EIGHTEENTH & NINETEENTH CENTURY CENSUS SUBSTITUTES

We often decry the lack or remaining or available Census data for Ireland,

but there are a number of Census substitutes, other than Griffith's Valuations,

which most of us know and use. One of the best lists I have seen is at

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/census/eight.htm

This is just a lead in... for full details please go to the link above...

another great asset provided by The Irish Times.

Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century Census Substitutes

The Convert Rolls Protestant Householders Elphin Diocesan Census The Religious Survey of 1766 Dissenters' petitions, 1775 Offical Papers & petitions Charleton Trust Fund Spinning Wheel Premium Lists Persons who suffered losses in 1798

1803 Agricultural census Tithe Applotment Books Reproductive Loan Fund Records National School Records Workhouse records Griffiths Valuation Landowners in Ireland Lists of Freeholders Voters Lists and Poll Books Electoral Records

1703-1838: The Convert Rolls

Eileen O Byrne, Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1981. A list of those converting from Catholicism to the Church of Ireland. The bulk of the entries date from 1760 to 1790.

1740: Protestant householders

This applies to parts of Counties Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal and Tyrone. Arranged by barony and parish, it gives names only. Parts are at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, The Genealogical Office, the National Library of Ireland and the Representative Church Body Library.

Much more available at the link above.