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A searchable index of court documents relating to criminal trials at the Old Bailey Courthouse in Central London. The online records include a transcript of the testimony given at the various trials, which date from 1674 to 1913. Some of the trials that are documented involve people with our family name, either as witnesses or as the accused. Try searching for the surname Dayman!

Collections Canada has created a searchable database of Land Grants.  This is the place to look for homestead records, including maps.

Many of our Dayman, Oke, Butt and Westcott ancestors lived in or near the town of Bradworthy, Devon, England. Here is a short history of the town.

Homestead records are recorded in terms of a Legal Land Description. Sometimes you need to convert the legal land description to latitude and longitude. (For example, if you want to find the location in Google Maps.) This web page can do the conversion for you.

Karla Del Grande found this article, which talks about the possible origins of the Dayman surname.