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Valuation households only - both those who<br />
leased land & those who owned land;<br />
estimated coverage <strong>of</strong> 80-90% <strong>of</strong> all<br />
heads <strong>of</strong> households<br />
Old Age<br />
Pension<br />
Claims<br />
School<br />
Records<br />
Freeholder<br />
s List<br />
Elphin<br />
Diocesan<br />
census<br />
Convert<br />
Rolls<br />
Religious<br />
Censuses<br />
Spinning<br />
Wheel<br />
Premium<br />
Muster<br />
Rolls<br />
Hearth<br />
Money<br />
Rolls<br />
Check Valuation Lists (also known as<br />
Cancel Books, Revision Books) – 1850’s<br />
<strong>to</strong> 20 th century; lists <strong>of</strong> occupiers kept<br />
subsequent <strong>to</strong> Primary Valuation; able <strong>to</strong><br />
trace a tenement held from generation<br />
<strong>to</strong> generation<br />
Earlier records - Field Books, Tenure<br />
Books, House Books and Quar<strong>to</strong> Books<br />
– at FHL<br />
1841 & 1851 Based on searches made in 1841 &<br />
1851 censuses (before destroyed)<br />
Typically begin in <strong>the</strong> mid-<strong>to</strong>-late 19 th<br />
century<br />
18 th and 19 th<br />
lists <strong>of</strong> people entitled <strong>to</strong> vote or who<br />
Centuries voted at elections – 18th & 19th<br />
centuries<br />
1749 covered parts <strong>of</strong> Ros<strong>com</strong>mon, Sligo,<br />
and Galway<br />
1760-1790<br />
Taken 1740<br />
& 1766<br />
identified numbers <strong>of</strong> Catholics (“popish”<br />
= rebel) Many published; covers only<br />
parts <strong>of</strong> selected counties (mostly<br />
Ulster)<br />
1796 A government program;<br />
• Anyone who planted at least one<br />
rood <strong>of</strong> flax (¼ acre) entitled <strong>to</strong> a<br />
spinning wheel<br />
• Entries for every county - best is<br />
Ulster (large industry <strong>of</strong> flax<br />
growing/linen making)<br />
Mainly 1630 Local militia; relate primarily <strong>to</strong> large<br />
landed estates in Ulster<br />
www.irishorigins.<strong>com</strong>,<br />
www.ancestry.<strong>com</strong>,<br />
www.failteromhat.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.proni.gov.uk/index/search<br />
_<strong>the</strong>_archives/freeholders_reco<br />
rds.htm<br />
1740 indexed –<br />
www.newenglandances<strong>to</strong>rs.org<br />
- Antrim, Derry and Donegal;<br />
1766 indexed<br />
www.ancestry.<strong>com</strong> (mostly<br />
No.Ireland) - FHL has micr<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />
on both<br />
indexed on<br />
www.ancestry.<strong>com</strong><br />
1664-1666 based on number <strong>of</strong> hearths in a home www.irishtimes.<strong>com</strong>/ances<strong>to</strong>r/br<br />
owse/counties/index.htm for<br />
extant records in county<br />
Things <strong>to</strong> Remember<br />
• Check spelling variations <strong>of</strong> surnames, use www.irishtimes.<strong>com</strong>/ances<strong>to</strong>r/surname<br />
• Search for record indexes online (IGI, etc.) – points <strong>to</strong> original record – obtain a copy<br />
• Use a <strong>com</strong>puter program like Personal Ancestral File (PAF)<br />
• Understand his<strong>to</strong>rical timeline; Keep a research log
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