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Optional Print Course Material: Irish: Military, Naval and Pension Records
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The earliest records of a military and genealogical nature are contained in the ancient and medieval Annals of Ireland and other Gaelic manuscripts. These as well as later printed source materials provide valuable lists of officers and soldiers in local forces, accounts of military activity including officer personnel, local incidents and names of rebellious persons, the various records often accompanied with biographical and genealogical notes. We discuss these records, their value, some historical background, and their availability. Included: important pension records with documented places of residence, birth, parentage, marriage, and children. There were civil and military pensions granted in Ireland. We conclude with a look at the Irish and Royal Irish Constabulary records.
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
GENERAL VALUE IN MILITARY & PENSION RECORDS
Who Was Recorded
Military Classifications & Record Collections
MODULE 2
GENERAL VALUE IN MILITARY & PENSION RECORDS
General Types & Coverage
Pension
Solving Research Problems
Army
Navy
MODULE 3
MILITARY RECORD COLLECTIONS
Brief History of British (Irish) Military Records
Major Irish Police Forces
MODULE 4
MILITARY RECORD COLLECTIONS
Value of British (Irish) Military Records
Challenges With British (Irish) Military Records
Description of Contents in British (Irish) Military Records
Court Martial Records
Militia, Yeomanry & Volunteers
Major Irish Police Forces
Availability of British (Irish) Military Records
Bibliographies & Indexes to British (Irish) Military Records
MODULE 5
PENSION RECORD COLLECTIONS
Brief History of British (Irish) Pension Records
Value of British (Irish) Pension Records
Challenges With British (Irish) Pension Records
Description of Contents in British (Irish) Pension Records
MODULE 6
PENSION RECORD COLLECTIONS
Description of Contents in British (Irish) Pension Records
Availability of British (Irish) Pension Records
Bibliographies & Indexes to British (Irish) Pension Records