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  • Agricultural produce and livestock
  • Counties, cities and burghs
  • Dates, numbers and sums of money
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Forenames
  • Parishes and districts
  • Property ownership, renting and occupancy
  • Reading older handwriting (palaeography)
  • Registering illegitimate births
  • Searching by place
  • Surnames
  • Unfamiliar words and phrases
  • Weights and measures

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