These film numbers are greatly apprciated as I tried to order the book but they would not send it to our Family History Office. Other records I tried to obtain but would not send :Presbyterian Church records and some Apprentice records. Thanks Van ----- Original Message ----- From: "ConnorsGenealogy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:45 AM Subject: [ROLL CALL] Re: [IRELAND] RESOURCE - Irish Pension Search > from, Discovering Your Irish Ancestors, by Dwight Radford & Kyle Betit > > Census searches for old age pension applications: There is a lot of > potential in this set of records. Old age pensions were introduced in > Ireland in 1908. To prove how old they were, people seventy and over > could request a search of the then-surviving 1841 and 1851 censuses. > > Applicants could send their requests directly to the PRO in Dublin where > the staff extracted the information from the censuses. Abstracts of the > census entries showing the applicants were noted on census search forms > between 1910 and 1922. The "Census Search Forms" are now arranged at > the National Archives of Ireland by county, barony, civil parish and > townland. > > In Northern Ireland, they also make a request to the PRO by a local > pension office for a search of the 1841 and 1851 censuses. The > resulting "Form 37s" survive for large areas of Ulster and are held at > the PRONI, with microfilm copies at the LDS Family History Library. > > Josephine Materson produced two books, "Ireland: 1841/1851 Census > Abstracts (Northern Ireland)" and "Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts > (Republic of Ireland), which indexed the forms. > > Census Search Forms and Form 37s might include extracts of the entire > household in 1841 and 1851 census. So, even if an applicant was not > your ancestor, you might get information not only on the person who > applied for the search, but also on brothers, sisters and parents who > might include your ancestor. > > LDS films for Northern Ireland numbers start with 258526. > > Index to Old Age Pension claims from 1841/1851 census abstracts and > miscellaneous sources. Fiche no. 1 of the set is an introduction to the > claims and a guide to the names index. # 6344865 > > I couldn't find the LDS film numbers for the Republic, if anyone can > find them, please post to the list. > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus > > > > > > ==== IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS Mailing List ==== > Remember: This is NOT a discussion group. If you would like to join an Ireland discussion list: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND.html >