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    1. Re: [Wicklow] CMC records for Wicklow
    2. Dave Griffiths
    3. From my files; This may help. The following has been copied from the back of CD case. Index to Griffith)s Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864 from Heritage World & the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. This Family Archive CD is part of a growing collection of genealogical data, offering quick access to historical information on CD-ROM Family Archive CD 188 This Family Archive is an index to one of Ireland's premier genealogical resources, Griffith's Valuation. It references more than one million individuals who occupied property in Ireland between 1848 and 1864. Since no Irish census of the nineteenth century has survived, Griffith's Valuation is a record of extreme importance. It is, essentially, the only detailed guide to where in Ireland people lived during the mid-nineteenth century and what property they possessed. In effect, Griffith's Valuation can be used as a census substitute for the years before, during, and after the Great Famine. Few other records can be used to identify an Irish ancestor's exact place of origin, and only Griffith's Valuation links an individual to a specific townland and civil perish. This information is very beneficial since identifying an ancestor's townland and civil parish is the first step in Irish genealogical research. For your convenience and to make this important reference fully accessible, Broderbund has provided an electronic name index (searchable by name as well as location) that allows you to search for your ancestors quickly and easily. << About a year ago there was a discussion on this list about several missing baronies in the FHL Griffith's Valuation films of Tipperary. Microfilm # 0101756 has baronies of Eliogarty, Middlethird and Slieverdagh, and someone on the list thought it probably contained the missing baronies of Clanwilliam, Lower Ormond and Owney & Arra, even though these are not mentioned as being contained in this film. Question: Before I order this film at my FHC, does anyone know with certainty that these missing baronies are shown on # 0101756? >> I am the one who suggested that the film might contain the six baronies not on the other two films. At the time, the FHL catalog did not provide any information about which baronies are on the film. Since then the listings for Griffith's Valuation in the online version of the catalog have been greatly improved. The catalog currently lists only the three baronies which you gave for that film. That is probably all that the film has. Visit my homepage http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/djgriff/

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