Kilcleagh Civil Parish, County Westmeath, Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Kilcleagh Civil Parish, County Westmeath ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.

The following information is a starting point for records about the civil parish of Kilcleagh. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

History
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Localities
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Maps and gazetteers
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Cemeteries
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Census
The purpose of a census was to gather information about people who lived in an area. While the government began census taking in 1821, only fragments exist before 1901. Censuses for 1901 and 1911 are available. Read more about the records in the Ireland Census article.

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Church records
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Catholic
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Church of Ireland
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Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Society of Friends
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Cox, Liam. Robinson of Killogeenaghan - a Westmeath Quaker Family. Anthony Robinson married Bridget English in 1633. His descendants are give. He was a Quaker, and was persecuted. Article covers 1633-1902. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. XIV, no. 1. 1982 pages 1-6. FS Library Ref. 941.5 B2i

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Civil Registration
Government registration of births and deaths began in 1864. Registration of Protestant marriages began in 1845, with all marriages being registered by 1864. Go to the Ireland Civil Registration article to read more about these records.

Genealogy
Cox, Liam. John Galvins Copybook. Copy of birth, marriage, deaths from 1870-1888, written in a small copybook by John Galvin of Boggagh, near Moate. Co. Westmeath, Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. IV. no. 1. 1972 pages 21-22. Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i

Land records
The Registry of Deeds started in 1708. Land transactions were recorded, including immovable property passed on in a will and property given to a daughter at her marriage. Read more about these records in the Ireland Land and Property article.

Occupations
Cox, Liam. Constabulary Employed in the District of Moate, Co. Westmeath in 1876. The list of Police based on the "Monthly Account of Receipts and payments in the District of Moate for March &amp; July 1876. Gives names, regiment's numbers, pay for month, date of appointment, remarks. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. VII.no.1.1975. pages 35-38, Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i v7-8.

Probate Records
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School records
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Tax records
The valuation of property for tax purposes was started in the 1840s by Richard Griffith. A tax paid to the church, call Tithe Applotments, began in the 1820s. Read about these records in the Ireland Taxation and Ireland Land and Property articles. Add records for this parish that you know about.

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