Thanks, again! I will see if our local fhc has that listed for rent! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 3:47 PM Subject: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Wiltshire Poll Book, 1818 (was Wilsford in A Topical History of England by Samuel Lewis, 3rd. edn, 1835) On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:16:17 -0000, Lenore Hailstone <lenhai@charter.net> wrote: > I guess that I have one more big question, is there any site or source > for finding the names of the "laborers" living in these small hamlets? > I am sure they had no wills, probably no taxes, but of course I don't > know that. In my mind I just > picture them leaving no history but their church records, I am hoping > that I am wrong about that. Hi Lenore, Poll Books give information about people in town and country. You can see examples of pages of the 1818 Wiltshire Poll Book if you go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/5181840880/in/photostream/ Use the arrow key to find other pages from this Poll Book. Not all of Wiltshire is covered in these images, but they give an idea of the information available. The pages may be of interest to people whose research interests include Swindon and places nearby. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For anyone who is interested in Poll Books, there is information here: http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/special-collections/featurepollbooks2.pdf The printed label of the Wiltshire Poll Book of 1818 is shown on page 2 along with details of the voters in Purton, Redbourne Cheyney, Sevenhampton and Shorncut. The title page of the Wiltshire Poll Book of 1818 is shown on page 3. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com