Christina, I hate to complicate your answer, which is a good idea in theory. I used to think that was the case myself... However, I have since compared many census records with land valuation records and have found that Irish census records often list as the landholder the person who appears in the census when I know that person does not "own" the property. I conclude from this that the term landholder in Irish census records was thought to mean "occupier" (person who paid the tax) rather than immediate lessor or actual owner of the property. At least this seems to be the case for most of the census records I have compared with valuation records - probably several hundred cases at least. My conclusion from all this is that if the person in the census is *not* listed as the landholder on Form B1 (someone else is listed instead), then he is probably a tenant of some kind. But if the person in the census *is* the same as "landholder" on Form B1, then he could be the occupier or he could be the owner. I think it is necessary in such a case to consult valuation revision lists to really determine which is true. I have found many instances where valuation records clearly show that the property was acquired by a family listed in census records as "landholder" much later than 1901 or 1911. What is the townland in question here? Perhaps I happen to have made copies of valuation revision lists for it and can check... Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon On 6/13/2012 5:11 AM, Christina Hunt wrote: > Pat, > Look at Form B1 - House and Building return. The last column on the right asks > who the Landholder is. The column to the left of this is Head of family. If the > names are the same in both columns, I would read it that the resident is the > owner. If not the person on the right is the landowner. > > Christina > > irl-limerick-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >> Thanks to all who helped me find Catherine Daly's townland; I was able to find her father (perhaps?) in Griffiths. New question...is there anyway to tell on 1901 and 1911 censuses if the head of household owns or rents the farm? >> >> Pat >