The MAIN Bann Valley Genealogical Site hosted by Richard J. Torrens.
Ireland Atlas of townlands
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I sent copies of the complete visitation records I had received from First Garvagh to Richard J. Torrens. These records list all the surnames from First Garvagh. The records are in extremely poor condition and in some cases, very difficult to read. Over the years they have become faded and in some cases, unreadable.
Family numbers have been assigned by Richard to those records that did not have any in the original visitations.. Theses number will be useful in discussing and comparing the families. Richard also rewrote the HTML's and are now on the Torrens site. He has added additional comments to these records. He has also taken the townlands listed in these records and has updated them to a present site or townland. I am extremely grateful to Richard for the hours he has spent on these records.
1796
July 1818
August 1818
1825
1840 Book One and
Book Two
1850.
There are missing years in these files. A couple of these files are rather large and will take a few moments to load.
1795-1829
1830-1844
1840-1849
1849-1859, missing
1859-1883
1883-19061907-1934
There are missing years in these files. A couple of these files are rather large and will take a few moments to load.
1795-1835
1836-1844
1845-1889
The new sub-site for the Freeholders' Records was officially launched on 23 September 2003 by the DCAL minister, Angela Smith MP.
Freeholders1 records are lists of people entitled to vote, or of people who voted, at elections. A freeholder was a man who owned his land outright (in fee) or who held it by lease which could be for one or more lives (for example, his own life or for the lives of other people named in the lease). From 1727 to 1793 only Protestants with a freehold worth at least 40 shillings a year were legally permitted to vote. Between 1793 and 1829 both Protestants and Catholics with 40 shilling freeholds could vote, but in 1829 the franchise level was increased to 10 pounds, so 40 shilling freeholders were no longer allowed to vote. This last measure increased the influence of landlords by effectively confining membership of Parliament to the propertied or monied classes.
The original wills were destroyed in a fire. The only remaining evidence of a will is the index. However, the dates give an individual a rough estimate as to the death of the individual. I have cross-referenced many of the wills with the records from First Garvagh and there are many links.
Note:The information used on the following parishes has been copyrighted and belongs to The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast and the information used has been granted to me to use on this site.
Parish of Desertoghill
Parish of Errigal
OS map of Desertoghill and Errigal
The Griffith's Valuation (PrimaryValuation) was published between 1848-1864. The purpose of this Valuation was to determine the amount of tax each person should pay towards the support of the poor within their Poor Law Union (PLU). They started with the Valuation in the south of Ireland and worked northwards. After the initial Valuation was done follow-ups were done periodically; these follow-ups are called the Cancelled Land Books which reflect the details of all changes in the head of households. The new head of household is shown and what year the person took over the property and is noted in different colored ink. In viewing these updates, there is alot of information shown in a small amount of space.
Occassionally, individuals with the same name are given their local nicknames or trades to differentiate between them. Examples are: Wee, big, old,
The topics that were included: occupier,immediate lessor, description of tenememt (land, abode, small garden, etc), acreage involved, money levied for land as well as building and then a final amount.
Only the Occupier, forename, location and any notes that were added are used here.
Parish of Aghadowey
Parish of Desertoghill
Parish of Errigal
