Other Sources – Galway East Civil Records

Census Substitutes for Galway East

Year	Description	Records
1856	Christmas Donations 1856	798
1829	Registry of Freeholds	289
1824-1894	Slater’s And Pigot’s Directories	7,799
1837	Tithes	12,729
1828-1866	Galway Emigrant Index 1828-1866 This list, compiled by Peter Madden of Newcastle, Australia, documents the immigration of people from Galway to New South Wales and Queensland between 1828 and 1866.	2,746
1836-1848	Productive Loan Index The Irish Reproductive Loan Fund was scheme set up in 1824 to provide small loans to people who were termed the ‘industrious poor’. The records generally run from 1836-1848 and are available for the following associations in County Galway: Ahascragh, Ballygar, Castle Hackett, Clifden, Kilconickny, Outerard and Galway Town.	1,778