Friday, 14 November 2014

More Irish directories added to FindMyPast database

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This week's FindMyPast Friday upload includes eight editions (published in 1835-37, 1839, 1841, 1843–45) of Pettigrew & Oulton’s Dublin Almanack & General Register of Ireland. The collection comprises more than 6,000 records.

First published in 1834, Pettigrew and Oulton’s was the first annual publication to include a street by street directory of Dublin. It also included an alphabetical list of inhabitants, grouped by profession.