Diploma in Family History Irish Wills
WHY? - the name, address and occupation of the testator; - the names of the beneficiaries; - the name(s) of the executor(s); - the names of the witnesses; - the date the will was made; - the date of probate of the will;
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1922 AGAIN
FROM 1858 Calendars of Wills and Administrations: Annual, Alphabetical
PRE-1858 Church of Ireland dioceses, c. 1906
Consistorial court in each diocese Grants of probate Letters of Administration (next of kin or creditors) Administration Bonds PRE-1858 SYSTEM
Property worth more than £5 in another diocese Prerogative Court, Armagh PRE-1858 SYSTEM
WHAT THE PRO DID AFTER 1858 Collected whatever originals survived Transcripts to Will & Grant Books Indexes to Wills and Administration Bonds Large gaps
All original wills & grants destroyed Almost all Will & Grant Books except: Will Books for Down ( ) and Connor ( ), and the Grant Books for Cashel ( ), Derry and Raphoe ( ), and Ossory ( ). Indexes to wills & Admon bonds survived WHAT HAPPENED TO EARLY RECORDS?
PRE-1858 TRANSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Inland Revenue Records (NAI) Indexes 1828 to 1879 Will & Administration Registers Estate Duty Office Records (PRONI) (Testators with Irish addresses) Pre-1858 wills index (online)
Land Commission Records Registry of Deeds Eustace, P. Beryl (Ed). Registry of Deeds, Dublin: Abstracts of wills. Vol ; Vol (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1954 & 1956) Eustace, P. Beryl & Ellis, Eilish Registry of Deeds, Dublin: Abstracts of wills. Vol (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1984) Genealogical Office Analecta Hibernica, No. 17, English records PRE-1858 TRANSCRIPT COLLECTIONS National Archives Uk
PRE-1858 TRANSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Betham Collection Prerogative Court pre 1800 (Wills to 1800, Admins to 1802 –Indexed in Vicars Index to Prerogative Wills (NAI, GO, PRONI) –Kildare wills to 1826 (NAI)
PRE-1858 TRANSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Betham Collection: GO
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF IRELAND
PRE-1858 INDEXES
DUBLIN
CARD INDEXES NAI
11 District registries Principal Registry, Dublin POST-1858 SYSTEM
POST-1858 SYSTEM: CALENDARS
Annual (usually), alphabetical Composite index (NAI) only Online for NI: PRONI
POST-1858: DISTRICT WILL BOOKS NAI: Ballina, 1865 to date Cavan, Cork, Kilkenny, Limerick, Mullingar, Tuam, , Waterford, PRONI: Armagh Belfast Londonderry National Archives of Ireland
POST-1858: PRINCIPAL REGISTRY NAI: Wills: 1874, G-M Wills: 1878, A-Z Wills: 1891, G-M Wills: 1896, A-F Wills, Dublin District: 1869, G-M Wills, Dublin District: 1891, M-P Wills, Dublin District: 1901, A-F Grants: 1878, 1883, 1891, 1893
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WHAT’S ONLINE? PRONI Findmypast.ie
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