Valuation Office Dublin

[frostyknight]

I'm thinking of paying a visit to the Valuation Office in the near future and I was just wondering if anyone knows if photographs of the books are allowed?
Thanks, Frostyknight

[conahy calling]

http://www.valoff.ie/en/Archives_Genealogy_Public_Office/

I dont know the answer to your query but link for Valuation office given here has e-mail and tel no at the end of the page - scroll down

[frostyknight]

Many thanks Conahy Calling, I'll give them a ring before I go. Frostyknight

[DoireM]

Yes, they will allow you to photocopy or photograph the pages.  They charge for each townland you require and there is a charge for photocopying.

[hallmark]

The first thing they want to know is the Barony!!

[frostyknight]

Hi folks, many thanks for your replies. I know the Barony (Corkaree in Westmeath) and I'm looking forward to (hopefully) finding some useful info in the V. O. Thanks again 

[Elwyn Soutter]

Hi folks, many thanks for your replies. I know the Barony (Corkaree in Westmeath) and I'm looking forward to (hopefully) finding some useful info in the V. O. Thanks again 

If you have not seen the revaluation books before, you might want to look at the books for Northern Ireland to give you an idea. They are on-line (and free to view), and are otherwise identical to those you will find in the Valuation Office in Dublin.

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm


Search for a townland and bring up a few images, to get an idea of the format. The valuation clerks revisited each townland about every 1 or 2 years, and recorded changes in different coloured inks, usually (but not always) with the year of any change noted in the right hand column. The dates can be out by a year or two sometimes.

In general the clerks started a new book every 10 years or so. The records go from the primary valuation up to about 1929.

[frostyknight]

Elwyn, that link was most enlightening, I had never seen the revaluation books before. Thank you very much. Frostyknight