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Ireland County Cork Kinsale Civil Parish

The following information is a starting point for records about the civil parish of Kilsale. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

Historical Overview

History

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Localities

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Maps and gazetteers

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Cemeteries

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Census

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Church records

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Church of Ireland

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Presbyterian

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Methodist

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Society of Friends

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Others

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Civil Registration

Government registration of births and deaths began in 1864. Registration of Protestant marriages began in 1845, with all marriages being registered by 1864. Go to the Ireland Civil Registration article to read more about these records.

Genealogy

De Breffny, Brian.  The American Sailor Who Succeeded to an Irish Peerage.  Article is the genealogy of John de Courcy who became 25th Baron Kinsale, from Newport Rhode Island, covering years 1642-1763.  Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. IV, no. 1. 1972 pages 1-7.  Family Hisotry Ref. 941.5 B2i

Land records

The Registry of Deeds started in 1708. Land transactions were recorded, including immovable property passed on in a will and property given to a daughter at her marriage. Read more about these records in the Ireland Land and Property article.

Probate records

Probate dealt with the property of a deceased person. Read more about these records in the Ireland Probate Records article.

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Abstracts of Wills.  Collection of Will Abstracts, gathered from many sources. - Alphabetical listing. includes Anthony BOTET, of Kinsale Co. Cork. There was no date, but it says the Executors dated 16 October 1810.  Ann TRYDELL of Kinsale Co. Cork, no date but Executors dated 16 May 1823.  Article found in The Irish Ancestor, vol II, no. 2, 1970 pages 117-127, Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i

School records

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Tax records

The valuation of property for tax purposes was started in the 1840s by Richard Griffith. A tax paid to the church, call Tithe Applotments, began in the 1820s. Read about these records in the Ireland Taxation and Ireland Land and Property articles. Add records for this parish that you know about.

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Further Reading

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