A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills; First Series

Clare, Rev. Wallace (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 0806305150 / ISBN 13: 9780806305158

Published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1972

About this Item

Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's partial bookplate. No writing or damage. Originally published in 1930, with promise of a second edition to be released in 1931. This first edition lists authors of wills by surname alphabetically, with the year of probate and source of reference, for wills dated 1664-1834 for the most part. A list of 26 reference sources is given. 111 pp., plus a list of Subscribers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills; First Series
• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806305150
• ISBN 13: 9780806305158
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social History

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Synopsis

When the Dublin Public Record Office in the Four Courts was destroyed in 1922, every original will deposited there was lost with the exception of one Consistorial and eleven Prerogative Will Books. Fortunately genealogists had made copies and abstracts of many thousands of these wills and either published them or presented them to libraries. This book is a guide to the whereabouts of these copies and abstracts. The work is based on materials found (1) at the Society of Genealogists, London; (2) in the Prerogative Will Books that were saved; (3) in a list of a few early wills deposited in England; and (4) in wills contained in journals and family histories.