This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AnnetteCode Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.lex.general/2806.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You should look to local heritage and/or museum societies for the answers to questions such as these. There maybe books that would answer this sort of question. Most of the research here is just birth, marriages and deaths, simple genealogy. 98% of the Irish were farmers in the 1800's. www.askaboutireland.ie has the Griffith Valuations used as a census substitute for the 1850's. You can see the head of household as occupier and a tenant of, what the description is of the land: house, outbuildings-offices, acreage is any expressed as acres, roods and perches. You can see who the neighbours are and possibly the families they married into. Directories are on www.failteromhat.com for 1824 & 1846 I have later ones if necessary. They also have a simpler version of Griffith Valuations. You maybe able to find people in the www.landedestates.ie as most of the land was in the names of the English aristocracy. Where you find records can depend on religion as to where found or stored. www.nationalarchives.ie for 1901/1911 Census www.censusfinder.com United Kingdom Ireland County www.igp-web.com County there are other websites not permitted on the message board as they are 'fee paying' including that of bmd's for Laois/Queen's County. Annette Code no relation Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.