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Those books that show the occupiers of the freeholds similarly provide an important link between the names of landlords and their tenants not easily found in other sources. These may lead to mention of the tenants in the wills and/or account books of the landlords. The place of abode of the landlord may occasionally also indicate or give clues to the tenant's place of origin. | Those books that show the occupiers of the freeholds similarly provide an important link between the names of landlords and their tenants not easily found in other sources. These may lead to mention of the tenants in the wills and/or account books of the landlords. The place of abode of the landlord may occasionally also indicate or give clues to the tenant's place of origin. | ||
Printed poll books were often used by canvassers at the next election and a number survive (like that for Buckinghamshire in 1784 at the Society of Genealogists; | Printed poll books were often used by canvassers at the next election and a number survive (like that for Buckinghamshire in 1784 at the Society of Genealogists; FS Library fiche 6202640) that have been marked up with changes of address and freehold, as well as notes of death, and these are particularly interesting. | ||
==== '''Collections of Poll Books''' ==== | ==== '''Collections of Poll Books''' ==== | ||
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