I thought they were destroyed in the Four Courts during the Civil War in 1922. One story is that the volumes were used to pile against the windows as defence against bullets. Here's some informations: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-census.html - sounds as if there are several reasons why they didn't survive! Jeanette >> That is where I got the information that the census was not >> available until 1901 as most were destroyed. > > They were destroyed because the instructions stated they weren't to be > made available to the "idle curious" - or so the story goes. > >> Unable to determine if Thomas and Catherine Hyland were his >> parents. > > You may never be able to. I've had to give up on two Irish born > ancestors. I know the father of one but not the mother. The other > one ought to have been easier but wasn't. Both were from Co Cork. > That's as much as I know and, short of a miracle, is likely to be all > I'll know. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message