Question: Does anyone have a 'feel' for how much our ancestors moved from townland to townland in the first half of the 1800s? If I look at the parish of Killoe and find only some of the children of 'James HUGHES' in the church records there, was it likely that the other Hughes children may have been born in another parish? or was movement from townland to townland not commonplace in the early 1800s? Thanks for the help, Charlie King _____________________________________________________________ Click here for free information on starting a business from your home. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iieVCyMhyBiTZf0iaRfVzNAZzNrCNi8kZpwHsf4ufWt3AUD3u/

If you are researching Catholics, there is a great probability of movement, as they were not allowed to own property at the time, so you were at the mercy of a English landlord and to the ability to pay the rent.. In addition townlands are relatively small units, so the bigger the family the more likely the children, at the least, moved on. (some are not much bigger in land area than a suburban development of today, but dependent on farming not industrial work, so there is a limit on the amount of people it would support) Mike -------Original Message------- From: king133@juno.com Date: 04/17/08 18:15:53 To: irl-longford@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-LONGFORD] Relocation in County Longford in 1820s Question: Does anyone have a 'feel' for how much our ancestors moved from townland to townland in the first half of the 1800s? If I look at the parish of Killoe and find only some of the children of James HUGHES' in the church records there, was it likely that the other Hughes children may have been born in another parish? or was movement from townland to townland not commonplace in the early 1800s? Thanks for the help, Charlie King _____________________________________________________________ Click here for free information on starting a business from your home. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iieVCyMhyBiTZf0iaRfVzNAZzNrCNi8kZpwHsf4ufWt3AUD3u/ ********************************** Griffith's Valuations: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1383 - Release Date: 4/17/2008 9:00 AM