On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:43:13 -0000, Lenore Hailstone <lenhai@charter.net> wrote: > That was a lot of names, but none of mine turned up. I am searching > White, Parsons, Hailstone, Perrett. What did it take to be able to vote > in those early days? I am sure mine were all pretty poor folk. > thanks for the posting, though! I am sure it must have helped lots of > people! Hi Lenore, I can't give a definite answer to your question of 'What did it take to be able to vote in those early days?', but I would think that the qualification to vote was based on property. In Bristol, burgesses of the city were also among those who voted in the 18th-century elections. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com