West Cork Genealogy - the Tithe Applotments & Other Land Records
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Margaret and Terri discuss the background to the Tithe placed on land in the 1823s and examine the outcome of this tax as well as utilising these records for genealogy information. Margaret goes on to discuss the value of other miscellaneous land records from around that period - the local Wrixon-Becher Estate records, the Landed Estates website, the Register of Deeds and the Flax Rolls - as genealogical sources.  Tithe Applotment Books  www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie - Full Tithe list for each county (Free) www.failteromhat.com - Tithe Defaulters list only (Free) www.findmypast.ie - Tithe Defaulters list only (Pay site)    Flax Growers list 1796 www.failteromhat.com (Free)  https://www.ancestry.co.uk (Pay site)   Land Estate Records - named differently on sites below both pay sites www.ancestry.co.uk - Land Estate Court Rentals (1850 - 1885)   www.ancestry.com -  Encumbered Estate Records (1850 - 1885) Creagh Estate Records https://skibbheritage.com/genealogy-using-tenant-records/
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