Queensfort and Kilannin - Stephan J Leonard

Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at )www.failteromhat.com British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at:http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093 The National Archives of Ireland

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

 The National Library of Ireland

http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

 The National Archives UK ? genealogy search:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/ The Public Records Office of Northern Irelandhttp://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm The US National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives Scotland- family history:http://www.nas.gov.uk/familyHistory/ The Library & Archives of Canada -http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Irish Newspaper Archives:http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ 1796: Spinning Wheel Premium Entitlement Lists; This was part of a government scheme toencourage the linen trade, free spinning wheels or looms were granted to individuals planting acertain area of land with flax. The lists of those entitled to the awards, covering almost 60,000individuals, were published in 1796, and record only the names of the individuals and the civil parishin which they lived. The majority, were in Ulster, but some names appear from every county exceptDublin and Wicklow. A microfiche index to the lists is available in the National Archives, and inPRONI. CIVIL REGISTRATION RECORDS Civil registration records are available from the General RegisterOffice (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm SURNAME SEARCH You can check for information about the frequency of the name in the mid-19thcentury and any other variant spellings of the name here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ VALUATIONS OFFICE Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the landregistry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to (name) and whathappened to his land (as it usually passed on to a relation). CENSUS RECORDS There is lots of useful information to be found in the 1901 and 1911 censusrecords. You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOKS / GRIFFTH?S VALUATION You could try checking the land records calledthe Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/ The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These listsconstitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burdenof the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom fewother records survive. The information in the Tithes is quite basic, typically consisting of townlandname, landholder's name, area of land and tithes payable. Many Books also record the landlord'sname and an assessment of the economic productivity of the land. The tax payable was based on

Paula,    My name is Richard Leonard and I can confirm that Stephen Leonard and I share a common ancestor.  Before I continue I am assuming that the Stephen Leonard you refer to is: Stephen John Leonard born 1788, married Barbara Blake 1818 and died Feb 1879.  They had 12 children.  Stephen's Great grandfather Alexander Leonard (died before 1773) is our common ancestor.  I have traced the family  tree back to the early 1500's.  As I still have to verify some of the data I have collected I do not wish, at this time, to place it in the public arena.  However, if you wish I can forward copies to you of the information I possess.  My email address is leonard.rhl@gmail.com. To giver you some assurance of whom I am you will find that I contribute to the Irish Genealogical Project at http://www.igp-web.com/ by transcribing RIC records.  I also manages Meath & Louth Counties but I note that theyn have not updated their records.

Paula,    My name is Richard Leonard and I can confirm that Stephen Leonard and I share a common ancestor.  Before I continue I am assuming that the Stephen Leonard you refer to is: Stephen John Leonard born 1788, married Barbara Blake 1818 and died Feb 1879.  They had 12 children.  Stephen's Great grandfather Alexander Leonard (died before 1773) is our common ancestor.  I have traced the family  tree back to the early 1500's.  As I still have to verify some of the data I have collected I do not wish, at this time, to place it in the public arena.  However, if you wish I can forward copies to you of the information I possess.  My email address is leonard.rhl@gmail.com. To giver you some assurance of whom I am you will find that I contribute to the Irish Genealogical Project at http://www.igp-web.com/ by transcribing RIC records.  I also manages Meath & Louth Counties but I note that theyn have not updated their records.

Paula,    My name is Richard Leonard and I can confirm that Stephen Leonard and I share a common ancestor.  Before I continue I am assuming that the Stephen Leonard you refer to is: Stephen John Leonard born 1788, married Barbara Blake 1818 and died Feb 1879.  They had 12 children.  Stephen's Great grandfather Alexander Leonard (died before 1773) is our common ancestor.  I have traced the family  tree back to the early 1500's.  As I still have to verify some of the data I have collected I do not wish, at this time, to place it in the public arena.  However, if you wish I can forward copies to you of the information I possess.  My email address is leonard.rhl@gmail.com. To give you some assurance of whom I am you will find that I contribute to the Irish Genealogical Project at http://www.igp-web.com/ by transcribing RIC records.  I also manage Meath & Louth Counties but I note that theyn have not updated their records.

Paula,  Since your original post and my response I have now found more informarion on the Stephen Leonard you were researching.  This information connects us.  I have deleted your original email addressed to me so please reuse my email address listed in my original post and I can then update you.