1. Diploma in Family History Irish Wills

2. 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;

3. WHY?

4. 1922 AGAIN

5. FROM 1858 Calendars of Wills and Administrations: Annual, Alphabetical

6. PRE-1858 Church of Ireland dioceses, c. 1906

7. Consistorial court in each diocese Grants of probate Letters of Administration (next of kin or creditors) Administration Bonds PRE-1858 SYSTEM

8. Property worth more than £5 in another diocese Prerogative Court, Armagh PRE-1858 SYSTEM

9. WHAT THE PRO DID AFTER 1858 Collected whatever originals survived Transcripts to Will & Grant Books Indexes to Wills and Administration Bonds Large gaps

10. All original wills & grants destroyed Almost all Will & Grant Books except: Will Books for Down (1850-1858) and Connor (1853-58), and the Grant Books for Cashel (1840-45), Derry and Raphoe (1818-21), and Ossory (1848- 58). Indexes to wills & Admon bonds survived WHAT HAPPENED TO EARLY RECORDS?

11. PRE-1858 TRANSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Inland Revenue Records (NAI) Indexes 1828 to 1879 Will & Administration Registers 1828-1839 Estate Duty Office Records (PRONI) 1812 - 1858 (Testators with Irish addresses) Pre-1858 wills index (online)

12. Land Commission Records Registry of Deeds Eustace, P. Beryl (Ed). Registry of Deeds, Dublin: Abstracts of wills. Vol. 1 1708-1745; Vol.2 1746- 1785. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1954 & 1956) Eustace, P. Beryl & Ellis, Eilish Registry of Deeds, Dublin: Abstracts of wills. Vol. 3 1786-1832. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1984) Genealogical Office Analecta Hibernica, No. 17, 1949.... English records www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ PRE-1858 TRANSCRIPT COLLECTIONS National Archives Uk

13. PRE-1858 TRANSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Betham Collection Prerogative Court pre 1800 (Wills to 1800, Admins to 1802 –Indexed in Vicars Index to Prerogative Wills 1536-1810 (NAI, GO, PRONI) –Kildare wills to 1826 (NAI)

14. PRE-1858 TRANSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Betham Collection: GO

15. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF IRELAND

16. PRE-1858 INDEXES www.findmypast.ie

17. DUBLIN www.findmypast.ie

18. CARD INDEXES NAI

19. 11 District registries Principal Registry, Dublin POST-1858 SYSTEM

20. POST-1858 SYSTEM: CALENDARS

21. Annual (usually), alphabetical Composite index 1858- 77 (NAI) only Online for NI: www.proni.gov.uk PRONI

22. POST-1858: DISTRICT WILL BOOKS NAI: Ballina, 1865 to date Cavan, 1858-1909 Cork, 1858-1932 Kilkenny, 1858-1911 Limerick, 1858-1899 Mullingar, 1858-1901 Tuam, 1858-1929, Waterford, 1858-1902 PRONI: Armagh 1858-1900 Belfast 1858-1900 Londonderry 1858-1900 National Archives of Ireland

23. 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

24. WHAT’S ONLINE? www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie

25. WHAT’S ONLINE? www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie

26. WHAT’S ONLINE? www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie

27. WHAT’S ONLINE? PRONI Findmypast.ie www.findmypast.ie

28. WWW.PRONI.GOV.UK

34. WHAT’S ONLINE? http://bit.ly/1kJW5nb www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie www.proni.gov.uk www.findmypast.ie