רשימת הבוחרים הינה מקור מידע חשוב עבור מחקר ההיסטוריה המשפחתית. אוסף זה מפרט את כל הזכאים להצביע באירלנד, לאחר שציבור הבוחרים גדל באופן משמעותי בעקבות הרפורמה הגדולה של 1832. המידע המפורט ברשומות אלו עשוי לכלול: שם, תאריך ומקום הרישום, שם הרושם וכן תמונה מדף הרשימה.<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.
