Historical Land registry

hjr

Hi there,
Just wondering where's the best place to go to research the historical owners of a particular property. I'm researching when lands were bought by my ancestors and wondering where best to start!

Thanks in advance

Wyldwood

The Valuations Office in the Irish Life Building, Dublin have records going back to Griffith's Valuations in the mid 1800s. You can see every change of ownership to any given property. However it's not easy to accurately pinpoint a date, as, from my experience, the changes were noted any time up to a year after the takeover. You just need to give them the address and span of years you want to look at. They're very helpful.

hjr

Wyldwood wrote: »

The Valuations Office in the Irish Life Building, Dublin have records going back to Griffith's Valuations in the mid 1800s. You can see every change of ownership to any given property. However it's not easy to accurately pinpoint a date, as, from my experience, the changes were noted any time up to a year after the takeover. You just need to give them the address and span of years you want to look at. They're very helpful.

Thanks for that. Is this something thats possible to do online, or do you need to visit the offices?

Waitsian

hjr wrote: »

Thanks for that. Is this something thats possible to do online, or do you need to visit the offices?

You need to visit:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/val.htm (a fuller explanation at bottom of link)

http://www.valoff.ie/Research.htm