Christina, Great work on the site. Can you please tell me what the date is attached to the freeholder's list. Date of birth, of acquiring freehold? Thanks Kevin Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Christina Hunt [mailto:Ninah@carolina.rr.com] Sent: 19 November 2001 14:33 To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-LAOIS] Website Update Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I have begun adding a list of Freeholders for Queen's County from 1758-1775. I have A-J online and am working to get the remainder finished. The url is you are interested is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/freeholders.htm *From John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors": "Freeholder: Freehold property is held either by fee simple, with absolute freedom to dispose of it, by fee tail, in which the disposition is restricted to a particular line of heirs, or simply by life tenure. From the early eighteenth century freeholders' lists were drawn up regularly, usually because of the right to vote which went with freehold of property over a certain value." Cheers, Christina

Kevin, The date appears to be the registration of the Freehold. Some people were an exact match and I guessed them to be the same person registering a 2nd time. The right to vote was tied to being a freeholder which might explain being listed more than once. That is just my guess. I just did a set for Tipperary at www.rootsweb.com/~irltip2 and that set was a list for voting. Best wishes, Christina -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Holmes [mailto:kevinholmes@eircom.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 4:28 PM To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [IRL-LAOIS] Website Update Christina, Great work on the site. Can you please tell me what the date is attached to the freeholder's list. Date of birth, of acquiring freehold? Thanks Kevin Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Christina Hunt [mailto:Ninah@carolina.rr.com] Sent: 19 November 2001 14:33 To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-LAOIS] Website Update Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I have begun adding a list of Freeholders for Queen's County from 1758-1775. I have A-J online and am working to get the remainder finished. The url is you are interested is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/freeholders.htm *From John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors": "Freeholder: Freehold property is held either by fee simple, with absolute freedom to dispose of it, by fee tail, in which the disposition is restricted to a particular line of heirs, or simply by life tenure. From the early eighteenth century freeholders' lists were drawn up regularly, usually because of the right to vote which went with freehold of property over a certain value." Cheers, Christina ==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ==== To find other Irish Counties visit Ireland Genealogical Projects: http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com