Custom Research
Brendan carries out all forms of Custom Research, United States, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He currently works as a research expert at ExpertConnect on Ancestry.com.
If you would like me to carry out a custom research project, please send me the details of your project to:
Email: brendan@researchireland.com
Record Collection Dublin
Living in Dublin, Brendan has access to all the main record repositories, the National Library, the National Archives, Government Registration Office, the Valuation Office, the Registry of Deeds, Newspaper Archives. If you would like a record pickup, please send the details to:
Email: brendan@researchireland.com
Valuation Office Dublin
The Valuation Office at the Irish Life Centre, Dublin 1, contains very valuable records. These records are not online and can only be viewed in person These are the Cancelled Land Books and Current Land Books, giving details of all changes in the holdings, from the time of the Primary Valuation up to the present day. Any variations in the size or status of the holding, the names of the occupier or lessor, or the valuation itself are given in the revisions carried out every few years.
Cancelled Land Books
The Books can be very useful in pinpointing a possible date of death or emigration, or in identifying a living relative. They record transfers of land, date of transfer, husband to wife, father to son or sons etc. A large majority of those who were in occupation of a holding by the 1890s, when the Land Acts began to subsidise the purchase of the land by its tenant farmers, have descendants or relatives still living in the same area.
Carry Out a Search
To help the do it yourself Genealogist, I am willing to carry out a search in the Valuation Office in Dublin and supply full photocopied records for anyone who is listed in Griffiths Valuation. All I need is the name of the person, the townland and county recorded in Griffiths and the plot number. I only have access to the 26 Counties of the Republic of Ireland.