The 1901 census of Ireland is not indexed by the names of the people who lived in any particular place. It is however indexed by the name of the District Electoral Division. There's another geographical division for you to have to cope with!! - sorry. First of all..........the main division that you need in order to find that DED is the Poor Law Union, also known today as the 'Civil Registration District' - but which is actually the Superintendent Registrar's District - confusing, isn't it? This district is divided into 'Registrar's Districts' and further subdivided into District Electoral Divisions. Each District Electoral Division (DED) is divided into civil parishes - and the townlands in each civil parish section are listed alphabetically The Superintendent Registrars District, was known as the Poor Law Union pre 1845/64 When I want to find information on any family in a particular townland in the 1901 census............then I look up the number for the DED in the 1901 Townlands Index..............I go to the 1901 index book for the county I am interested in, and I check that the number for the DED that I am interested in is correct (these change from the 1901 to the 1911 census). After that, I look down the page for the DED and I see which number is beside the townland that I am interested in. When I am working in the National Archives of Ireland on this census - then I get the film that has the number for the DED I am interested in with the file that I want to see. The townland number is the file number. That's the way it works in Ireland - now, given that the LDS have filmed the records that we have here, I can only imagine that the numbers of the DED's will be the same - the LDS or PRONI may have a different method of filing their films - their reference numbers may not be as straightforward as they are here - maybe someone can comment on that? What I am saying is that here in Ireland, our film numbers are based on the District Electoral Division number and the file number for any townland that you are interested fits in with however many townlands are in that DED and where the townland is listed. If it is sixth on the list of townlands under that DED name - then the file number is 6 and so on. When I look at the films (this is all great in theory - I'll get to reality later!!!) - then, the first thing I will see are the 'Enumerator's Sheets' for that townland. The first page will give me all the details as regards the townland itself and physical aspects of the house - that is on the first sheet, I will see the various Divisions that this townland falls under - Barony, parish etc..............On that page, I will also see the file number. This is always to the Right Hand Side of the sheet..........an almost Oval shape, divided in two. In one half of that Oval/Circle - I see a number which is the number of the District Electoral Division...........and in the second half, there will be a note as to how many files are contained in that division, and the number of the file that I am looking at. It almost looks like this - say the DED is number 69 and there are 29 files in the DED and I am looking at file number 1 or the third townland listed in that DED. 69/ 29 files. file No. 1 - or, almost 69/1(the number of files will sit over the 1 in that oval/circle) There may be a few pages with information on the houses - but I want to see the names of the people who live in those houses, so I scroll past those first few pages and on to Form N, (I think it is) Form N will list the names of the people and the numbers on the individual record sheets on which I will find the information on any family listed. These numbers should correspond with house or plot numbers - but, they don't always. They do correspond with the number on the individual family sheet as filled out by the Head of Household though. So, I get to Form N and there are 17 lines on each page - the first may go 1-17 page 2 then goes 18-32.....and I scroll through those pages to find out how many houses there are in that area.......... If I really want to go to file 15 of the set - then I simply fast forward and stop every so often to check how close I am to DED 69/25.............once I hit 14then I check how many houses are supposed to be in that file and I watch the numbers as they go past me to make sure I get to the enumerator's sheets for 69/15. Once I get there - then I check the enumerators sheet to see if the surname I want is listed on it - I find out the number for that family and I go to that page. Jane

1901 Beagh Parish, Galway Census Parliamentary Division: S. Galway Poor Law Union: Gort Electoral Division: Beagh Barony: Kiltartan Constable District: Gort Sub-district: Tubber http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/1901beaghcensus.htm 1911 Beagh Parish, Galway Census Heads of Household Parliamentary Division: S. Galway Poor Law Union: Gort Electoral Division: Beagh Barony: Kiltartan Constable District: Gort Sub-district: Tubber This transcription only contains 12 of the 20 townlands of Beagh parish: Ashfield Demesne, Attifineen, Ballyboy, Ballygeagin, Barna, Caherbroder, Carheenybaun, Carhoon, Cregboy, Cregg Demesne, Curtaun, Derry. http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/1911beaghcensus.htm