Abercorn papers

Format

Microfilm 35mm

Language

Latin
English

Publication Date

1991

Publisher

Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah

Place of Publication

Salt Lake City, Utah

Physical

236 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Notes

Microfilm of original records at the Belfast Public Record Office.

Some early records are in Latin.

Papers of the Hamilton family, Earls, Marquesses and Dukes of Abercorn containing leases, deeds, accounts, maps, rentals, out letters, etc. relating to estates in Cos. Tyrone, Donegal and Londonderry, ca. 1610-1920. In addition to their Irish land holdings, they owned estates near Edinburgh, Scotland, and in London, England. Originally Scottish by race and Catholic by religion, The Abercorns are a distinctively Irish family. They were the highest ranking family which participated in the Plantation and are the only dukes in in Ulster. Their main residence has been Baronscourt, County Tyrone, since the eighteenth century.

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Film/Digital Notes

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NoteLocationCollection/ShelfFormat
D623 Classification scheme and summary list of papers held by the Public Record Office D623/A/1-6/56 Misc. family papers & letters of the 6th and 7th Earls 1628-1741 D623/A/7-11/1 Letters & papers of the Honorable Charles Hamilton of Painshill, Surrey, horticulturist 1752-1787 D623/A/12-26/141 Out-letters of the 8th Earl 1744-1750Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736352 8098675
D623/A/12-26 Out-letters (cont.) 1750-1770Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736353 8264816
D623/A/12-26/141 Out-letters (cont.) 1770-1788Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736354 8706224
D623/A/27-31 "Irish letters" to the 8th Earl regarding the Irish estate and other Irish affairs, mainly from Irish correspondents 1744-1755Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736518 7909356
D623/A/32-34 "Irish letters" (cont.) 1756-1760Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736519 8264817
D623/A/35-38 "Irish letters" (cont.) 1761-1769Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736520 8264818
D623/A/39-43/125 "Irish letters" (cont.) 1770-1776Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736679 8264819
D623/A/43/125-267 "Irish letters" (cont.) 1776-1779 D623/A/44-47 "Irish letters" 1780-1789Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736680 8706499
D623/A/48-51 "Scottish letters" to the 8th Earl regarding the Scottish estate & other Scottish affairs 1745-1762Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736798 8706513
D623/A/52-53 "Scottish letters" (cont.) 1762-1765Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736799 8706514
NoteLocationCollection/ShelfFilmImage Group Number (DGS)Format
D623 Classification scheme and summary list of papers held by the Public Record Office D623/A/1-6/56 Misc. family papers & letters of the 6th and 7th Earls 1628-1741 D623/A/7-11/1 Letters & papers of the Honorable Charles Hamilton of Painshill, Surrey, horticulturist 1752-1787 D623/A/12-26/141 Out-letters of the 8th Earl 1744-1750Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736352 8098675
D623/A/12-26 Out-letters (cont.) 1750-1770Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736353 8264816
D623/A/12-26/141 Out-letters (cont.) 1770-1788Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736354 8706224
D623/A/27-31 "Irish letters" to the 8th Earl regarding the Irish estate and other Irish affairs, mainly from Irish correspondents 1744-1755Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736518 7909356
D623/A/32-34 "Irish letters" (cont.) 1756-1760Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736519 8264817
D623/A/35-38 "Irish letters" (cont.) 1761-1769Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736520 8264818
D623/A/39-43/125 "Irish letters" (cont.) 1770-1776Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736679 8264819
D623/A/43/125-267 "Irish letters" (cont.) 1776-1779 D623/A/44-47 "Irish letters" 1780-1789Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736680 8706499
D623/A/48-51 "Scottish letters" to the 8th Earl regarding the Scottish estate & other Scottish affairs 1745-1762Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736798 8706513
D623/A/52-53 "Scottish letters" (cont.) 1762-1765Granite Mountain Record VaultBritish Film1736799 8706514

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