Chalmers Family Cork

Census and Substitutes

Census

Civil census were taken in Ireland from:

1821,1831,1841,1851,1861,1871,1881,1891,1901,1911

1. The first four were destroyed in 1922 during the Civil War.

Some fragments were saved. All Cork returns was lost except for 1851; we have all of the civil parishs of Kilcrumper, Kilworth, and Leitrim is partially available and is also Macroney.

2. 1861,1871,1881,1891 were destroyed by order of the British Government

3. 1901 and 1911 are intact and can be viewed at the National Archives Dublin.

A microfilm copy of census 1901 can be viewed at the Cork County Library and also at the LDS Centre Sarsfield's road Cork

Census Substitutes

Below is a list of the main Census substitute listings for Cork City and County. If there are any omissions we would appreciate any help.

Year	Name	Contents	Location
1641	Survey of houses in Cork City	Tenants and possessors	NA
1641	Book of Survey	Proprietors	NL
1666-68	Book of Survey	Grantees	NL
1654	Civil Survey	Limited Parishes
1662-7	Subsidy Rolls	Limited Baronies	NA
1700-52	Cork City Free men		NA
1753	Householders List	St Nicholas parish	C of I Registers
1757	Able Bodied Male Protestants	Limited parishes	AngloIrish Miscellany
1766	Religious Census	Cloyne Diocese	NA also JCHAS
1783	Freemen + Freeholders of Cork City		NL
1793- 1853	St Anns Shandon Cork City	Householders	JCHAS
1817	Freemen of Cork City		NL
1820-30	Tithe Applotments Books	Head of households	Most libraries
1830	St Mary's Shandon Cork	Householders	JCHAS
1837	Lists of Poor	Cork City Parishes	NL
1851-53	Griffiths Valuation	Housholders	NA + most libraries

 Legend: NA = National Archives Dublin; NL = National Library Dublin

JCHAS = Journal Cork Historical Archaeological Society; C of I = Church of Ireland

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