Hi Buddy, There's another associated boundary issue that's bothered me a little, or at least, will till I hear an explanation. Kinawley parish, for example, seems to show up both in Fermanagh and in Cavan. Are those two parishes, or one that used to (or maybe does despite the modern border line) cross over the county boundary and have lands in both counties? Crawford. On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Pbuddyf wrote: > The bounderies of parishes are always bounderies of townlands; that is > to say, one townland cannot be contained in two parishes; It sometimes > happens that an estate may lie on both sides of the boundery of a parish, > and that the townland in each parish is called by the same name, and is > considered to be one townland, but in such cases I have always divided teh > townland, and added the word (Upper or Lower, East or West) to the original > name, to serve to distinguish them. > As each parish will be seperately assessed, it is necesary that no confusion > should arise as to the bounderies of any denomination or division belonging > to it, consequently in all cases the boundery of a parish must likewise be > the boundery of a townland as far as that parish or the > county asessment is concerned. > > This statement clears up a mis-understanding of of seperate places/townlands > named upper/lower, east/west. IE.,; one townland, one parish, but in > different estates for tax purposes. > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > 73 de Crawford WA3ZKZ, VP8CMY, ex G4ARR [email protected] "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon