Valuation Revision Books, 1847-1864+
What is this record collection and where can you access it?
Once the Primary Valuation had been published for any county (See Griffith's Valuation, 1847-1864 for details of relevant dates), the records would need to be kept up to date in order to make sure the right people were liable for the Poor Law rate etc. This became the Herculean task of the Valuation Office. Click on this link to go to the page for this institution where I have written up my experiences with using these rainbow-hued resources myself in Dublin!
If your ancestors hailed from the Northern Irish counties, then you are in luck as the same records are free on-line from PRONI - see Valuation Revision Books, 1864-1933 (PRONI). John Grenham has published a talk on navigating these books at Reverse Genealogy 2 - Valuation Revision Books.
Once the Primary Valuation had been published for any county (See Griffith's Valuation, 1847-1864 for details of relevant dates), the records would need to be kept up to date in order to make sure the right people were liable for the Poor Law rate etc. This became the Herculean task of the Valuation Office. Click on this link to go to the page for this institution where I have written up my experiences with using these rainbow-hued resources myself in Dublin!
If your ancestors hailed from the Northern Irish counties, then you are in luck as the same records are free on-line from PRONI - see Valuation Revision Books, 1864-1933 (PRONI). John Grenham has published a talk on navigating these books at Reverse Genealogy 2 - Valuation Revision Books.
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