Researchers of County Roscommon, in Ireland have an "immense" source of information available right at their fingertips.
John Hunter, who has been researching family in this county for many years, released Resource Roscommon Disk 1 in 2004. This was then followed in 2006 by Disk 2 which contained additional information. Information from both CDs, together with more new data, has been compiled on to this new 2007 edition on Resource County Roscommon, which comes as single CD-ROM. Now the compiler brings you a massive update with this third edition.
The user will find invaluable information on Townlands, Griffith's Valuation, surname distribution, voters, freeholders, Tithe Applotment payers, maps, boundaries, schools, churches, courthouses, workhouses, hospitals, graveyards to name some. New information on the CD includes the 1796 list of Flax-growers, school projects, wills, deeds, convict records and more.
The compiler includes details on how to track down information relating to County Roscommon, as well as about 2,000 pages of data including 120 maps, and many databases compiling historical records. Mr Hunter said the CD was designed to help others find information more easily without the frustration he experienced trying to find records of his ancestors when he was researching his family history.
Mr Hunter’s previous CDs on County Roscommon and a similar CD for County Leitrim have been well-received by local and family history buffs around the world, and the new CD looks set to follow suit.
For example, the editor of the All Ireland Sources Newsletter, the newsletter of the Society of Australian Genealogists, Mr Terry Eakin described the second edition of Resource County Roscommon as "the best ever collection of single county information and resources available".
In another review, Mr Albert Siggins secretary of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society said "John Hunter has done the family historian and genealogical heritage in Co. Roscommon a great favour with the production of his updated CD on genealogy sources for the county".
You will find included on the CD:
- a townland index with 27 entries for each of the 2205 townlands
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the complete Griffith's Valuation of County Roscommon 1852-1858 with 20 each of the 37,000 occupiers - expanded to include Catholic parish, etc (681 pages)
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the 1901 Census of County Roscommon extracted, and expanded to include the Poor Law Union, Catholic parish, County District, and DED for each of the over 100,000 persons, in 21,339 household who lived in County Roscommon at the time of the 1901 Census (1450 pages)
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change of occupiers of land 1854-1920, includes note and film numbers to view worldwide
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graveyard records and monumental inscriptions
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Ordnance Survey maps, plus Barony, Poor Law Union and County District maps
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maps showing the location of 62 Civil and Catholic parished and their townlands
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surname index to the 1749 Census of Elphin Diocese (189 pages)
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distribution of surnames in County Roscommon 1741-1901 (378 pages)
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Roscommon Freeholders 1768-1799 and Roscommon Flax Growers 1796
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index to the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society Journal (1896-2009)
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Civil parish and Catholic parish databases
