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No record in Griffiths Valuation and Tithe

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  • 09-07-2014 12:07am
    #1
    bananabooks
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    I have not been able to find my family in either of these two separate land records. I have tried to look in other areas in the same County but cannot find them. Can anyone explain why I cannot find my family?


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    #2
    KildareFan
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭KildareFan


    Lots of possible reasons:
    name spelt differently
    looking in the wrong place
    they didn't own or directly lease land/property

    I have ancestors who are not listed in Griffiths even though I know they where they were living at the time.


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    Coolnabacky1873
    Registered Users Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Coolnabacky1873


    Yeah, there are all sorts of reasons as to why a family/person might not appear in the Tithe Books. Two being living in a large urban area or being a member of the cottier/landless labourer class.

    From memory (I think from something I read or heard from John Grenham), 80% of heads of households are in Griffiths. Your ancestors might be in the other 20%.


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    shanew
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    KildareFan wrote: »
    ....I have ancestors who are not listed in Griffiths even though I know they where they were living at the time.

    same for me in three separate cases ... two due to their occupations, a Land Steward and a Coast Guard and another I suspect may have been living in the same household as relatives.


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    #5
    bananabooks
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭bananabooks


    Thanks everyone for the suggestions


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