On the contrary Len, you've confirmed one of my initial thoughts, namely that this was a list of, for the most part, gentlemen farmers. My people were one, but would rarely have been considered the other. ;-) Keep up the good work. Craig Sent using the free mail.com iPhone App On 25/06/2015 at 7:45 pm, Len Swindley via wrote: > Hello Craig, > > > > > > Sadly, my list of > > Practical Farmers in Dromore parish recorded in the 1820s is all that there is. > > Such a list recorded in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs is rather rare and worthy > > of inclusion on CTI. Generally it is only gentry, large landowners and > > proprietors of townlands (usually non-resident) who are recorded. > > > > > > The OS Memoirs > > documented the landscape, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and > > population, employment and livelihood of the parishes. Mills, social life, > > education, trades and occupations are also included. > > > > > > Sorry to be of such > > little use on this occasion, > > > > > > Len Swindley, > > > > > > Melbourne, Australia > > > > > > > > > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:17:12 +0200 > > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > > > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > Len, > > > > > > While taking this opportunity to thank you once again for your dedication, > > > and the time you spend transcribing records for use by others, can I ask if > > > you have any more background on the "Practical Farmers" list you posed last > > > week? It was a fairly short list, and I'm wondering if these practical > > > farmers were the only ones among a larger number doing something specific to > > > merit the title, or whether they were perhaps the only landowners (as > > > opposed to tenant farmers) with an interest in farming their own land? If > > > you've been able to glean any background, it would be good to know. We had > > > Buchanans farming in Dernaseer a generation later, which is what sparked my > > > interest. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Craig > > > > > > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 8:19 PM > > > From: "Jim McKane via" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > > > To: "Co Tyrone Ireland" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > > > Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > > > *Mann* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1835-1872 > > > <[1]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html> > > > *Adams* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1822-1869 > > > <[2]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html> > > > *Practical Farmers* in Dromore Parish c1820 > > > <[3]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html> > > > ------------- > > > Our community web-site: [4]http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > References > > > > > > 1. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html > > > 2. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html > > > 3. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html > > > 4. http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > ------------- > > > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message