Course enrollment: IR-205 - Irish: Testamentary Source Records

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Probably no record group is more important to pre-civil registration research in a country than that of wills and estate administrations. The reason is, of course, because they, more than any other record, can provide both ancestral and/or descendancy accounts of family groupings. In Ireland this is no different, though we tend to see less documentation this way than in other countries due to the way personal and moveable property descended
over time.

This course will address this record group, both pre-1858 before the system of administration changed, and post-1858 which is consistent to the present date. We will discuss the value of these records during both these time periods, develop some historical background to their development, examine the contents and availability of the records in both periods, as well as comment on some research strategies for using these collections.

Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 12