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Subject: [CRAWFORD] An Excerpt from Ancestry Daily News, 5 November 2001
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:47:38 -0700

Hello,

The below might be interesting to some of you. It certainly interested
me. If anyone is aware of a Free site of this material anywhere, please
let us know.

Wanda
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NEW UK/IRELAND COLLECTION DATABASE ADDED TODAY
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THE 1766 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF IRELAND, PART 1

Unfortunately very few census records exist for Ireland prior to 1901
due to the fire at the Four Courts Building in 1921. This fire meant
the loss of extremely important genealogical data such as census
records, parish registers and some wills. Fragments of the 1766
Religious census, hand written by Tenison Groves many years before
this fire survive in fragments and have partially been microfilmed by
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are in no
alphabetical order nor with any rhyme or reason. This index
therefore, although not a complete record of the whole of Ireland,
does cover over 11,000 heads of households, giving their names,
parish and religion. It helps a researcher to establish where their
ancestors were living in the year of 1766.

Prior to this index a lengthy search through the documents was
necessary to find out this information. Women are mentioned if they
are widows or single heads of houses. The index was compiled from LDS
FILMS 100173, and 100220; The majority of the places covered are in
Northern Ireland.

Source Information: Reakes, J., comp. "Ireland 1766 Religious Census"
[database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: "The
1766 Religious Census of Ireland." The Tennison Groves Papers on
microfilm LDS Family History Center, 100173, 1766.

Ancestry.com subscribers with access to the UK/Ireland Collections
can search this database at:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5990.htm

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