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*Genealogical Office. ''Books of Survey and Distribution: County Louth, 1659.'' Unpublished manuscript no. 541. Dublin: Genealogical Office. (Family History Library microfilm {{FHL|482251|title-id|disp=100,225, item 3}}). | *Genealogical Office. ''Books of Survey and Distribution: County Louth, 1659.'' Unpublished manuscript no. 541. Dublin: Genealogical Office. (Family History Library microfilm {{FHL|482251|title-id|disp=100,225, item 3}}). | ||
==== Down Survey | ==== Down Survey 1656-1658 ==== | ||
The Down Survey is a mapped record of landownership and selected items of settlement and topography. The survey was basically concerned with lands that were confiscated after the Cromwellian victory. The most important difference between the Civil and Down Surveys is that the Civil Survey areas were estimated by jurors, whereas the Down Survey lands were measured by trained surveyors. | The Down Survey is a mapped record of landownership and selected items of settlement and topography. The survey was basically concerned with lands that were confiscated after the Cromwellian victory. The most important difference between the Civil and Down Surveys is that the Civil Survey areas were estimated by jurors, whereas the Down Survey lands were measured by trained surveyors. Trinity College, Dublin has made the survey available online [http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/ Down Survey] | ||
Look in the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog] for an Irish county of interest and the topic of 'Land and Property.' | Look in the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog] for an Irish county of interest and the topic of 'Land and Property.' | ||