Look up's for Carlow

TITLE OF SOURCE	VOLUNTEER	COMMENT
Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1918.	Mary Wall	The CD has 151 names from Co. Carlow. Please limit requests to one name only.
Carlow Town Family Roots "Exploring Family Origins in Carlow Town"	Michael Brennan	This is one of the most important books ever published about Carlow Town. This book contains: The complete 1901 Census for the town The complete 1911 Census for the town The 1850 Griffiths Valuation with corresponding 1850 Town map. An entire Electors Register from the 1930's/1940's for the town. (This book is not indexed so Lookups have to be restricted to One Name per query).
Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864 on CD-Rom	Michael Brennan	Requests must identify location i.e. County, Parish or Townland plus the SURNAME of the person you are looking for. (Sample of info you will receive below #)
Social Security Death Index: U. S., 1937-1997	Michael Brennan	There are two CD's with 55 million names including approximately 400,000 retirement records from the early 1900s to 1950s from the Railroad Board. Please limit requests to one name only. ( See note below)**
Vital Records Index British Isles on CD-Rom	Kathleen Eliff-Rummel	Birth records between 1864 and 1874. You need SURNAME and GIVEN NAMES for parents. Having the MOTHER's SURNAME helps tremendously in pinpointing specific records in addition to identifying siblings in families.
Carlow Town	Colleen McClain	* Tenants from Spaight's Survey of 1681 that includes given names of all members of the family. * A list of men in Carlow between 1660-1739 that includes occupations. * Surnames (only) that appear in the Carlow parish applotment lists in both 1669 & 1744.

TITLE OF SOURCE

VOLUNTEER

COMMENT

Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1918.

Mary Wall

The CD has 151 names from Co. Carlow. Please limit requests to one name only.

Carlow Town Family Roots

"Exploring Family Origins
in
Carlow Town"

Michael Brennan

This is one of the most important books ever published about Carlow Town.

This book contains:
The complete 1901 Census for the town
The complete 1911 Census for the town
The 1850 Griffiths Valuation with corresponding 1850 Town map.
An entire Electors Register from the 1930's/1940's for the town.

(This book is not indexed so Lookups have to be restricted to One Name per query).

Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864 on CD-Rom

Michael Brennan

Requests must identify location i.e. County, Parish or Townland plus the SURNAME of the person you are looking for. (Sample of info you will receive below #)

Social Security Death Index: U. S., 1937-1997

Michael Brennan

There are two CD's with 55 million names including approximately 400,000 retirement records from the early 1900s to 1950s from the Railroad Board.

Please limit requests to one name only. (** See note below)

Vital Records Index British Isles on CD-Rom

Kathleen Eliff-Rummel

Birth records between 1864 and 1874.
You need SURNAME and GIVEN NAMES for parents. Having the MOTHER's SURNAME helps tremendously in pinpointing specific records in addition to identifying siblings in families.

Carlow Town

Colleen McClain

* Tenants from Spaight's Survey of 1681 that includes given names of all members of the family.
* A list of men in Carlow between 1660-1739 that includes occupations.
* Surnames (only) that appear in the Carlow parish applotment lists in both 1669 & 1744.

FINDING YOUR ANCESTORS

When you have asked for a Look-up on the CD-ROM version of the 'Index to Griffiths Valuation 1848-1864', below is the example of information you will receive back:

# Smith, Thomas

      County: Laois/Leix/Queens

      Parish: Ballyadams

      Location: Knock

To find the address of this person you will need to get access to the Valuation Books which are located in Dublin. Most LDS FHC around the World have these records on Microfiche. The search should reveal the Plot Number and a Map Reference where this person lived. Once you have established the Plot Number you then need to obtain the map of the area.

The Valuation Office in Dublin has the original OS maps with the property identifiers added in ink by Griffith's crew. Each parcel of land in Griffith's is outlined in darker ink and the identifier (e.g., 2A, 4, 6C, etc.) is hand-written inside the parcel. Copies of these Maps will cost in the region of about £20 each. You will find a complete price list on Griffith's Web Site.

In the past, map copies made at the Valuation Office were of poor quality. If you plan to use the map as an illustration in a "family history book" or something, you might want to transfer the Griffith's markings to a clean copy of the old OS map. The maps (without the Griffith's annotations) should be available at one of the large libraries or archives in the UK. The Library of Congress in Washington DC and libraries/archives in Canada & Australia have a complete set of the c1840 maps on microfiche. As I mentioned, these maps do *not* have the Griffith's markings.

For more information go to Griffith's Valuation Office