Indexes To Irish Wills By W.P.W Phiimore Genealogy Book

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Indexes to  Irish Wills
William P. W. Phillimore and Gertrude Thrift
Hardbound volume totaling
827
pages. Book is in excellent condition. Just what you need for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
I
ndexes  to Irish Wills
is an alphabetical index of over 30,000 Diocesan wills  proved in the Consistorial Courts of Ireland between 1536 and 1857. Arranged by  Dioceses, and preceded by maps showing in which Dioceses the various Irish  counties are situated, the
Indexes
provide  the name of the testator, his parish, county, and the date of probate and are,  in short, complete lists of Diocesan wills proved up until 1857, when the  various ecclesiastical courts were abolished by Act of Parliament and superseded  by the Probate Court.
Since the Public Record Office in Dublin was destroyed by fire in  1922, information furnished by this work is very often the only source for  determining the social and financial status of an ancestor. These indexes also  provide clues for checking land records for an estate partition and transfers of  lease from testator to heir.
This volume is a perfect companion to Sir Arthur Vicars'
Index  to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536-1810
.
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