Copyright 2023 Norma Gillespie, Author of This Website
Adding records for Coe Hill (top menu bar) is my way of giving back to the community in which I was raised. It has always been “home’ to me.
I began tracing my Dad’s Gillespie family history in my early 20s, collecting every record I found with the name, Gillespie, on it. It became an extensive, physical library. My Mom’s history was done by someone else, who shared those records with me.
My son gave me this website as a gift, a blank canvas, because my children did not know what to do with many bookcases full of 2 inch binders of records. Gradually I learned how to add records to this site, keeping it simple. The physical library has ended, except for the Archives and a few volumes too precious to destroy. Preserving history matters to me. It is the legacy I leave to the world, plus my love for the Holy Trinity and what I learned in this journey of faith.
GENEALOGY DATABASES
Read downward, as totals change as new records added to each section. Monthly Summary at bottom of page. Chart at end for total records in all databases, updated monthly.
AFRICA
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
CENTRAL AMERICA
ENGLAND
EUROPE
IMMIGRATION & PASSENGER LISTS
IRELAND: 2, 069
Some individuals on 1901 Census were the oldest people in Ireland, such as Cody Gillespie, age 94 (b 1807) in Co Donegal. People moved. Within each census are Gillespies also born in :
- 1901 Census Co Armagh: 176 new records
Antrim; Belfast; Down, & Liverpool, ENGLAND
- 1901 Census Co Donegal: 1,107 new records
Antrim; Fermanagh, Derry; Leitrim; Tyrone, Wicklow & AMERICA
- 1901 Census for Co Down: 280 new records
Belfast, Antrim, Armagh, Dublin, Londonderry, Monaghan, Sligo, Tyrone, MANCHURIA (China). SCOTLAND
- 1901 Census Co Fermanagh: 31 new records
Donegal, Monaghan, Tyrone
- 1901 Census Co Londonderry: 145 new records
Antrim, Belfast, Donegal, Fermanagh, Tyrone & SCOTLAND
- 1901 Census Co Monaghan: 117 new records
Armagh, Cavan, Fermanagh, Kildare, Tyrone
- 1901 Census Co Tyrone: 213 new records
Armagh, Donegal
Current Work: 1901 Census Co Mayo
MIDDLE EAST
MILITARY
MUSIC
NEW ZEALAND
OCEANIA
SCOTLAND
SOUTH AMERICA
USA
WALES
Monthly Summary 2026
New Records Total Records
January 1 Beginning 54,434
January 2, 069 56, 503
This website began Dec 6, 2016
(10th Anniversary 2026)
Records From Previous Years
WEBSITE RECORDS SUMMARY
Record totals will change over the year, and gives a glimpse at all records in each Gillespie database, month by month.
| LOCATION | JAN 1, 2026 | AS OF | TOTAL RECORDS |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | 699 | ||
| ASIA | 622 | ||
| AUSTRALIA | 3,395 | ||
| CANADA | 11,455 | ||
| CARIBBEAN
CENTRAL AMERICA |
120
43 |
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| ENGLAND | 2,262 | ||
| EUROPE | 142 | ||
| IMMIGRATION | 1,548 | ||
| IRELAND | 9,486 | ||
| MIDDLE EAST | 26 | ||
| MILITARY | 3,894 | ||
| MUSIC | 4 | ||
| NEW ZEALAND | 1, 601 | ||
| OCEANIA | 2 | ||
| SCOTLAND | 6,373 | ||
| SOUTH AMERICA | 57 | ||
| USA | 12,583 | ||
| Wales | 122 | ||
| TOTALS | 54, 434 |
