I have a question. Is the Galway Voters List on Line, or is it in Dublin at the Archives. Thanks for the response. Judy Christopher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan Burke" <bburke@indigo.ie> To: <IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: [GALWAY] Fw: Voters Lists V05 #23 > Sorry, I omitted the L first time round! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brendan Burke > To: IRL-GALWAY-@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:33 PM > Subject: Voters Lists V05 #23 > > > Hi Bobbie, > Up to 1829 tenant farmers who occupied land with a rateable valuation of > at least forty shillings (2 pounds) could also vote. They were known as > forty shilling freeholders. > The level was raised to £10 in 1829 in a political ploy to soothe the rage > in certain English circles at the granting of Catholic Emancipation. > Brendan Burke > Dublin. > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > Galway, City of Tribes: http://www.irishholidays.com/ggtest.shtml > Ireland GenWeb Co. Galway site: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlgal/Galway.html > To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >