Betty, before you go spending money on buying a new atlas; don't forget that there are lots of wonderful and free on-line maps available. My initial thought is about www.multimap.com But also remember that google now has MAPS as one of its "tabs" to search under. I'd recommend trying these before you fork out the money for a hard copy atlas. Also, on the County Derry site, a wonderful man called Murray from New Zealand has been inviting us to use the maps of Ireland which he is putting freely available online on his kiwicelts web-site. I personally have problems with using them ( I am useless with technology) , but most people write back raving about how wonderful they are. Here is his URL for them: http://ireland.kiwicelts.com:80/irishMap/ireMap.html Also, don't forget that there is the most wonderful information about most Irish towns, parishes, baronies, etc, in "Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" c. 1837. Here is the URL for it at Library Ireland: http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/index.php AND: ... remembering your Scottish connections, here is also a URL for Lewis's later (1846) Topographical Dictionary of Scotland: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=308 (that same organisation also has his topographical dictionaries for England and Wales available) HTH: Ray in Oz. Good Luck. Ray in Oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> > And, then I'd like to thank you for the new information you're providing. > I need to summarize it and then find out about the towns you are > mentioning. > > (I found out that there is a new Atlas for "Great Britain and Ireland" > being > sold, and I'll go to a book store in my area and see if they are selling > it. > I need to find out more about the towns and counties in the United > Kingdom.) > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)