Ireland Census Substitutes: Difference between revisions

Census substitutes are records that, like censuses, provide lists of individuals living in a specific area. They are particularly helpful as substitutes for the destroyed national censuses and for the centuries prior to the national census.  

Census substitutes may give the occupation, religion, residence, relationship, age, and/or the value of the property of the individuals they list. Here is a list of valuable Ireland Census Substitutes. An excellent summary of Irish Census Substitutes is also available on-line at the [http://www.igp-web.com Ireland Genealogical Projects] web page.  

Here is a list of some important census substitutes.  

==== The Pender "Census" of 1659 ====

The Civil Survey was taken from 1654 - circa 1660. It was a survey of the holdings of landowners, their titles and tenures of their estates. Twenty-seven counties were included in the survey covering the provinces of Ulster, Leinster, Muster and a portion of Connaught. ;For the Civil Survey, see:  

These were compiled in the eighteen and nineteenth centuries. A freeholder was the owner of a freehold, which was a tenure of real property inherited in fee simple; fee tail; or for life.  

* Admission by Birth was granted to sons, and sometimes daughters, of Free Citizens. Several generations of one family could hold the Freedom of an incorporated city at the same time.  

* Admission by Service was granted to those who completed an apprenticeship in one of the trade guilds of the city and paid a fee.  

* Admission by Marriage was granted to sons-in-law of Free Citizens.  

* Admission by Fine was confined to prosperous professional men who were required to pay a substantial sum of money into the city treasury.

These are roll calls of officers and men in each military regiment. They exist for the 17th – 20th centuries. For example, the listing for the year 1631 lists 13,092 names of men and officers in the muster rolls. A detailed listing of these records is found in Gibson, Jeremy and Alan&nbsp;Dell.&nbsp;''Tudor and Stuart Muster Rolls, A Directory of holdings in the British Isles'', Birmingham, England: Federation of Family History Societies, 1989. (Family History Library book British {{FHL|147559|title-id|disp=942 M2gj}}.)<br>  

These records have been digitized and free indexes and images are now available online at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804886 www.familysearch.org] and [http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp www.nationalarchive.ie]. Indexes are also available online at subscription website&nbsp;[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1270 www.ancestry.com].&nbsp;  

These records have been digitized and free indexes and images are now available online at&nbsp;[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ www.askaboutireland.ie]. Indexes and images are also available online at subscritption websites&nbsp;[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1269 www.ancestry.com]&nbsp;and [http://www.origins.net/IrishOrigins/Search/Census/Griffiths/IOSearchGriffithsBasic.aspx www.irishorgins.com]. &nbsp;  

Valuation Revision books have been digitized and images are now available online for free at [http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm www.proni.gov.uk]. &nbsp;