We are delighted to announce the addition of 41,356 census substitute records from Counties Antrim, Down, Fermanagh, Wexford, Cork, Dublin and Kerry to our database at Roots Ireland. They are as follows:
- Apothecary and Apprentices, Cork, Dublin, Fermanagh, Kerry, Wexford
This database contains records of apprentices to the trade of apothecary and licensed Apothecaries. It displays name, date of application, residence and county.
The list is taken from the following British Parliamentary Papers;
- A return of the name of each person in each year since the 24th June 1791, who has been examined by the governor and directors of the Apothecaries’ Hall in Dublin, and who has received a certificate of his proper qualification to become an assistant or journeyman to the business of an apothecary. 1829: XXII [British Parliamentary Papers, HC 1829, XXII]
- A return of the name of each person in each year since the 24th June 1791, who has been examined by, and received a certificate from the governor and director of the Apothecaries’ Hall in Dublin, of his qualification to open a shop and practise as an apothecary in Ireland. 1829: XXII [British Parliamentary Papers]
Dublin Electors, 1865
This database contains the names of some 10,700 electors in the County of Dublin. It is interesting to note that some of those registered as electors in Dublin at this time resided outside of Ireland. For example, we find electors with an address in Hamilton, Montreal and Toronto in Canada. From further afield, we note Edward T. Mulhall and Michael Mulhall in ‘Buenos Ayres’ in Argentina. The Mulhall brothers made significant contributions to journalism and publishing in Argentina in the second half of the nineteenth century.
The list of electors is taken from “City of Dublin Election, July 15th, 1865 .. List of Electors for the Year 1865”
Forfeiting Proprietors, Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Wexford
This database of just under 2,500 entries details the names of those, mostly Irish Catholics, by county & barony, whose estates were confiscated as part of the Cromwellian settlement of the 1650s.
In some cases the actual locality was recorded, in others a note describing the person was included, for example “killed at the siege of Derry, as a beseiger” or “A Scotch Protestant, and in Arms agst, the State, in 1649”.
This list of names has been transcribed from: O’Hart’s Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland.
Freeholder Index, Fermanagh
This index lists around 1,500 freeholders registered to vote in county Fermanagh between 1747 and 1768. The index includes the name and residence of the freeholder and location of freehold. The name of the candidates to whom the elector gave his votes may also be included (remembering that each elector could vote for two candidates in county elections). It should also be borne in mind that Catholics were not permitted to vote between the late 1720s and 1793.
Students, Cork
This database includes the names and year of entrance for matriculated, and non-matriculated students, at Queen’s College Cork and Galway between 1849 and 1860. In some instances, the address, religious profession and faculty will also be included alongside the name of the student.
Outlawries for treason, Cork, Dublin, Wexford
This database was created from a manuscript volume held by the Library of the Oireachtas in Dublin and available online through the Library’s catalogue. It lists the names and addresses, and occasionally status or occupation, of those outlawed for treason in 1641-7 and 1691-8 (it also records the place of outlawry). The volume was prepared in 1833 at the behest of the House of Lords.
Publication Subscriber List, Cork, Dublin, Fermanagh, Kerry Wexford
Many older books include lists of those who subscribed to the volume, thus helping to pay for its publication. Usually, the address of the subscriber is included and sometimes the occupation of the individual. This list has been compiled from a number of different publications including:
- A List of subscribers to the book Heterogenea’or Medley for the Benefit of the Poor, 1803
- List of Subscribers to the Historic Memorials of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Belfast, 1887
- Poems by the Late Hugh Tynan of Donaghadee, 1803
- Subscribers to William Crawford’s History of Ireland, 1783
- Subscribers to James Orr’s Poems on Various Subjects, 1804
- Subscribers to Samuel Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
- Subscribers to Andrew McKenzies Poems and Songs on Different Subjects, 1810
- Subscribers to John McKinlay’s book on the Giant’s Causeway, 1819
- Subscribers to John Anketell’s Poems on Several Subjects, 1793
- Subscribers to Odes and Elegies, Descriptive & Sentimental: With The Patriot, A Poem by John Corry, 1797
- Subscribers to Samuel Thomson’s Poems on Different Subjects, Partly in the Scottish Dialect, 1793
- Subscribers to John Searson’s A Poem or Rural Entertainment’, 1795
- Subscribers to ‘Taylor and Skinner’s Maps of the Roads of Ireland, 1778
- Subscribers to John Cameron’s The Messiah, 1768
- Subscribers to The Sure Way to Heaven by a Co. Antrim priest, Rev. MacCary, 1797
- Subscribers to William Anderson of Saintfield’s Poetry Collection, 1830
8. Rental Of Land Gable Rents, Dublin, 1665 Dublin
‘Landgable’ rents would now be called ground rents and this database covers houses and their occupiers in Dublin at an interesting period in the city’s history.
