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 IRELAND, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY
-===Estate Records===
+=== Estate Records ===
-Estate records are another valuable set of property records. Most Irish lived on large estates owned by a minority of the population. Land owners usually hired agents to keep records of transactions involving their families and/or their tenants. Estate records vary in content and duration and may include deeds, leases, rent rolls, and account books, among other records. A brief explanation of estate records is found in "Land Records" in John Grenham, ''Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide''.
-To locate estate records you need to know the name of the estate owner. If you can locate your ancestor in Griffith's Primary Valuation, you may also find the name of the owner of the estate your ancestor lived on.
+Estate records are another valuable set of property records. Most Irish lived on large estates owned by a minority of the population. Land owners usually hired agents to keep records of transactions involving their families and/or their tenants. Estate records vary in content and duration and may include deeds, leases, rent rolls, and account books, among other records. A brief explanation of estate records is found in "Land Records" in John Grenham, ''Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide''.
-Estate owners often lived away from their estates. Some lived in England. Many of the records of owners living in England have been deposited in English archives. The following sources identify some estate records and where they are deposited:
+To locate estate records you need to know the name of the estate owner. If you can locate your ancestor in Griffith's Primary Valuation, you may also find the name of the owner of the estate your ancestor lived on.&nbsp;A helpful&nbsp;Web site that explains what information is in Griffith's, searchable by place or surname, is found at [http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_start.php Ask About&nbsp;Ireland].&nbsp;
-''Irish Manuscripts Commission. Analecta Hibernica''. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1930-. (FHL book 941.5 B2ah.)
+Estate owners often lived away from their estates. Some lived in England. Many of the records of owners living in England have been deposited in English archives. The following sources identify some estate records and where they are deposited:
-Grenham, John. "County Source Lists." In''Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide''. Dublin, Ireland: Gill and Macmillan, 1992. (FHL book Ref 941.5 D27gj.)
+''Irish Manuscripts Commission. Analecta Hibernica''. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1930-. (FHL book 941.5 B2ah.)
-Hayes, Richard J. ''Manuscript Sources for''''the History of Irish Civilization.''''''''(FHL book 941.5 A5h.)
+Grenham, John. "County Source Lists." In''Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide''. Dublin, Ireland: Gill and Macmillan, 1992. (FHL book Ref 941.5 D27gj.)
-''Index to the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom and Ireland''. (FHL fiche 6341118.)
+Hayes, Richard J. ''Manuscript Sources for''''the History of Irish Civilization.''''''''(FHL book 941.5 A5h.)
-''Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Records.''Belfast, Ireland: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1924''-''. (FHL book 941.5 A5rn.)
+''Index to the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom and Ireland''. (FHL fiche 6341118.)
-The Family History Library's copies of estate records are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under the following headings:
+''Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Records.''Belfast, Ireland: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1924''-''. (FHL book 941.5 A5rn.)
-IRELAND - LAND AND PROPERTY
+The Family History Library's copies of estate records are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under the following headings:
+IRELAND - LAND AND PROPERTY
 IRELAND, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY