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− | [[Image:IrelandWestmeath.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Wikipedia Image; Co.Westmeath Map]]
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− | County Westmeath, known locally as The Lake County, is situated in the middle of Ireland. It's county town is Mullingar.
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− | The potato famine hit the county hard, having always been an agricultural county, and it has taken many years to regain a stable economy.
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− | ==Resources==
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− | '''Primary Reference Links'''
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− | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/WEM/index.html GENUKI: County Westmeath]
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− | '''Countywide Interest'''
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− | *[http://westmeath.brsgenealogy.com/index.php?&set=yes Dún na Sí Heritage Centre]
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− | *[http://www.igp-web.com/westmeath/index.html Westmeath Ireland Genealogy]
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− | *[http://www.censusfinder.com/irish-census-records5.htm Various Westmeath 1901 census transcripts (partial), 1870s land owners]
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− | *[http://ancestorfind.net/index-11.html Ancestorfind includes some Parish Registers]
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− | '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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− | *[http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/1901census/census.shtml 1901 Athlone Census]
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− | '''Maps and Photographs'''
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− | ==Register Offices==
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− | '''Mullingar'''<br>
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− | Civil Registration Office<br> Health Centre<br> Mullingar<br> Co. Westmeath<br><br>
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− | Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 9:30 - 12:30 & 02:00 - 4:15<br>
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− | Contact: 044 93 95098 Fax: 044 9395098<br><br>
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− | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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− | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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− | A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum] or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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− | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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− | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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− | *[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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− | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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− | If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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