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Tithe Applotment Books
Visit the Tithe Applotment Books Website The Tithe Applotment Books are a vital source for genealogical research for the pre-Famine period, given the loss of the 1821-51 Census records. They were compiled between 1823 and 1837 in order to determine the amount which occupiers of agricultural holdings over one acre should pay in tithes to…
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Irish Census Records – A Guide to What’s Available
Irish Census Records Taken from the Irish Times Website. Official Censuses in Ireland Full government censuses of the whole island were taken in 1821, 1831, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911. The first four-1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851-were largely destroyed in the fire at the Public Record Office in 1922; surviving fragments…
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1821 Census – Update
I stumbled upon this , it may be of interest to some of you? 1821 Census Townland of Killynure Parish of Crosserlough Barony of Castlerahan County of Cavan Unless otherwise stated all houses are one Storey high. House Number 1 Thomas Cooke – Age 16 – Farmer Sally Cooke – His Wife – Age 44…
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Killoughter Cemetery – Head Stones
The following photographs were taken in the autumn of 2012 at the old and new cemeteries, Killoughter, Redhills, Co Cavan. If anyone has images they would like to share please forward them to me.
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1821 Census
As many of you know, the records in Ireland are often sparse the further back you go. One of the few surviving parishes of the 1821 census was Drung with the following Rudden families listed. Are any of these your ancestors? Drumheriff Matthew Rudden 50 farmer Catherine Rudden 50 Mary Rudden 20 Margaret Rudden 10…
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Research Information
With all the excitement from the ‘Calling all Rudden’s’ Facebook page, I have been doing a little more digging into my own family tree and came across the following resources you may find interesting (if you are already aware of these apologies for duplicating the information). 1901 & 1911 Irish Census The National Archives of…
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Posted by Bill Reilly
Bill Reilly reilypar@hotmail.com Greetings, I’m trying to find some Rudden relatives. My G-G- Grandfather was John Rudden born about 1851. He married a Susan Reilly from Drumcor, Redhills, Co. Cavan. John’s family may have come from Drumcor also. On his childrens baptismal certs a Peter Rudden and a Patt Rudden appear. These children were born…
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Posted by Anna Rudden
Hi Bill I enjoyed reading about John Rudden the wanted man. It reminded me of another story I heard about another wanted Rudden. Going back about 10 years ago when I first started looking into the family history,I decided to look in the local Melbourne phone book to see if there were any Ruddens and…
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Postedby Ms Rudden
oh my goodness- there is a place to find us Ruddens – hurrah. My Family of Ruddens are from glasgow,Scotland.(Some in CANADA) I hope that someone out there has more info as to where and when the Family Name Rudden originated from as I have read somewhere that the name Rudden had been ‘anglo-sised’ however…
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Posted by Maureen O’Rourke
I too am glad to see this Rudden site up and running again, thank you. My grandad was Robert Rudden born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England in 1890. His father was John Rudden born approx 1858, his mother was Mary Kelly born approx 1848 in Yorkshire as well, they were married in Newcastle upon Tyne in…
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