Linda, This verify's what my wife has been able to find.  Thank you very much for this information it helps us a great deal. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 4:28:14 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [S-I] 1803 Agricultural Census Antrim Ireland No, Sorry, he would not. The census was taken due to the threat of Great Britain caused by Napoleon. The government made plans in the late 1790s to respond to an invasion including passing legislation that required the lord lieutenant of each county, esp. maritime, to make certain returns related to these defenses. They were to enumerate live stock, wagons, horses available for transport and amount of crops stored. Under the Act of Union the same was required of Ireland. The only surviving returns are many parishes in County Down and the northern parishes of County Antrim. The County Down returns sometimes include various categories of livestock and stored crops, with details such as the numbers of carts and of people able to drive cattle and load carts and willing to serve the Government either as volunteers or for hire. Your three year old has no value in such a census. He is not a head of household. As he can't load carts he is also not included in the counts of people willing to load carts for free or hire, where taken. Had an invasion of Antrim or Down happened, he'd be collateral damage, a refugee, an orphan. He was not an asset during an invasion. The census largely consists of names of the heads of farms so if an invasion occured, they could be organized for a response. For many parishes, not even the names of the farm owners are identified. See"Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors" by Roulston and http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history/family_history_more_sources/family_history_19th_century_sources.htm http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/censusrtns.html http://www.billmacafee.com/1803agriculturalcensus.htm There's a PDF of Antrim on line here: http://www.billmacafee.com/1803agriculturalcensus.htm (recall the census is hand written 200 years ago so the above transcription might not always correctly interpret the contents). Linda Merle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Anderson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 3:55:59 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [S-I] 1803 Agricultural Census Antrim Ireland Hello, I have studied up on this census and would like a little further opinion. Would a wee child age 3 be listed in this census? Thanks Steve Anderson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message