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1798 Claimants

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  • 30-05-2017 7:33pm
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    kildarejohn
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    Findmypast and some other sources allow you to search by name a database of people who made claims for compensation from the government for property destroyed during the 1798 rebellion.
    I found a record for one person, who came from a well-connected loyalist family, claiming for a house burnt, but being refused compensation.
    I could understand a rebel sympathiser being refused, but that does not seem to apply in this case.
    Anyone had any experience of these Claimant records? FMP only gives a transcription, are the full original documents available somewhere?


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    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,622 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    The records are printed up books and you can see them in the NLI. I compared them once to the transcripts and there was no difference.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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