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From: "Gordon Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: Fw: census description
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 02:59:16 -0000


Date sent: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:15:03 -0500
From: "Lynn Prettyman" <>
To:
Subject: Fw: census description
>
> > Hi, Patrick,
> >
> > I asked my researcher that very question last July and she replied that
> "somebody"s" Land meant that a landlord bought up a parcel of land and
> built several houses on them and then leased them out. She also said they
> may also be referred to as "mailings".
> >
> > Lynn in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
> >
*** The reason for the word "mailings" is that there is an old Scots word
"mail" when meant rent, so a mailing was rented (or leased) property.
Gordon.
Professional Historical/Genealogical Researcher
specialising in pre-1700 records.
Trading as KinHelp.
<http://www.web-ecosse.com/genes/genes2.htm&g

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