Research Resources

A directory of resources for McManus family research. Start with a record collection, a place or a DNA project, then follow the evidence back to its source.

McManus and DNA · Irish records · Places and land · General genealogy · Immigration · Historical background

McManus and DNA research

McManus Y-DNA Project at Mexlist — project research and information about McManus paternal lines.
FamilyTreeDNA: McManus Y-DNA Study — public project results, including paternal haplogroups and STR comparisons. The results distinguish confirmed and predicted haplogroups.
FamilyTreeDNA Discover: R-FT194071 — our branch’s story, estimated dates, ancestral path and connections.
Uí Briúin medieval genealogy and Y-DNA research — Gleeson and DePew’s discussion of the historical genealogies and genetic findings, including the McManus and O’Conor branches.
Sons of Aodh project — the Dál Cuinn project discussed in the O’Conor research.
County Roscommon DNA project — a regional project at FamilyTreeDNA.
SNP Tracker — explore estimated haplogroup geography and timelines; estimates are not documented family journeys.

Read our short introductions to R-FT194071, the O’Conor–McManus connection and M222 and Niall.

Civil, church and census records

IrishGenealogy.ie — official civil-registration records and selected church records. Check the site’s current coverage before searching.
National Library of Ireland: Catholic parish registers — digitised register images, browsable by parish. Surviving dates vary between parishes.
National Archives: census search — access to census collections, with guidance and links for the different years.
National Library: family-history guidance — an introduction to parish records, newspapers, property records and other research sources.
NLI catalogue and collections guide — find manuscripts, newspapers, photographs and other library material.

Land, townlands and local research

Leitrim-Roscommon Genealogy — local databases, townland and parish maps, census transcriptions and a McManus manuscript. Follow the homepage for available resources.
Griffith’s Valuation — search by name or place to investigate occupiers and property.
Logainm: Placenames Database of Ireland — Irish and English placenames, useful when comparing spellings in records.
Leitrim-Roscommon McManus manuscript — local family research to compare with original records.
Roscommon cemetery transcriptions — published burial transcriptions; check the source and coverage of each cemetery.

Browse the site’s Roscommon, Leitrim, Fermanagh and Places collections.

General genealogy

FamilySearch — genealogy records and research resources.
Ancestry — genealogy collections and family trees.
Findmypast — family-history record collections.
MyHeritage — genealogy records and family-tree tools.
WikiTree: McManus — collaborative profiles; inspect the sources attached to each relationship.
John Grenham: McManus — surname research reference.
23andMe and FamilyTreeDNA — DNA-testing services; features and access requirements vary.

Some resources require an account or subscription. A user-contributed tree is a research lead rather than a substitute for the underlying records.

Immigration

Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Foundation: arrival records — passenger and arrival research, including New York.

Read Ireland: land, work and migration for context, then compare the records of the individual traveller.

Research tools

Use SNP Tracker for genetic context, Logainm for placenames, and the NLI catalogue to locate sources.

Historical background

For the surname story, read McManus Surname History and Two McManus Septs.

CELT, University College Cork — editions and translations of Irish historical and literary texts, including annals.
Ulster
Clonalis House
Lough Erne
Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa
Annals of Ulster
Ballyfarnon
Maghnus Ua Conchobair
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair
Ó Conchubhair Donn
McManus surname distribution at Forebears — a distribution reference, rather than evidence of an individual family relationship.

Use background articles to identify sources worth following. Record the archive, reference, date and relevant image or page when establishing a family fact. Our two-septs overview and timeline provide further context.