> > >How do I find out this information for the name O'Flynn ? > The Griffiths Valuation, a property assessment of all properties in Ireland, took place during the years 1848 to 1864. They began in the south of Ireland and ended in Ulster. It lists all the lessors (not the same as the owner) and lessees (occupiers) of all property in the country. It is the primary 19th century reference in which the poor are likely to be found since none of the censuses of the era survived the Ireland civil war. I recently transcribed the GV for Tipperary Civil Parish, County Tipperary and you can view a page of the transcription to get an idea of the information that you get from the GV: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/tipp/TippGV-D.htm This is the page with the Flinn/Flynns, rarely is the name O'Flynn in the GV. Please note, only head of household is listed in this resource. There are a number of ways to access the GV. It is completely filmed by the LDS Family History Library and listed by county, barony, poor law unions and civil parishes. So if you have a townland name, you need to know the other land divisions to find the film number. You can do so by putting the townland name in the search engine at: http://www.seanruad.com There are two on-line subscription programs with very good indexes. They have the actual GV printed pages where you can save them or print them: Otherdays.com, and Origins.net I highly recommend both programs. They are reasonably priced. There is also a GV index on cd that can be bought on line at many URLs including Ancestry.com. However, be aware of this CD. I have found many errors, especially in County Tipperary. For example, the civil parish that I just transcribed had only three surnames on the cd that started with a letter in the alphabet before M...there should have been almost 1,000! -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton