LAOIS (Queens) RESORCES & LINKS

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Resources and Links in this Section organised by the following categories:

  Census Records & Census Substitutes
  Church Records & Graveyards
  Land Records & Maps
  Directories
  Places
  People & Families
  Libraries, Museums & History Groups
  Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
  Misc. Information

  Laois Genealogical Project
  Laois County Genealogy links
  Irish Genealogical Project-   Laois- lots of links NEW

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Census Records & Census Substitutes

1828 Tithe Applotments- Tullomoy

1901 and 1911 census

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Church Records & Graveyards

Church of Ireland:
C. of I. burials, Rathsaran Parish

Roman Catholic:
Portlaoise Parish

Oughaval/St. Colman's Church, Stradbally
Abbeys + Priories in Co. Laois

Memorial Inscriptions for Co. Laois Cemeteries on IGP here

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Land Records & Maps
Townlands, Parishes, etc.
Counties are made up of parishes and parishes are made up of a group of townlands. If you are doing any research in Ireland these divisions become extremely important.
For further information:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/census/townland.htm new link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townland
http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=townlands

To find townlands, parishes, etc. in Ireland: http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/
(change default setting from exact match to find part of a word)

1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

Griffith's Valuation

Land Registry

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Directories

1824 Pigot's Directory
1845 Slater's Commercial Directory
1870 Slater's Directory

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Places

clonaslee New link
Mountmellick Development Association
Rosenallis

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People & Families

Fr. Richard Cannon Aylward, P.P. of Durrow
Thomas Kenna, Clonageera, Durrow
Michael O'Leary, Watercastle, Durrow
Mrs. Anne Rhatigan, Cullohill

Some Laois families: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,303424.0.html
Irish National Volunteers- Ballickmoyler

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Libraries, Museums & History Groups

Laois County Council

Abbeyleix Heritage House

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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations

Workhouses- Abbeyleix, Donaghmore, Mountmellick
(left side of page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Laois)


1831/2 Magistrates

List of some occupations from Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)