The LDS (Mormon Church) has
Family History Centers in many of their churches around the world. The Church
has fiched and filmed many, many civil and parochial records from all over the
world. A good resource! I believe the cost differs at each center, but it is far
less than the cost of a plane ticket to the land of your ancestors. Look in your
telephone book under Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Call to see if
they have a Family History Center.
The following is a list of film / fiche
that I have searched. I would appreciate contributions to this list as relates
to County Monaghan, along with your comments.
| FHC Film / Fiche # | Titled by FHC | Description | |
| ? | LDS. (Old Age Pension Claims, 1908-1922) | Extracts from 1841/51 Census transcribed from 1908-1922 as proof of age for pension claims in Ireland | |
| 0476999 | Special Report on Surnames, Matheson, 1894 | If you do not know which part of Ireland your ancestors lived, check this film for incidence of surnames in specific counties. | |
| 6020358-6020382 25 microfiche sheets |
1844 Parliamentary Gazatteer | Great descriptions of parishes
in 1844. Contents: v. 1. A-Arm, v. 2. Arm-Car, v. 3. Car-Cus, v. 4. Dal-Gal, v. 5. Gal-Kil, v. 6. Kil-Mag, v. 7. Mag-Rap, v. 8. Rap-Tib, v. 9. Tib-You, v. 10. You to Z and index. | |
| 0924648 | Census of 1659 | Incidence of Irish names in counties, and "Titulado": principal person in county, not necessarily the landowners. Includes some material for poll money ordinances 1660-61. Published by Pender in 1939. Interesting, but only principals listed! | |
| 1279320 | Rosscoman (sp? Rossman,Roscommon, 1859), Dawson, and Leslie Estate Papers. | Never know what you will find! Includes papers mentioned with maps of townlands and tenants names, and the Castleblayney Work House (PLU -file coming). Clones Petty Session of 1871, the Monaghan Yeoman Corp and more. Holdings of the Monaghan Museum. | |
| 0973307 | O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees | Entire book microfilmed. Two volumes 900+ pages each. Will do in a pinch. Best to find a hard copy in a library! | |
| 6342438-6343060, series of 70+ fiche #'s Monaghan is #6342445 | Townland Maps of Irish Parishes | Hand drawn and lettered. Not always accurate. Will do for a visual reference. See an example. | |
| 0863889 | Electoral Division of Anny | Yet another civil division of townlands and parishes. Found this a good resource for tenants on townlands. Dated pre 1863 forward. | |
| 6342590 (five fiche) | Surname Index, pub.1861 Griffith, County Monaghan | Have not come in as yet; no comment! | |
| 1419442 | Surname Index to the Linen Industry, (Spinning Wheel List) 1796 | Surname and townland only. McG[e]ough is posted | |
| 0844991 | General Valuation, Griffiths, 1858- 60 in Monaghan | It lists the lessors (not the same as the owner) and lessees of all property in the country. See Griffiths dates on Irishlinks page. Gives townland broken down by Poor Law Union (PLU). | |
| 1279323 - also see below - new | Letters. . ., Armagh, Monaghan | So far I found the "Tythe Composition Book of Curren
Parish, Clogher; accounts of a workhouse (Castleblayney PLU during
1840-50'ties). The names of the board and suppliers are easy to read.
Handwritten account of petitioners very difficult to read. Would be good
to find another copy. Will do if your family is from this area! On the same film are the PRONI holdings of the Shirley Estate Papers. Great resource for the Barony of Farney. There are extracts that give lots of history. Good read - if you remember that f is s! Another find on the same film is a compilation of letters written by John O'Donovan during the Ordinance survey of 1835. Good read with lots of historical references! The Tithe Applotment Books for Errigal Trough for 1826 are listed also. Very difficult to read, but worth it if your family is from that parish. | |
| 0990442 | List of Irish Catholic Records | Not sent. Noted as "not available." Why? | |
| 0101343 / 0101345 | Ireland Marriages, County Monaghan 1853 |
Need notes here | |
| 6342438-40
6342441-44 6342447-51 6342452 6342453 Numbers missing? 6342460 6342461-62 6342463-70 |
Irish Townland Maps [See Aughnamullen above.]
Antrim, Armagh, Cavan (total 5 fiche) Donegal, Down and Fermanagh, Londonderry (7 fiche) Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon (online at the core site), Sligo (14) County Clare (3 fiche) County Waterford (3 fiche) Cork East (4) Cork Middle and West (6) Kerry, Kildare, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Tipperary North and South, Wicklow (33) |
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| 1279323- see above listed also | Curren Parish June 23 1827 Errigal Parish July 1 1826 Clontibret Parish Sept. 1830 or 1839 (tough handwriting) |
Thanks to Jim McArdle in Canada | |
| 1279239 | The publication MACALLA V1 No. 2 with some Tedavent [Tydavnet] Estate Rental info Nov. 1840 |
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| 0979706 | Catholic Church Parish Registers of Errigal Trough 1835-1881 | Thanks to Joan Sullivan in California | |
| 0979708 | NIR: Tyrone Catholic Church, Parish of Dungannon (Tyrone & Armagh) on two microfilm reels* Parish registers 1821-1836 |
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| 0926048 | A[u]ghnamullen East (Lough Egish) | Two films: Bapt/M/Funerals 1857-1876: Baptisms 1878-1880; Marriages: 1878-1880 | |
| 0897416 | Clones church records 1682-1900 | thanks to Iva Arpin, CT | |
| 0101041 | Birth Index 1864 | Film numbers continue from here | |
| Fiche 6035573 | Ireland-Census 1821 | Gertrude Thrift:Indexes to census abstracts for 1821, 1841 and 1851. Lists husband and wife, no children. The full extract with ages and children's names is available on FHC microfilm #596418, Item 2 | |
| Film 596418 Item 2 | Thrift Extracts, Census Abstracts For 1821 | Monaghan County parishes of Donagh, Kilmore, Tydavnet (and possibly others). Provides names, ages, and occupation for all family members and servants, and sometimes identifies property size. | |
| Film 1279321 | Miscellaneous Land Records, County Monaghan 1704-1873 | Deeds, mortgages, leases and title abstracts. | |
| Film 1279322 | Miscellaneous Land Records From County Monaghan | deeds, leases, title abstracts, marriage settlements, etc | |
| Fiche 6020301 | Monaghan County Parish Maps | Thanks to halbaird@juno.com for the above and below 8 sources! | |
| Film 1279238 | Linen List - "Spinning Wheel" List | List of persons receiving flax seed premiums in 1796 | |
| Film 0867536 | Valuation Lists For Monaghan County - Scotstown 1860-1937 | Covers 48 townships in Scotstown | |
| Film 0867537 | Valuation Lists For Monaghan County | Sheskin and Tedavnet 1860-1966 | |
| To be continued and corrected! | |||
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