Council of Irish Genealogical
Organisations (CIGO)
CIGO was established in Ireland in 1992. It is an umbrella-based
lobby group for the various national and international organisations
sharing an interest in Irish genealogical research.
CIGO's Aims
CIGO’s aims, as set out in its constitution, are:
- To provide a forum for family history and genealogical groups and
societies which share an interest in Irish research.
- To encourage, foster and promote greater public knowledge of and
access to records relevant to genealogists, whether held by Civil,
Ecclesiastical, or private bodies.
- To formulate, influence and co-ordinate policy on all issues of
concern to member organisations.
- To encourage membership of CIGO by both Irish and Overseas
genealogical and family history organisations.
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CIGO announces that the National
Archives of Ireland is to be the third (2009) recipient of its
Award for Excellence in Genealogy
At the 2009 AGM CIGO announced that the National Archives of
Ireland would be the recipient of its 2009 Award for Excellence
in Genealogy in recognition of the creation of its Internet-based
database of scanned images and accompanying index of the entire
Irish 1911 census. By any measure this is a great achievement
and all the more so because the results are available to all
- world-wide - completely without charge.
The presentation of the certificate commemorating the Award
to the National Archives will take place soon.
Previous recipients of the Award
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CIGO would like to acknowledge the assistance of Irish Genealogy Limited in developing
this website.
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