Given that spellings of names varied considerably, a small number of changes have been made to the names to assist the researcher. For example, the double f, as in ffisher, has been changed to a single f and capitalised, and where V is really U, as in Usher, this has also been amended.
A few comments of interest appear. For example, William Gee was recorded as someone who “defies the Sherr [sheriff] & all their authority”.
The list has been transcribed from the 57th Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Records in Ireland (1936)
School Register Index, Fermanagh
This database is a curated compilation of historical educational records taken from a report produced by the British House of Commons. This list details the school master and the school in County Fermanagh in which they worked for the years 1826-1827. The list has been transcribed from the original British Parliamentary Paper report.
10. Muster Rolls, Fermanagh
A muster roll was a list of able-bodied men who were capable of military service. The most important of the muster rolls of the early seventeenth century period was that compiled between the spring of 1629 and the spring of 1633 by Lieut. William Graham, the muster-master of Ulster. The full muster roll was published as Men and Arms: The Ulster Settlers, c. 1630, edited by R.J. Hunter and prepared for publication by John Johnston (2012). Hunter and Johnston’s edition includes much supplementary information on the settlers, drawn from numerous contemporary sources, such as the Ulster inquisitions, state papers and the 1641 depositions. This database comprises an index to the muster roll relating to Co. Fermanagh. Along with the name of the settler, the index includes the name of the owner of the estate and, if recorded, the barony (or sometimes the town or lordship).
11. Pension List, Cork, Dublin, Fermanagh, Kerry, Wexford
The Census Search Forms or ‘Green Forms’ were completed by the staff of the Public Record Office of Ireland from information supplied by applicants for the Old Age Pension seeking evidence of their age. The Old Age Pension was introduced in 1908 and the ‘Green Forms’ were made between 1910 and 1922. Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths was not begun in Ireland until 1864 and birth certificates were not therefore available for persons of eligible age (70 years). Proof of age could be obtained in a variety of ways including searches in parish registers, army records and the census. The ‘Green Forms’ were used as an internal office record of the search made in the census.
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Ulster 1900 Directory, Fermanagh
This database contains a list of the inhabitants of in County Fermanagh 1900, listing individual names, occupations and addresses. The list has been transcribed from the Belfast and Ulster 1900 Directory.
13. Flaxgrowers Index, Cork, Fermanagh, Kerry
This database is based on the information contained in the Flax Growers’ Bounty List which was published by the Irish Linen Board in 1796. There are only two copies of the original printed volume known to exits, one is held by the Linen Hall Library in Belfast and the other by the Irish Linen Museum in Lisburn.
It is a valuable substitute for non-existent census material for this period in Ireland, with this list containing the names of around 4,500 small farmers flax in the counties of Cork, Fermanagh and Kerry in 1796 who received an award of a spinning-wheel or loom in return for planting certain amounts of flax.
14. Anti-Repeal Declaration, Cork, Dublin, Fermanagh, Kerry, Wexford
In the late 1840s, opposition to the campaign to repeal the Act of Union resulted in the creation of a number of petitions in support of maintaining the connection with Great Britain.
This database is taken from a printed volume held in the Library of the Oireachtas, Dublin, containing the names of over 3,500 individuals who subscribed to one of the anti-repeal declarations in the spring of 1848.
Typically, for each signatory there is also an occupation and an address (often the townland of residence and its nearest town or village). The declaration includes names from every county in Ireland, but this list details those from Counties Cork, Dublin, Fermanagh, Kerry and Wexford.
To search these records, go to Roots Ireland and Login or Subscribe as required. Select the county in question, click on ‘Census Substitutes …’ and you can select an individual source.