McVeigh 1901 Irish Census Look-Up Please

[lawnrene]

can anyone help by doing a census look-up for me for 1901 for the McVeigh family from Ballynahinch C Down- havent got a lot of info- father was John P McVeigh, mother a Martha MacAnearn and the two daughters - Martha McVeigh and Elizabeth McVeigh. Martha (my grandmother was born in 1896 so shd be about 4 yrs old) Would love to get some information on this part of the family ie address etc. Many thanks

 

[juliejtp]

Hi,

Irish records are not the easiet to access, but as time goes on more records are becoming available.

Census records before 1901 were destroyed with only a few remanants remaining. 1901 census is intact and the 1911 is online for Dublin , the other counties being added at later dates.

The link below is to the census finder including Ireland this looks like an excellent site. There are many resources listed for Ireland.

http://www.censusfinder.com/irish-census-records2.htm

 

[lawnrene]

Thanks for information re website....had a look - its under consturction at mo but will try it again another time. thanks anyway..it has all been very useful.

 

[Mick]

Hi Lawnrene,

If you hav'nt already found it this should hopefully be what you're looking for:

1911 Irish Census at nationalarchives.ie,

and:

The original 1911 census form (signed by John McVeigh),

and looks like they lived at house number 18 in Mourne View (Ballynahinch, Down).

For anyone else the Irish 1911 online archive now includes counties Antrim, Cork, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kings County (Offaly) and Wexford, and they hope to include the rest of Ireland over the coming months.

I found my own family a couple of days ago and wrote a bit about it here: Irish-Census-1911.

Its a great online resource and totally free. Hats off to the people putting this one together.