Irish Landed Estates

Natalie Bodle
Sep 27, 2024
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Types of Records
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Case Study
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Finding a Landowner
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How to find Estate Records
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Encumbered Estates
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Questions / answers
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Prior to the 20th century, the vast majority of Irish people lived in rural areas, leasing land and property from the landowners who owned large estates, some of which were thousands of acres in size. These estates, often managed by land agents, generated large amounts of records, a number of which are particularly useful for expanding the knowledge of your ancestors. If you have exhausted the civil registration and church records, these records could be very useful in providing further information about earlier generations who lived on an estate and where exactly they lived through records such as rentals, leases and estate maps. Other valuable documents within estate records include military muster rolls, correspondence, land agent notebooks, wage books, account books and emigration records, all of which have the potential to provide information about your ancestors. Following the Great Famine, many landlords fell into financial difficulty and the government established the Encumbered Estates Court which allowed for the sale of their estates. The records generated include information about tenants and their leases that often contain really valuable information to expand your family tree.

About the speaker

About the speaker

Natalie is a full-time professional genealogist, educator and tour guide and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG).  A native of County Antrim, her company Roots Revealed is based in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Irel
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    Rebecca Corson
    2 months ago

    Great information for I can finally trace my Irish Ancestors

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    Allison Willis
    2 months ago

    Excellent Webinar!! I loved this info today!!

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    Graham Lowe
    2 months ago

    Natalie Bodle, thank you for a very informative presentation and accompanying syllabus. You have given us numerous resources and ideas on what and where to search to further our research into the lives of our Irish ancestors.

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      Natalie Bodle
      2 months ago

      Thanks Graham, I’m glad you found it useful.

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    Francis Cox
    2 months ago

    Very good. By not going into too much detail, the presenter was able to demonstrate the research information potential of the various sources by the use of excellent graphical examples. A lot of ground covered in a 1 hour presentation.

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      Natalie Bodle
      2 months ago

      Thanks Francis.

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    Cynthia Davis
    2 months ago

    Thank you for discussing land records in Ireland. As a thought for the future, perhaps you could do a county-by-county look at Ireland and North Ireland similar to what you are doing for England?

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      Natalie Bodle
      2 months ago

      That is something to consider Cynthia, although I don’t do talks on England?

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    Joe Adair
    2 months ago

    Thoroughly introduces all aspects.

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    Thomas Mathews
    2 months ago

    Excellent! I’m going to have to reach out to Natalie as my family came from near Ballymena and I’ll be visiting there next year. I really need to know how to make the most out of the limited time I will have there.

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      Natalie Bodle
      2 months ago

      Certainly Thomas. No doubt you will be planning a visit to PRONI, so please read my blog post https://rootsrevealed.co.uk/preparing-for-a-visit-to-the-public-records-office-of-northern-ireland-proni/ about how to prepare for it.

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    Betsey Davis
    2 months ago

    This class gives me hope that I can find some more information about ancestors in Northern Ireland and maybe even the names of the previous generation.

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      Natalie Bodle
      2 months ago

      Good luck with your searching Betsey.

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