 |
| 31 | Whelan | 2 | 1:147 | 0.26% | 20 |
| 37 | Bryan | 1 | 1:294 | 1.47% | 257 |
| 37 | Byrne | 1 | 1:294 | 0.05% | 3 |
| 37 | Call | 1 | 1:294 | 50.00% | 2,308 |
| 37 | Cavanagh | 1 | 1:294 | 3.33% | 485 |
| 37 | Cooke | 1 | 1:294 | 1.96% | 328 |
| 37 | Coulter | 1 | 1:294 | 100.00% | 2,799 |
| 37 | Keating | 1 | 1:294 | 0.37% | 57 |
| 37 | McCurdy | 1 | 1:294 | 100.00% | 2,799 |
| 37 | McKeague | 1 | 1:294 | 100.00% | 2,799 |
| 37 | O'Callaghan | 1 | 1:294 | 5.26% | 659 |
| 37 | Patrick | 1 | 1:294 | 14.29% | 1,229 |
| 37 | Rossiter | 1 | 1:294 | 0.22% | 39 |
| 37 | Somers | 1 | 1:294 | 0.40% | 62 |