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Extract of Orr from the
Super Index of Irish Wills
Super index : a compilation
of available Irish will indexes 1270-1860 compiled by Gloria
Bangerter ; edited and alphabetized by surname by Jeanne Jensen & Joyce
Parsons. Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical
Society of Utah, 2001. on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Vols. 1-3. - VAULT BRITISH Film [ 1145963 Items 11 - 13 ]
Vols. 4-8. - VAULT BRITISH Film [ 1145964 ]
Vols. 9-11. - VAULT BRITISH Film [ 1145965 Items 1 - 3 ]
NOTE: The information in the
table below serves as a Census substitute and only indicates that a person
of that name died on or around the date shown. Be warned that the location
/ parish details have variable spelling and occasionally are townland
names that appear in different Counties eg Carr, Corr and Curr are
in Co Tyrone.
There are Parish Maps and
schedules of townlands at the Ulster Historical Foundation / Ulster
Genealogical and Historical Guild site at
www.ancestryireland.com .
Please do not raise your hopes
that there is a a document with all the family details on it. Most of
these entries were probably `one liners` leaving all (and very little at
that) to wife and eldest son. In many cases it was simply registering a
death to protect the lease or tenancy of a son (tenancies were often given
for two or three life times ). Regrettably, virtually all the original
Deeds and Wills of the Irish Prerogative and Consistorial Courts perished
in the fire at the Royal Courts in 1922. There were some extracts made
before then, such as Betham`s Index (FHL British Film 100113 Items
1-2), and the determined will hunter should look at the LDS Library
Catalog under Probate for what may be available. Otherwise it is a trip to
Dublin and / or Belfast, or hire a professional researcher to clutch at
your straw.
Prior to 1857 wills were
proved in the Consistorial Court of the Bishop or Ordinary of the diocese
in which a person dwelt. But if there were effects valued at £5 in
two or more dioceses the will had to be proved in the Prerogative Court of
the Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland. The latter was the
supreme court in matters where there was ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The
jurisdiction of the Church Courts was abolished and transferred to the
Probate Court in 1857.
Separate to the Church Courts,
since 25 March 1708 there has been a Registry of Deeds in Ireland.
Transcripts of wills and other devises or deeds including mortgages,
conveyances, marriage settlements, rents, rights of way, and
partnerships. These are recorded in shortened version and bound into large
books that may be inspected at the Registry. The original memorials are
stored separately in a fire proof vault. The Registry of Deeds has a vast
amount of material besides wills, that can be of assistance to the
researcher. Have a look at what PRONI has to say at its web
site under records/deeds. |