Author Topic: Robert Mcleod and Fanny Liddle .  (Read 2880 times)

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Re: Robert Mcleod and Fanny Liddle .
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 24 October 17 09:10 BST (UK) »
FreeCEN's transcription of the 1851 census says 'Co Londonderry' but you'd have to look at the original to check that.
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Re: Robert Mcleod and Fanny Liddle .
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 26 October 17 17:28 BST (UK) »
If you're looking for Irish records prior to independence, then you may struggle.
A large proportion of the then-surviving parish records were destroyed during the civil war in 1922 - including the majority of the early census returns: the only surviving complete census sets prior to this period are 1901 and 1911. Some parish records survived, but coverage is patchy at best.
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Many Church of Ireland records, originally sent to Dublin for safe-keeping, were destroyed in Dublin. Survival of other denomination's records vary greatly.
The 1831 census for County Londonderry does survive but only lists head of household giving number of males a & females and number by denomination.
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