That information most likely comes from the house / field books that were used when gathering the information that went into the primary valuation. They're available through the LDS FHC - Films 2436761 and 2436762 for Donegal. Michael On 26 April 2011 01:43, Robert Sutherland <rsuther@comcast.net> wrote: > Thank you Michael, Lindel, Bob, Boyd and Ray. > > I have downloaded and read the pdf that explains Griffith's. Now I know > what "Office" means! I realize that reading may not be the correct word > to use -- studying the document might be more appropriate. > > The recent postings about maps on this list rekindled my desire to > locate that piece of land in Donegal once occupied by ancestors. > > Long ago, in my own narrative of my Sutherland line I wrote > > 'An 1829 list of landholders of Redford-Glebe shows slightly more than > 14 acres belonging to "Widow Kearney & Michael Sutherland".' > > This information is consistent with the information found on Lindel's page > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/cloncatab.htm > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Edonegal/cloncatab.htm> > > My information came from the late Brian Bonner, a writer and local > historian who published several articles in the Journal of the County > Donegal Historical Society. He sent me an unpublished (at least as of > the time he sent it) manuscript titled "Redford -- Glebe: The Story of > an Ulster Townland". The information came from a table in the manuscript > (manually typed, not scanned and pasted). > > There is another table in the manuscript in which Brian referenced > Griffith's. The table heading reads "The land occupiers and residents in > 1857 were:" Under the column headed "Observations" Brian wrote > "Dwellinghouse and offices. Unoccupied. Former tenant Sutherland." Later > in the manuscript is written "The farm occupied by Sutherland was later > amalgamated with that given to John McLaughlin." > > When I search Griffith's/Donegal/Inishowen for Sutherland there are no > hits. However I can view the listing for Redford Glebe and see > "Unoccupied" just beneath the name "John McLaughlin". So I am seeing > this latest activity as a success: I have located a place that was > probably occupied at one time by my ancestor -- and for that I thank > each of you who has helped in this quest. However, I say "probably" > because I am still uneasy about Brian's statement "Former tenant > Sutherland". Where did that little piece of information come from? It's > not in Griffith's. > > So my final question: does anyone know of another source where Brian may > have seen or concluded "Former tenant Sutherland"? > > Thanks again for the prod to get me going and the answers and directions > you provided. > > Bob Sutherland