Ancestry has added Derry's Corproration Minute Books in a browsable format. having previously created a name index to the Valuation Revision Books, it will be interesting to see if this gets the same treatment in due course:
Ireland, Londonderry Corporation Minute Books, 1673-1901
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/70916/
Source: Londonderry Corporation Minute Books. Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/londonderry-corporation-minute-books: Accessed October 2022.
About Ireland, Londonderry Corporation Minute Books, 1673-1901
This collection contains images of minute books for the Londonderry Corporation dated between 1673 and 1901. The minute books include summaries of Common Council meetings. The collection is broken down into 23 volumes that each cover multiple years of government meetings. The entries in the books are handwritten, and in some cases, the style of handwriting can be difficult to read.
Using this collection
Records in this collection may include the following information:
- Names of municipal officials
- Dates of municipal meetings
- Details about municipal meetings
- Information about community development
The chronological organization of the images in the collection allows you to discover or verify that your ancestor was a municipal official in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at a specific time. You also may find your ancestor in the minute books if they were a prominent business owner or represented organizations that interacted with municipal government. If your ancestor lived in Londonderry, the minute books could provide details about life in the city during their era.
Collection in context
The minute books were created by officials of the Londonderry Corporation. They are primary historical sources that may have information that can’t be found in other records. The books dated between 1673 and 1841 are housed by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. The volumes produced after 1841 are housed at the Foyle Valley Railway Museum in Derry.
Further datails via the link above.
Chris
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