Some of
the excellent Galway history sources digitized by Galway County Archives have
now been indexed by the family history website 'findmypast.ie' to which the Hardiman Library has a
subscription. These resources include some surviving Galway Poor Law Union and
Galway County burial records. While these have been available in pdf format on
the County Archives website for some time they have now been indexed and
transcribed by Find My Past, meaning it is easier to search for
individual names of people and places within the documents.
Much of the Poor
Law Union records are the minutes of Board of Guardians meetings. These
provide an insight into how public health was managed as well as the provision
of relief to the poor in 19th century County
Galway. Geographical areas covered in the Poor Law Union or
Workhouse area records include Clifden, Glenamaddy, Gort, Mountbellew, Portumna
and Tuam.
Find My Past can be accessed by signing in to the
library catalogue with your NUI, Galway log in.
PDFs of the documents can also be
viewed on the Galway County Archives website at http://www.galway.ie/en/services/more/archives/digital/.
The illustration shows plans for the Galway County
Infirmary building and a ticket permitting the patient named to attend the
Dispensary doctor for medical advice and treatment.in 1884.
