Well, the link to LDS did not entirely make it to the Armagh mail list. But you can paste each of the three lines below into a browser window, being careful to eliminate spaces. On Apr 3, 2007, at 1:51 PM, David Bartley wrote: > Joanne, > > You should try searching the Tithe Applotment books serving as a sort- > of census of landholders for 1822-1837. If you look at the Latter > Day Saints (LDS) Family History site at: > > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/ > supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0% > 2C0&titleno=319193&disp=Tithe+applotment+books+and+indexes%2C+fo++ > > you can find specific films covering surnames or placenames you are > interested in. Then you have to go to your local LDS Family History > Center and find out if they can order the films you want to look > over. Some films are not available, and you might make a trip to > Salt Lake City, or better yet to PRONI in Belfast to view the > records. Or you might find a friend here or hire a genealogist to > look through a few records for you. > > Secondly, PRONI has many records [in some ways not complete] with > details about leased land. These seem to require an effort to look > through, but you may find specifics about ancestors you are > interested in if you should know fairly accurately where they lived > in Ireland. > > Thirdly, there may be church records to explore. > > David > > > > On Apr 3, 2007, at 12:27 PM, Joanne Gaudio wrote: > >> Can someone with lots of experience in researching in Armagh tell >> me if it's realistically possible to find information in the period >> of 1826-1840? I asked a question and received several good ideas >> for places to look for information, but all begin after that period >> - example, Griffiths Valuation, which says it begins in 1847, even >> though it was authorized earlier than that. So I'm wondering if I >> have any hope of finding info from this early a period, or if I >> should just go on to other things! Thanks. >> Joanne Gaudio >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-ARMAGH- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-ARMAGH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >