If you have Irish roots, you’ll want to take a look at Findmypast’s 992,000 new records from Ireland.
Ireland, 1766 Religious Census
This week’s biggest new set consists of 20,505 transcriptions from the 1766 Religious Census. Although the original documents were lost when Ireland’s Public Records Office was destroyed in 1922, these extensive transcripts were recorded by antiquarian and genealogist Tenison Groves prior to the fire.
From these records, you may be able to learn the name of the head of the household, the year, their religion, the parish and the county. The information recorded varies widely, because different enumerators recorded different details.
Ireland, Census of Protestant Householders 1740
Findmypast also added transcriptions of a census that was taken of Protestant householders in 1740. The 15,957 records within this new set are from parishes in the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Down and Tyrone.
Ireland, 1775 Dissenters’ Petitions
This week’s third new set is a collection of historic petition records. It contains approximately 4,000 names of people who protested the Church of Ireland’s sacramental tests in 1775. The petitions consist of dissenters’ names categorized by parish, congregation, town, neighbourhood, or, in one case, barony.
Belfast & Ulster Directories
In addition to the three new Irish record sets, Findmypast updated an existing Irish collection. They added 951,127 Belfast and Ulster directory records, with both transcriptions and original images available. These new additions span 1831 to 1900, and contain more than 900,000 names.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
