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For more information on military records at the Public Record Office, see the Bevan and Duncan or Kew Lists handbooks listed at the end of this section. | For more information on military records at the Public Record Office, see the Bevan and Duncan or Kew Lists handbooks listed at the end of this section. | ||
=== | ==== Royal Hospital Kilmainham ==== | ||
Research use: Lists place of origin for soldiers. | Research use: Lists place of origin for soldiers. | ||
Record type: | Record type: Admission records, pension records and chapel registers. | ||
Time period: | Time period: 1807-1892. | ||
Contents: | Contents: Registers of pensioners of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Dublin); brief description of the pensioner is given with age, place of birth, particulars of service and reason for discharge. Chapel registers of birth, death, and marriages. | ||
Location: | Location: National Archives, Bishops Street, Dublin, Ireland and Public Record Office, Ruskin Avenue, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU England. (Class numbers, PRO Dublin, RHK 5 and RHK 7/1, PRO London WO 118 and 119). Copies of WO 118 are available at the [[Family History Library]]. | ||
Population coverage: | Population coverage: Varies--very high during wartime (20%) and lower during peacetime (5%). | ||
Reliability: | Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Ireland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-2003.</ref> | ||
=== Strategies for Using Army and Navy Records === | === Strategies for Using Army and Navy Records === | ||