Some Queen’s County farmers in 1821 and a tale of a hound
Small Sources 69: Estate papers are an intriguing mix of the myriad documents generated by a family and their staff in the management of their estate and its tenants, and in their own daily lives, often over several generations. The contents typically comprise rentals, deeds, personal and business correspondence, staff records, maps and wills. While […]
Rentals as a resource for Irish family history
This article deals with rentals, which are the records of the landlord on tenants, their holdings, and their payments. Although these might appear to be purely business records, many contain rich family information. They may be particularly valuable source of family history information for the the 18th and early 19th centuries when other records are […]
