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=== Spinning Wheel Premium Lists === | === Spinning Wheel Premium Lists === | ||
To increase the production of linen and the linen trade in 1796, Parliament began subsidizing the flax industry by providing spinning wheels and reels to qualified flax growers. The names provided in these lists provide an excellent snapshot for a time period known for its lack of records. Records for the counties of Dublin and Wicklow do not appear to have survived. | To increase the production of linen and the linen trade in 1796, Parliament began subsidizing the flax industry by providing spinning wheels and reels to qualified flax growers. The names provided in these lists provide an excellent snapshot for a time period known for its lack of records. Records for the counties of Dublin and Wicklow do not appear to have survived. There is an index to these records that was produced by All-Ireland Heritage in 1986.<br>In the Family History Library Catalog, see heading: | ||
IRELAND, OCCUPATIONS, INDEXES | |||
IRELAND, BUSINESS RECORDS AND COMMERCE, INDEXES | |||
*''Surname Index for the 1796 Spinning Wheel Premium Entitlement Lists of Ireland. ''Vienna, Virginia: All-Ireland Heritage, 1986. (FHL microfiche British Access Services Window 6341104). | |||
*Ireland - Linen Trade Board. ''A List of Persons to Whom Premiums for Sowing Flax-Seed in the Year 1796 have been adjudged by the Trustees of the Linen Manufacture. (''FHL microfilm British 1,419,442). | |||
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