Odds and Ends

Update on DAR Lists

I found when going through the DAR lists of new Revolutionary patriots that have been accepted that they are not 100% men. All men did

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Crossroads Burials

In England, into the 1820s, executed criminals and suicides were buried at crossroads. No one owned the land so the living weren’t charged fees for

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Recusancy Records

Check out the British National Archives and county records offices for recusancy (refusal to attend Church of England services) records. Archdeaconry records may contain the

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Griffith’s Valuation

Before 1901, between 1848 and 1864, Griffith’s Valuation was done. It is an approximate census as it’s a property valuation that lists where people lived

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Irish Civil Registrations

Irish civil registrations began in 1864 for births, deaths, and Catholic marriages. Non-Catholic marriages started in 1845. You’ll need to know the parish for birth

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