More Irish Petty Session and poor law records added to FindmyPast

FindmyPast has announced its has added 547,000 more records to its Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers 1828-1912 collection. A list of what is new can be accessed at http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/irish-petty-sessions-order-books.

Also released are:

Ireland Poor Law Reports

There are six titles included in this collection of poor law reports:

* Parliamentary Report (Distress Ireland), Treasury Minute and First Report of the Relief Commissioners, published by William Clowes and Sons in 1847 – This publication is the first report of the new relief system put in place to handle the calamitous impact of famine on the Irish people. The report details many issues facing Ireland at this time. In particular, the growing number of destitute and how to alleviate their burden, as well as details pertaining to the new relief scheme and how it differs from previous attempts. Appendixes include additional useful information, including further details regarding the new relief scheme and sample forms used by the Finance Committees and Relief Committees.

* The Evils of the State of Ireland; Their Causes and Their Remedy – A Poor Law, authored by John Revans and published by John Harchard and Son in 1837 – The ideas that Revans puts forth in this publication were ultimately deemed too radical for adoption (such as fair rents and minimum living wages), but they represent the argument for equitable poor law relief in Ireland at this time.

* 7th Annual Report of the Commissioners for Administering the Law for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, 1854, published by Alexander Thom & Sons in 1854 – The bulk of the report is its appendixes: Appendix A, Circulars of Instruction Issued by the Commissioners and Correspondence to and form the Commissioners, and Appendix B, Tables.

* 10th Annual Report of the Commissioners for Administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, 1857, published by Alexander Thom & Sons in 1857 – The bulk of the report is its appendixes: Appendix A, Circulars of Instruction Issued by the Commissioners and Correspondence to and form the Commissioners, and Appendix B, Tables.

* 11th Annual Report of the Commissioners for Administering the Law for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, 1858, published by Alexander Thom & Sons in 1858 – The bulk of the report is its appendixes: Appendix A, Circulars of Instruction Issued by the Commissioners and Correspondence to and form the Commissioners, and Appendix B, Tables. A subject of note is the information relating to the removal of the poor to Ireland from England and Scotland.

* 14th Annual Report of the Commissioners for Administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, 1861, published by Alexander Thom & Sons in 1861— The bulk of the report is its appendixes, particularly, Appendix A, Circulars of Instruction Issued by the Commissioners and Correspondence to and form the Commissioners, and Appendix B, Tables. Of note, the report details the upset facing the Erris district following the failure of the oat and potato crops.


South Australia Rate Books

South Australia Rate books is an index of roughly 4,000 records. The index was transcribed from rate assessments for the coastal district of Beachport in southeast South Australia between 1882 and 1888.

Each record includes a transcript and an original image. The amount of information listed varies, but the transcripts usually include your ancestor's name, assessment year, assessment number, occupier, owner, situation and town

Images may be able to provide additional details, such as property descriptions, rate values, and dates paid. Entries span two pages in the original document; you can use the right-hand arrow in the image viewer to view the second image associated with your ancestor's entry. You can also use the previous and next arrows to peruse other entries.


Ireland Dog Licence Registers

Updated to now include more than 343,000 additional records to uncover the age, colour, and breed of your ancestors four legged friend.


Yorkshire West Riding Marriages

Over 49,000 new records from Yorkshire's West Riding have been added to our collection of Yorkshire Marriages.


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Chris

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