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               22 Irish Genealogical Sources

 

       Sources for County Cork Family Data

 

1901 Census returns of Ireland

Location: Public Record Office, Dublin

Ireland Web Census Returns

 

1864 to date   Civil records of birth, marriage and death

Location: Office of the Registrar General, Customs House, Dublin

 

1802 to date    Roman Catholic Church registers 

Data: Baptism Child’s name; parent’s and sponsor’s names; mother’s

maiden name;  address;& date

          

Wedding: names of bride, groom & witnesses & date

Location: Parish Church

 

Pre 1880   Church registers records of baptism and marriage on microfilm

Location; National Library, Dublin

 

Parish Register Extracts by Grove White (Mainly for Co. Cork)

Location:  Public Records Office, Dublin

 

1848-64 Primary Valuation of Tenements by Sir Richard Griffith

Data: occupant’s names, address, acreage & value

Locations: Dublin Genealogical Office; Public Records Office & National Library of Ireland

 

1846    Directory of Ireland by Slater    Names residents of small towns

Location; National Library of Ireland

 

1823-37 Tithe Composition Applotment Book

Data: Names of tenants with land by parish except townlands and cities. Gives location,

acreage, valuation & tithe.

 

County Index for Cork

Data Surnames & locations

Location: Public Records Office Dublin

 

1787    Cork & Southern Towns Directory

Location: National Library of Ireland, Dublin

 

1766    Religious Census for Cork Diocese by Tennison Groves

      1761    Militia Lists - County Cork M608

Location: Genealogical Office Dublin

 

1739-32    Land Index Volumes for County Cork Vol.s # 5,8,9,12,26 &100

Location: Registry of Deeds Dublin

 

1708-87     Irish Manuscripts Commission , Abstracts of Wills

ed. by P.B. Eustace

Location: Registry of Deeds, Dublin

 

1663    Hearth Money Rolls

Data: Names, number of hearths & amount of tax.

Listed by county; barony; parish; & townland

 

1654-56    Down Survey - Civil Survey of 1654-56

Data Ownership changes of 17th century land settlement

Location: Quit Rent Office & Public Records Office Dublin

 

1623-45 Marriage License Bonds Index tp Cork & Ross

 

1548-1856    Pre 1858 Wills of Diocesan Consistorial Court

Location: Under the local bishop. Wills for the less well off.

 

1548-1857    Index to Diocesan Wills for Cork & Ross

Location: Public records office Dublin

 

A Guide to Copies of Irish Wills by Wallace Clare

Location: Irish Libraries

 

Journal for the Association of the Memorials of the Dead

Location: Genealogical Office.

 

Some of the foregoing information is on various web sites.

See www.censusfinder.com/ireland.htm  for 62 links to Cork &

County Cork census, directories, valuations and records.

  

 

Ireland Topographical Divisions

 

Townland.  The smallest administrative division in Ireland.

There are 64,000. Size based on the quality of the land.

 

Civil Parish.  A division of the state for census & valuation purposes.

There are 2447.

 

Eccleastical Parish before 1802.  The unit of local church administration.

 

Barony Division based on old Gaelic & family holdings. There are about 325.

 

Poor Law Union.  A division of the country wherein the taxpayers were financially responsible for the poor. They comprised multiples of townlands within an average of 10 miles.

 

Provinces 4

 

Counties  32

 

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