Monday 21 January 2013

RootsIreland adds North Tipperary records

RootsIreland has added 109,082 Roman Catholic Baptisms and Marriages and 116,700 new Census Substitute Records from the North Tipperary Genealogy Centre to its database.

The new additions to the church records collection are for the following parishes:
  • Drom–Inch: baptisms 1809–1900; marriages 1807–1880
  • Holycross–Ballycahill: baptisms and marriages 1835–1900
  • Moycarkey–Two-Mile-Borris: (with gaps) baptisms 1793–1900; marriages 1793–1899
  • Templemore–Clonmore: baptisms and marriages 1807–1900 (marriages with gaps)
  • Upperchurch–Drombane: baptisms and marriages 1829–1900

The new census substitutes are as follows:
  • 19,410 records from the Tithe Applotment Books, 1820 to 1840
  • 76,942 records from the Poor Law Rate Books for Nenagh and Thurles, 1842–1858
  • 7,454 entries from the Hearth Money Rolls, 1665.
  • 12,897 records from North Tipperary Street Directories, collection from 1846–1919

Congrats to North Tipp genealogy centre for making the updates so clear to identify on their sources list! A welcome improvement.