Could any geneologist please tell me where, if anywhere i can view the DUBLIN censes for 1901?

Question

I am trying to find out who my Great Great Grandmother is, i think she was born in 1861. Birth certificates didnt start until 1864 and she isnt on the 1911 censes possibly because he wasnt still alive. Thats why i would like to view the 1901 censes to see if maybe she is on there. Thanks. A link would be great!

Answer 1

Please provide your Great Great Grandmother's birth name, husband's name and any children she had so we can look for her in the 1901 census.

Answer 2

Here is a great site for Dublin research.

It also has the genealogy societies information, so you might have luck by contacting one of them.  You may find a relative!  There is also a link for the Catholic Church. On the census records they state they are Roman Catholic so you might contact the church and see if they have a baptismal record.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irldub...

There are 5 pages of Feehan's in Dublin, and several could be Patrick and Mary's parents.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/se...

Teresa Feehan is also on this census as a house maid.

There's one more Feehan in Terenure and that is Michael Feehan, age 37. He's living with his sister Elizabeth Lennon who is a widow, age 39. These are possible siblings of Patrick, Mary and Teresa.

Answer 3

Many of the 1901 censuses were destryed. This page will help you locate what remains http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna...

Here's some Dublin resources http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/DUB/ind...

And a page for all of Ireland http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/#Census

Answer 4

Hello again,

Unfortunately, you won't find the 1901 Irish census online.  The 1901 & 1911 Irish censuses will be made available online sometime in the future (next few years?) by The National Archives of Ireland. Only the 1911 returns for the rural areas of Dublin have been completed thus far.

The 1901 Irish Census, is the first complete surviving census for Ireland .  Earlier censuses were largely destroyed either by fire, or deliberately by the government.  Some fragments remain, but the chances of finding your relative in them would be very very slim.

Until the 1901 census is available, you have to rely on census substitutes, such as the Griffiths Valuation, Tithe Applotment records and various directories.  Most Church records survive too.  If you google, you will find SKS has made some of the census substitutes available online.  Since the ancestor you are looking for is female, your task is even more difficult.  Griffiths and Tithe Applotments largely contain lists of males, as they rented or owned the land.  Women don't figure, unless they had land in their own right.

So unless you can visit the Public Records Office or the National Archives in Dublin in person, you may not have a great deal of success in finding your ancestor.

However, there are a number of online sites where you can pay to see transcripts of Irish Birth, Marriage & Death records (BMDs).  One that I have used personally is http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/ which is run by the Irish Family History Foundation.  It certainly covers the area of South Dublin where your ancestor lived.

You can register with the site and browse their BMD indexes for FREE.  You only pay (5 euros per transcript) for each transcript you want to view or print.

Another alternative is to try to find someone who can do a look-up for you in Dublin.  Y!A may not be the best place to ask.  You could try looking for a lookup volunteer in Ireland at RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) http://www.raogk.org/

Answer 5

Yes I understand some Dublin sections of the 1901 census are already searchable on the site already suggested.  I'd go to nationalarchives.ie and follow the links. Also, in Ireland the surname English is often spelled Inglis.

Good luck

Rosel

Answer 6

as far as i know the 1911 census isn't available yet try genes reunited its a good site  

Answer 7

Eventually all of the Irish Census returns will be digitised and available on this site :

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ab...