While it is true that original census returns were destroyed in Dublin in 1922, some had been destroyed before that time. However, the following 'substitutes' can be used for Wexford, while they do not necessarily name any more than the main householder or important landowners they can be useful - 1618 heralds Visatation of Co. Wexford 1641 book of Survey and Distribution 1654-56 Civil Survey 1659 pender's census 1665-1839 Free burgess of New Ross 1766 Edermine - protestants only 1776 Freemen f Wexford 1789 Protestant householders ferns parish 1792 Some protestant householders Ballycanew & Killisk 1798 Protestants Murdered 1798 Rebellion 1798 persons who suffered losses 1798 1817 Emigrants from Co's Carlow & Wexford to Canada 1823-38 Tithe Books 1842 Voters 1853 griffiths 1861 Catholics Enniscorthy Parish 1867 Marshallstown 1901 Census 1911 Census There is also the graveyard Memorials of Co. Wexford which can give family details going back to the 1700's. Not that many stones of that period and usually they would have been erected only by the more well to do families, but not to be ignored as a source of family information. jane ----- Original Message ----- From: celestine rafferty <raffs@iol.ie> To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [WEXFORD] Lookup please > The earliest available census household returns for County Wexford are > from the 1901 census - all previous ones were destroyed either by order of > government or in the Public Record Office fire in 1922. > CMR > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > To Contact the listowner: > email hugh@xtra.co.nz > >