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Thank you so much for the welcome and for getting back to me so quickly. I understand the limitations of the fragments that remain in the national archives, but I came upon an interesting article in North Irish Roots Vol. 24, No. 1 (2013), pp. 35-37 where the author had accessed the collection of John Wilson Beck an early 20th century historian. John had access to records before the 1922 fire destroyed them and his hand written notes include early census records not available anywhere else. I am quite a long way from the national archive in Dublin, but had hoped that someone on this board might have been there before me.

If its of interest to anyone, the atricle included the following extract from the 1821 census
Ballysallagh, County Down
John Beck         58      Farmer
Mary Beck         50      Wife
Samuel Beck     17     Son
John Beck         13     Son
Dorothy Beck    50     Sister
William Partridge 23    Dealer
James Taylor       20    Servant
Margaret Morre   17   Servant

I believe that there are other names in the notes