Thank you Eve for that information. Eve McLaughlin wrote: >In message <428BD4EB.2010405@ns.sympatico.ca>, vincent giles <vincent.gi >les@ns.sympatico.ca> writes > > >>I had several members of my family who were Gamekeepers in the 1700 & >>1800's and wonder if there were any lists kept. They seemed to have >>traveled as far away as Ireland but always ended back in Buckinghamshire >>as Gamekeepers. Unless there was a job already there for them I doubt >>that they would have gone that far. >> >> > >They were listed in Quarter Sessions - because they had to have a gun >licence, only available to gentlemen and their gamekeepers. This did >mean that sometimes the son of a friend was appointr=ted 'ga,mekeeper' >without doing the work involved, so he could have a licence. > Gamekeepers did move about a bit - the idea was they should not get >too fr8iendly with the locals. However, this is usually from one estate >to another of the same gentleman (or to his brother's/cousin's/bets >friend's estate) Ireland seems a bit far unless he worked for one of >the local families with connections (the Lovetts, say) A lot of young >men spent some time in Ireland as soldiers - there was always civil >unrest there., > > >