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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
Series
General Register Office: Registrar General: Private Office Papers
Catalogue reference: RG 50
What's it about?
RG 50
This series contains unregistered papers of successive Registrar Generals on a variety of miscellaneous subjects. These include correspondence on statistics, electoral registration, reorganisation of the registration service, projected population...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RG 50
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Register Office: Registrar General: Private Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1909-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains unregistered papers of successive Registrar Generals on a variety of miscellaneous subjects. These include correspondence on statistics, electoral registration, reorganisation of the registration service, projected population estimates and proposals for a new computer division.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- General Register Office, Registrar General, 1836-1970
- Office for National Statistics, 1996-1996
- Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, 1970-1996
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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42 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13375/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
206,531 records
Within the department: RG
Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and...
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General Register Office: Registrar General: Private Office Papers
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