Category: Historical Documents

  • Rudden (Rodden) family of Monaghan and Scotland

    The following article has been put together by Jerry Strum who has been researching ancestors in Co. Monaghan and Stirlingshire, Scotland, and details a typical account of Irish Emigration. This is a personal genealogical exploration that attempts to tie together various strands of the story that I am sure others will find useful and enlightening.…

  • The 1641 Depositions and their historical backdrop (video content)

    The 1641 Depositions and their historical backdrop (video content)

    The 1641 Depositions are witness testimonies mainly by Protestants, but also by some Catholics, from all social backgrounds, concerning their experiences of the 1641 Irish rebellion. It is interesting to find in a testimony by an Arthur Culme the perhaps unsurprising news that ” Henry Ashe of Cavan & Patrick Ruddin* of Cavan whom I…

  • CORONER’S CASEBOOK OF ROBERT HAMILTON REED (REID)

    CORONER’S CASEBOOK OF ROBERT HAMILTON REED (REID) Pages 32- 33 NOTE there are two unnumbered pages between 31-32 which are also included. Distance travelled 18 miles Fee to Dr. HENRY fro Post-mortem .2.0 Fee to Dr. O’REILLY for Post-mortem ₤2.2.0 Held on view of the body of Patrick BRIDES 5 March 1877 in the parish…