hello. You make note of "prior to 1901".. does that mean there is an existing 1901 Irish cencus? thank you, Katie [email protected] wrote: Catching up on a backlog of e-mails ... I note several references made ... on different Irish web-sites ... to the fact that all other census for Ireland ... prior to 1901 ... were destroyed by fire during the civil war in 1922. Possibly the following reference has been posted before ... but I have not seen it during my several months of monitoring different Irish lists ... so may I be excused for possibly referencing it again ... for others who are also new to the different postings. While researching something else ... I hit upon this terrific web-site ... [Isn't this the way it always happens!] By clicking onto the above ... it should bring up what remains of the Surviving 1851 Census Returns of Ireland. I won't go into a lot of detail ... as everything is ALL clearly explained within that web-site ... but the Ottawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society got their hands on the above ... transcribed it ... and put it on line ... FREE! NOTE TO ALL RESEARCHERS: The key words here are ... "what remains of" the 1851 Census! There is an excellent Index at the end ... but, as usual, don't confine or restrict your search in the spelling! KEEP YOURSELF OPEN-MINDED RE SPELLING! Again, I trust this public piece of research material will benefit others. This is the fun part ... finding a gem you have long been looking for! Good Luck to all! P.S. If for some reason the above does NOT automatically come up and bring you to the OGS 1851 Census ... go to GOOGLE ... and simply type in "Surviving 1851 Census Returns of Ireland". ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.