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Registri elettorali irlandesi, 1832-1838
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I registri elettorali sono un'essenziale fonte di informazioni per le ricerche sulla storia familiare. Questa raccolta elenca le persone con diritto di voto in Irlanda, dopo che l'elettorato era stato notevolmente esteso in seguito al Great Reform Act del 1832. Le informazioni riportate in questi documenti possono includere: nome, data e luogo di registrazione, nome del registro e un'immagine della pagina del registro.<br><br>The data was compiled by a parliamentary Select Committee tasked with the job of rooting out corruption and vote rigging, after several accusations and allegations had been made. This Committee, known as the “Fictitious Votes” Committee found little evidence of irregular activity. But they did require the police and magistrates to compile registers of those entitled to vote throughout Ireland between 1832 and 1837 under the terms of the reform act.<br><br>In Ireland the electorate consisted of £10 freeholders and leaseholders, £20 leaseholders and freeholders, £50 freeholders and those in Corporation Towns, Cities and Boroughs afforded the right to vote as freemen or paid-up members of one of the trades guilds. As a consequence the electoral registers are very detailed for the cities and towns, especially for the smaller corporate towns where there are no surviving street or trades directories such as Sligo, Clonmel, Cashel, Dungannon, Lisburn, Enniskillen, etc.