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My research approach has much in common with a magpie. I go for the shiny bits, with a focus on JACKSONs and others connected to them through family, geography or financial connections.

For a more systematic approach, see Nick Reddan’s Deeds Project.

My notes (of varying quality) include more than 6,100 memorials so far. For the ones which have been transcribed in full and annotated, there are links included.
Sharon Oddie Brown.
2021-2022 Updates - Added hyperlinks to townland names so researchers can match older versions of townland names as they were spelled in the leases with the current names and maps. Also added are links to family trees.
NOTE: For researchers who seek specific Grantors and Grantees or specific townlands, unfortinately Google site-specific searches are a bit hit and miss. It works best to use the page hyperlinks beneath to the right of the map beneath, and use page-search.
2023-2024 Updates: Hundreds of new hyperlinks & new or edited memorials added

 

Deeds Research –links to my notes.
Made possible also because of a helpful tool for finding townland indexes - thanks to Nick Reddan.

My primary research focus has been on JACKSONs and/or OLIVERs, as well as on the dozens of families with family, business or neighbour connections to them. JACKSONs can be found in every county in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The OLIVERs of interest to me have been mostly in Northern Ireland.
Caught by the far-flung net of my searches are hundreds of other names as well as hundreds of townlands. Enjoy.
  1. Books 1-30 (1708-121). Updated Aug 9, 2024 278pp
  2. Books 31-75 (1718-1734). Updated Aug 9, 2024 264pp
  3. Books 76-100 (1722-1741) Updated Aug 9, 2024 186pp
  4. Books 101-150 (1713-1752) Updated Aug 9, 2024 246pp
  5. Books 151-249 (1751-1766) Updated Aug 9, 2024 333pp
  6. Books 250-339 (1766-1780) Updated Aug 23, 2024 261 pp
  7. Books 341-409 (1777-1789) Updated Feb 9, 2024 237pp
  8. Books 410-499 (1789-1794) Updated Feb 9, 2024 230pp
  9. Books 500-619 (1795-1810) Updated Feb 9, 2024 324pp
  10. Books 620-750 (1810-1820) Updated Feb 10. 2024 214pp
  11. Books 751-899 (1820-1832) Updated Feb 10, 2024 223pp
  12. Later Deeds-1825-1850 Updated Feb 11, 2024 253pp
  13. Later Deeds-1851-1920 Updated Feb 11, 2024 146pp (more to come)
    *Old file:     Later Deeds - starting 1825 Updated May 28, 2023

NOTE:

  • The links above connect to more than 3,000 pages of transcripts including notes on over 6,000 memorials.
  • Some memorials have only been noted briefly, while others are close to completely transcribed.
  • The previous "later deeds" page became too large to readily upload, and so I split it into two pages. Eventually, I will delete the earlier version: Later Deeds - starting 1825.
  • There are overlaps in the date ranges because the date of the agreement and the date of the registering of the memorial can differ. I usually just record the original date of the agreement.

Please let me know [Contact] if you spot errors. I will correct them as soon as possible. There will be errors!

 

OTHER PAGES OF MY NOTES ON DEEDS
NOTE: sometimes it helps to make sense of deeds when they are grouped in smaller sub-sets.
NOTE: If the date of the most recent update beneath is earlier than the updates in the links above above, best to check both.

  1. Antrim: Books 1-499; Books 500-end Updated: December 19, 2023
  2. Armagh 1708-1738 Land Index Added February 27, 2018
  3. Armagh Corporation 1708-1810 Memorials of Deeds from the Townland Index The Armagh Corporation was a geographical area in the Barony of Armagh that roughly encompassed the city of Armagh boundaries. My main focus in this area is in the families that did business with or intermarried with the OLIVERs.
  4. Co, Armagh Memorials of Deeds. in three parts: Part 1 (BK 1-329 - 1708-1779); Part 2 (Bk330 - 1779-1829); Later Deeds: 1830- . These notes help me to track various families and places in Co. Armagh of interest to me: JACKSONs, OLIVERs, McCULLAGHs and others.They now include many more hyperlinks to townlands.Updated: February 8, 2023.
  5. Coleraine - JACKSONS Annotated version . Updated July 13, 2016 Also Dec 2023: 1839-1810 Annotated list and Coleraine Townland Index 1739-1810
  6. JACKSON Grantors 1708-1799 Added February 8. 2017.
  7. My personal checklist of a range of Grantors that I am looking into.
  8. JACKSONs in Dublin Deeds. NOTE: This was last updated in 2012. It is due for a major update. In the meantime - see Dublin - Memorials of Deeds 1708-1725 -Updated August 8, 2024 .
  9. Dublin - Memorials of Deeds 1708-1725. Updated August 8, 2024
  10. Dublin - Stephens Green. Leases relating to JACKSONs. Updated: December 19, 2023
  11. Deeds mentioning JACKSONs & POOLEs. This was compiled as part of my research to connect the POOLE and JACKSON families of Co. Longford, Dublin & Kings Co. Added April 4, 2019
  12. Co. Longford - JACKSON connected deeds Added April 4, 2019
  13. JACKSON & POOLE connected deeds - Longford, Dublin & Kings Co. Added April 5, 2019
  14. 2018 GORE and SALE aka SALL deeds This is part of exploring JACKSON-GORE-ASHE connections. Added April 5, 2019
  15. Town of Sligo - 1708-1739 Notes on deeds with a focus on JACKSONs. June 28, 2019
  16. Townland Clusters – a tool for unearthing women’s history. In the timeline which I have cobbled together beneath, clusters of holdings which Abigail JACKSON (1683-1763) held in Dublin, Cavan, Meath and Monaghan, were mentioned in her January 5, 1737 marriage settlement (see beneath for my notes on it), echoed the holdings listed in the will of Samuel JACKSON (1705).  Her marriage memorial was recorded 31 years after the death of her uncle Samuel JACKSON of Dublin when she was 54 years old and her (second) husband Oliver CROFTON (1710-1780) was 27 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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