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1798 Claimants

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  • 06-06-2017 5:39pm
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    kildarejohn
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    QUOTE=kildarejohn;103665709]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?[/QUOTE]
    pinkypinky wrote: »
    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.

    I posted on Genealogy forum, see above reply which is no doubt correct. But I am interested in Local History aspect as well as genealogy- anyone know if there is more general (original source) info available for local areas of Kildare or Wexford on Claimants - e.g. how many claims were made/granted in particular area, reasons why, any petitions or appeals etc?


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    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    The whole area of 1798 research is problematic because Ireland was not keeping any sort of proper records at the time (no census, no religious records, for the most part, no civil records). Apparently a conservative estimate of deaths for the 5 month period is 30000!

    Try The Year of Liberty by Thomas Pakenham. Written in the late 1960s but still considered definitive. He has a good source list which includes both manuscripts and other books.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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