1,828
edits
m
→Books of Survey and Distribution
m (→Books of Survey and Distribution: Added links to the online versions) |
|||
| Line 54: | Line 54: | ||
The '''Strafford Survey''' (Family History Library book {{FHL|387742|title-id|disp=941.71 H2os}}), compiled c.1636, is available for the County of Mayo in the province of Connaught and serves as a substitute. | The '''Strafford Survey''' (Family History Library book {{FHL|387742|title-id|disp=941.71 H2os}}), compiled c.1636, is available for the County of Mayo in the province of Connaught and serves as a substitute. | ||
==== Books of Survey and Distribution | ==== Books of Survey and Distribution 1680 ==== | ||
These were compiled c.1700 and are an official record of landed proprietors and their estates. They were used to access rents based on acreage called the "Quit Rent." This was payable each year based on land granted under the 1662 Act of Settlement and the subsequent 1665 Act of Explanation. Printed volumes published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission are available for the counties of Clare, Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon are available online as part of their out-of-print collection. A typewritten manuscript from the Genealogical Office, Dublin is available for the County of Louth. | These were compiled c.1700 and are an official record of landed proprietors and their estates. They were used to access rents based on acreage called the "Quit Rent." This was payable each year based on land granted under the 1662 Act of Settlement and the subsequent 1665 Act of Explanation. Printed volumes published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission are available for the counties of Clare, Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon are available online as part of their out-of-print collection. A typewritten manuscript from the Genealogical Office, Dublin is available for the County of Louth. | ||