The following is an announcement from The Origins Network:
The William Smith O'Brien Petition is list of over 80,000 names and places from 1848/9, the time of the Great Famine. It is a valuable census substitute for that time, as well as an important historical resource. This is now available exclusively to Irish Origins and Origins Total Access subscribers
For the family history researcher the William Smith O'Brien Petition records are essentially a census substitute: they give the names of people present at a particular place and time. Addresses are often given, and sometimes occupations. The petition was generated between October 1848 and May 1849, so during the Famine years in Ireland. These records complement those of the Griffith's Valuation, conducted between 1847 and 1864. Where a petitioner signatory was a head of household you may find that person's name in Griffith's Valuation - a useful cross-check.
Users can also select to display an image of the petition itself from each area where it was signed (not including all the signatures).
Full information about the William Smith O'Brien Petition and about O'Brien himself, can be found at: http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutio-obrien.htm
Subscribers to The Origins Network Total Access package or to British Origins, will now be able to search over 2 million names from the 1841 Census now that the additional counties of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk are now available on www.britishorigins.com .
The 1841 Census provides the earliest set of census data for England and Wales - earlier census records beginning in 1801 contained only numbers (counts) of people rather than their detailed information. The first counties of the 1841 Census became available in March this year and further counties are being added to the site on a monthly basis.
A further source of genealogical data available to British Origins subscribers is now available in the form of the Apprentices of Great Britain. Over 350,000 apprentice records from all over Great Britain (about 20% are Scottish) are now available for searching exclusively on British Origins.
They are of exceptional value to the family history researcher, containing the name of the apprentice, in most cases the name of the apprentice's parent or guardian (usually the father, though sometimes the mother, if the father was dead), the place the apprentice came from, his father's trade, the name of the master to whom he was indentured, the master's trade, the place where the master lived, and the value of the premium paid to the master for taking on the apprentice.
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The 4GG Father, Francis M. Jennings, signed the petition in 1848 inCork City, Cork County, Ireland. Any idea what M.R.T.S. refers to in the misc. field?
Signature Number 29
NAI Reference CRF 1848 O 16/2/040
Sheet Number 1
Michael Carter
Apia, Samoa
Posted by: Michael Carter | September 14, 2005 at 04:37 AM