Tax rolls

Peter-pence, Poll-money, and Poll-tax:
11 June 2014 A tax on one's very existence? Yes, indeed, such taxes were common in the past. Regardless of social or economic status, taxation was a burden that every free person was expected to share. Today's terms cover three of those tax types that have fallen from disfavor ...
EE Wed, 06/11/2014 - 07:00
Those Deceptively Simple Tax Rolls
17 February 2014 When a tax roll is arranged alphabetically—or semi-alphabetically by first letter of surname—that makes it easy to find a person of interest, right? Wrong! If we simply search under the "proper" letter of the alphabet, we'll miss much.
EE Mon, 02/17/2014 - 07:00