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Maps and Census

  • 10-10-2018 6:21pm
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    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Is there any way to tie the names on the 1901/11 census records with a particular house on a map? I am writing about the countryside, where there isn't house numbers.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭tabbey


    No.

    Each enumerator picked his own numbering system in rural areas.

    However, you can check the "cancelled"(revision) books in the valuation office, (Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin) to see which property was occupied by a person of a certain name.

    Beware, in some rural areas, half the population in a townland could have the same surname.


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    tabbey wrote: »
    No.

    Each enumerator picked his own numbering system in rural areas.

    However, you can check the "cancelled"(revision) books in the valuation office, (Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin) to see which property was occupied by a person of a certain name.

    Beware, in some rural areas, half the population in a townland could have the same surname.
    Are these properties identified on a map?
    And yes, in the areas that I am interested in there are quite a few similar surnames. Probably due to sub-division.

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,671 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Yes, they're mapped.

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  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Any idea if these "cancelled"(revision) books" are being prepared for online viewing?

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,671 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    No, we discussed this quite recently on the forum and someone actually checked. Some counties are on computers in the Valuation Office though.

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  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    pinkypinky wrote: »
    No, we discussed this quite recently on the forum and someone actually checked. Some counties are on computers in the Valuation Office though.


    OK Thank you all for your help.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 394 ✭✭DamoRed


    Thanks for the info on the books, Tabbey. I wasn't aware of their existence. Is the valuation office used to and prepared for people coming in and asking for access to these books?


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,671 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 394 ✭✭DamoRed


    Thanks. I didn't know it existed.


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