Friday 7 March 2014

National Archives of Ireland: catalogue updates

The National Archives of Ireland has updated its online catalogue over the last month with a good sized batch of items. For family historians, the following are likely to be of most interest, but you can view the full list here.

PROBATE
Probate Office, Dublin: testamentary records for 1985, 1986 and 1989
Letterkenny District Probate Office: testamentary records for 1991

ORDER BOOKS & MINUTE BOOKS
Monaghan District Court, Co Monaghan 1921–1988
Clones District Court, Co Monaghan 1920–1987
Castleblayney District Court, Co Monaghan 1921–1988
Carrickmacross District Court, Co Monaghan 1926–1988
Ballybay District Court, Co Monaghan 1922–1988

FAMILY PAPERS
Gore family of Dunmore, Co Galway: documents relating to 1725–1896

Maxwell family (Barons Farnham); Brabazon family, Co Cork; O’Brien family, Barons Inchiquin; Maria Crosby, Ballyheigue Castle, Co Kerry; Dr Samuel Horace Law of Dublin; RP Featherstonhaugh, property in Co Westmeath; Scott family of Crevagh, Co Clare; Frances Middleton of Rathmines, Dublin: documents relating to, 1868–1920

Documents from the Wakefield Collection in the Library of Congress relating to the French family, Barons de Freyne, Co Roscommon; King family, Co Waterford; Adair family, Monkstown, Co Dublin; Hamilton family, Glenmure, Co Cork; Reverend John Lewis, Dublin; assorted deeds and deeds relating to the Massy Dawson estates in counties Limerick and Tipperary, 1635–1893