The Posse Comitatus didn't quite include all males over 16. It was males eligible for military service, so it excluded those over 60, & those who were already in the army, navy, or militia. It also included anyone (male, female, any age) who had transport (draught or riding animals, carts, etc) which might be pressed into service. It's useful. I've found the occupations of several ancestors from it, & indications of the wealth of some through their possession of horses, waggons, etc. But absence from it doesn't mean much. I wholeheartedly agree with the rest of your advice. Access to Archives (put A2A into Google.co.uk & restrict it to UK sites) is also handy. It's an index of documents in public archives, such as court records. One such record, of a removal case, turned up a wealth of information - where an ancestor lived at various times over the previous 30 years, his employers, his sons & their wives, which of them were in the army, which regiment, when joined . . . . Even the index itself yields lots of useful stuff. And don't despise search engines. Paul > > From: Sandra J Smith <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/10/28 Thu AM 11:36:07 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-BUCK] Where else can I look? > > In the case of Buckinghamshire - use the Posse Comitatus - almost the > equivalent of a simple late 18th century census, listing all males over 16. > Sandra > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/