This was posted to another list and I thought it might be of interest. ---------------Original Message--------------- Taken from PRONI : Your Family Tree 14 Muster Rolls 1630 These contain lists of the principal landlords in Ulster, and the names of the men they could asemble in an emergency. They are arranged by county, and district within the county. PRONI MIC 15A/52 & 53 Books of Survey and Distribution Compiled around 1680 as a result of the wars of the mid 17th century when the English government needed reliable information on land ownership throughout Ireland to carry out its policy of land distribution. The Books of Survey and Distribution are laid out on a barony and parish basis and includes a record of land ownership before the Cromwellian and Williamite confiscations as well as the names of the individuals to whom the land was distributed. PRONI D.1854/1/1-23 Civil Survey of Ireland Sir William Petty`s Civil Survey of Ireland, compiled between 1655 & 1667, contains lists of the principal landlords of each townlands as well as their predecessor before the Cromwellian confisctions of 1641. It contains a great deal of topographical information arranged by county, barony, parish and townland. Unfortunately very little of this survey remains, although Co Londonderry and Co Tyrone are available. PRONI T.371 Census of Ireland c 1659 This census of Ireland was compiled by Sir William Petty and contains only the names of those with title to land (tituladoes) and the total number of English and Irish residents in each townland. Five counties, Cavan, Galway, Mayo, Tyrone and Wicklow are not covered. See the following: Co Armagh 1659 Census MIC.15A/72 Co Antrim 1659 Census MIC.15A/72 Co Fermanagh 1659 Census T.808/15064 Co Londonderry 1659 Census MIC.15A/82 Hearth Money Rolls Arranged by county and parish, they list only the name of the householder and the number of the hearths on which he was taxed at the rate of two shillings on every hearth or fireplace. The tax was collected over areas knows as `Walks` and based on the town. The Lisburn Walk, for example covered a large area of the south of Co Antrim and not merely Lisburn town. See the following: Co Antrim 1669 Hearth Money Roll T.307 Co Armagh 1664 Hearth Money Roll T.604 Co Fermanagh 1655-66 Hearth Money Roll T.808/15066 Co Tyrone 1664 Hearth Money Roll T.283/D/2 1666 Hearth Money Roll T.307 Subsidy Rolls The Subsidy Rolls list the nobility, clergy and laity who paid a grant in aid to the King. They include the name and the parish of the person and sometimes the amount paid and the status of the person. See the following: Co Antrim 1666 Subsidy Roll T.808/14889 Co Down 1663 Subsidy Roll T.307 Co Fermanagh 1662 Subsidy Roll T.808/15068 (Enniskillen Town only) Co Tyrone 1664 Subsidy Roll T.283/D/1 1689 List of names of Protestants in Co Armagh attained in 1689 by James II. This is simply a list of names. PRONI T.808/14985 Poll Tax Returns The Poll Tax Rolls list the people who paid a tax levied on every person over 12 years old. They give detailed facts about individuals quite unique in surviving 17th century records. See the following: Co Armagh 1660 Poll Tax Returns MIC.15A/76 Co Down 1660 Poll Tax Returns MIC.15A/76 Co Fermanagh 1660 Poll Tax Returns MIC.15A/80 Co Tyrone 1698 Poll Tax Returns MIC.15A/81 Co Londonderry 1669 Poll Tax Returns MIC.15A/82 Alex Hughes >from Ayrshire, Scotland Searching for Duncan,Bruce,Kilpatrick,Campbell,Fairley,Milne,McKechan, Jamphray,Strathern,Kelso,Smith & Auld in Scotland Searching for Hughes, Graham, McCutcheon, Donaghy, Irvine, Dorian, Kelley & Black in Ireland ----------End of Original Message----------