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From: "Jane Hewitt" <>
Subject: [IGW] Griffith's Valuation available on Irish Origins
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 18:51:51 +0100


The Definitive version of Griffith's Valuation has been
made available on Irish Origins!

Visit http://www.irishorigins.com

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Origins.net (www.origins.net) and Eneclann Ltd (www.eneclann.ie/), in
association with the National Library of Ireland, are proud to introduce
the re-launch of Irish Origins (www.irishorigins.com) which includes the
most complete version of Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, available both
online and offline.

The new web service is the definitive resource for Griffith's Valuation.
All available copies of the Valuation - which was published in several
versions at different times between 1847 and 1864 - has been indexed and
digital images of the source publications made available on the site. The
selection of the original documents has been made with the assistance of
George Handran, a world expert on Griffith's work.

About Griffith's Valuation

Between 1847 and 1864 the Valuation Office, carried out the first
systematic valuation of property holdings in Ireland and has become known
as Griffith's Valuation partly because of the massive influence of its
Director, Richard Griffith. It contains vital information concerning over
one million people, from the smallest farmer to the largest landlord.

After the destruction of the 1851 Census in the Dublin Four Court's fire
(1922), Griffith's Valuation is the only detailed guide to where in
Ireland people lived in the mid-19th century, and is often described as a
'census substitute' for the years between the Great Famine and the
beginning of civil registration in 1864. Genealogists will be able use
this key tool online to find a wealth of information to link together
family members.

Unlike previous attempts to index or publish Griffith's Valuation, this is
the first time the entire survey has been published since it was
originally issued in the 19th century. This edition contains all the
revisions and amended versions that were published over the 17 years it
took to complete the valuation. Users will be able to search the most
complete database of personal and place names, and then access scanned
images of the original published pages.

Irish Origins also allows users to search FREE across 40,000 Irish
genealogy web pages, containing well over two million names, including
census data, ships' passenger lists, church records, convict records and
much more. Also included on Irish Origins are links on how to find useful
information including Irish source archives, a discussion group, with
articles and tutorials by Sherry Irvine, president of the Association of
Professional Genealogists.

There are a number of sites on the net containing highly valuable datasets
such as birth, marriage, death records, etc. but locating such sites is
often a difficult task for family history
researchers. The addition of exclusive data to Irish Origins will ensure
that the site becomes the definitive site for those researching their
Irish ancestors.

The addition of Griffith's Valuation, brings the total number of names on
Irish Origins to over three million, many of these being exclusive to
Irish Origins.

Further exclusive material will be available on Irish Origins over the
course of the next few months, including Index of Irish Wills 1484-1858
(over 100,000 names) and William Smith O'Brien Petition 1848 (80,000
names).

For further information, please contact

Yours sincerely,

Jane Hewitt
Origins.net


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