Listers, I need a bit of help here. I am researching the Meehans of Point in the Parish of Inver and sent for the Griffiths Valuation Revision Lists so that I could see the transfer of land from circa 1855 via the two censuses to the people who hold the land now so that I could work out who belonged to which family. Should have been easy. But when I got the film, I found TWO complete Book Ones. In the first a Sarah Meehan takes over from the George Meehan, who was in Plot 2 in the GV, via a man called Richard Scott and it is dated 1863. In the second, there is no George Meehan at all; Sarah takes over from Richard Scott (who is NOT of course in the GV itself) and the date is exactly the same - 1863. Most of the rest of the entries are the same. It is George Meehan who is the centre of my research. Neither book has a hard cover (which would have given a date for the whole book) and the second one is also missing the index though I am not sure what that would have told me as there is no date on any of the indices. What is this all about? I have digipics if anyone feels s/he might be able to help. Boyd Gray http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ http://preview.tinyurl.com/yk7gckr

Hello Boyd, What a strange find! I suggest that you contact the Central Library in Letterkenny. On their website, http://www.donegallibrary.ie/memory/defaultfhistory.htm, under the heading “Griffith’s Primary Valuation” is the following comment: “Although the publication dates for County Donegal are stated to be 1857-58, there is strong evidence to suggest that the valuation was carried out up to a decade earlier. It is known, for instance, that some persons listed as being present in 1857-58 had died in the Famine.” I am not sure what evidence they have for this assertion, but what they have may throw some light on your current conundrum! Their e-mail is central@donegallibrary.ie. If you discover something of interest, could you share it with us? By the way, there is a Richard Scott listed in the Valuation, renting 80 acres of land in the nearby townland of Dromore, in Inver. Hope this helps! Best wishes Ben http://www.movillerecords.com/ P.s –I can only access the library website using Internet Explorer. Neither Chrome nor Firefox appear to work, but perhaps that’s my settings.