Hi Listers, Does anyone know what a "Register of Perpetuities" is? I finally found out that a large number of burial records for Mount Jerome have been filmed by the Family History Library. There are 3 types of films: 1. An Index Register of Burials 2. A Register of Burials 3. A Register of Perpetuities The first two types of record seem self explanatory, but I don't know what a Register of Perpetuities is. Before I go order a film to check it out, maybe sks can explain this to me? :o) Thx in advance for any help offered. Roy
All of the registers of Mount Jerome Cemetery (to circa mid-1970s) have been filmed by the LDS Church. However, they were filmed out of order and thus it can be difficult to make reason of them. Of course, Mount Jerome Cemetery was Dublin's main Protestant cemetery until the 1940s/50s. Catholics, until that period, were usually buried at Glasnevin Cemetery (known once as Prospect Cemetery). The main cemetery for the south of Co. Dublin is Deansgrange (which dates from the 1860s). A good number of the inscriptions from Deansgrange have been published by the Dun Laoghaire Genealogical Society, more recently known as the Genealogical Society of Ireland. Margaret is quite correct in suggesting that Registers of Perpetuities relate to the perpetual care of graves. Hope this helps, Steven Smyrl APGI ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Earle <roy@irelandmail.com> To: <SHAMROCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 1:39 PM Subject: [SH] Mount Jerome Cemetery; Register of Perpetuities > Hi Listers, > > Does anyone know what a "Register of Perpetuities" is? > > I finally found out that a large number of burial records for Mount > Jerome have been filmed by the Family History Library. There are 3 > types of films: > > 1. An Index Register of Burials > 2. A Register of Burials > 3. A Register of Perpetuities > > The first two types of record seem self explanatory, but I don't know > what a Register of Perpetuities is. Before I go order a film to check > it out, maybe sks can explain this to me? :o) > > Thx in advance for any help offered. > > Roy > > ______________________________