This was posted to another list and I thought it might be of interest. ---------------Original Message--------------- Taken from PRONI : Your Family Tree 4 Valuation Books are lists of people occupying lands and houses and are available from 1830 onwards. The valuation of 1830 is not likely to be much use to anyone interested in tracing their family trees because only a few householders names are given. The 1830 valuation was primarily a valuation of land with the valuation of houses being normally only a few pages at the end. PRONI Reference Number VAL 1A. By contrast the 1848 - 1864 valuation gives a complete list of occupiers of land, tenements and houses. The Primary Valuation of Ireland, better known as Griffith`s Valuation, is arranged by counties and within counties by Poor Law Union Divisions and within unions by parishes. It includes the following: townland address; householders name; name of the person from whom the property was leased; description of the property; acreage; valuation. The Griffith`s Valuation is of particular interest to anyone wishing to trace their family tree due to the fact that only fragments of the 1851 census has survived. It is available in manuscript form, PRONI Reference Number VAL 2B, however, bound and printed additions are available on the shelves of the Public Search Room. The Householders Index (which is also available on the Search Room shelves) can be used as a guide to the surnames listed in the Griffith`s Valuation. The maps which accompany this valuation are also available, PRONI Reference Number VAL 2A. The First General Valuation was completed by 1863 - 64. Thereafter, properties were valued annually from 1864 until the early 1930`s. The annual revision lists are available in volumes, PRONI Reference Number VAL 12B. There is an extensive catalogue list of series on the shelves of th Public Search Room. The First General Revision was undertaken in 1935, PRONI Reference Number VAL 3B. The maps which accompany this valuation are also available, on the scale 6 inches to one mile, PRONI Reference Number VAL 3A. The names of every townland in the valuation records are available on the computerized Geographical Index, which is situated in the Reception/ Waiting Area. Any researcher interested in locating the valuation records for a particular area, has only to type in the relevant townland in order to get the appropriate reference number. Alex Hughes >from Ayrshire, Scotland Searching for Duncan,Bruce,Kilpatrick,Campbell,Fairley,Milne,McKechan, Jamphray,Strathern,Kelso,Smith & Auld in Scotland Searching for Hughes, Graham, McCutcheon, Donaghy, Irvine, Dorian, Kelley & Black in Ireland ----------End of Original Message----------