In a message dated 9/17/98 11:38:01 PM, Kaisa912@aol.com wrote: <<I have names of 7 of my Tumath ancestors, these names are according to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland. I have the names of the Parishes and what I think may be the location. Could someone please let me know how to write these Parish's if they still exist so that maybe they may have further information on my Tumath's. Is there possibly a place on the net where I might get these. EXAMPLE Edward Derryvullan Boyaghan. I know the first column is the name of my ancestor the second column is the Parish name, but I am not sure what the third column means. Thanks for any help that you can offer. >> The last word, Boyaghan, is the most important of all! It is the actual townland where the family lived. A townland is the smallest division of land in Ireland, the address of a family in rural areas. Townlands vary in size, but most are about 300 acres. Usually this means there are 5-6 farms there. Of course, some are much bigger. (By the way, you are not assuming that everyone with this name listed in the Griffith's index, is your ancestor, are you?) Now: so far, all you have looked at is the index! Next (before writing to the parish) you should look next at the actual Griffith's Valuation. Here's how: Go somewhere where they have the microfilm (or maybe even the bound version) of Griffith's Valuation for County Fermanagh. If it is not in a library near you (like a big genealogical library ), go to your nearest LDS Family History Center, look up Fermanagh, and then the Parish name in the Library catalog and order the film. When you get it, you will look through it until you find the listings for the Barony of Lurg. Derryvullan Parish is in this barony. Then look for the townland called Bonaghan , and under that, the name of the person you are seeking. This will give you his name, the person he leased his land from (or if he owned it himself), and details about his house, land, etc. It wil also show you his neighbors, those who owned the other farms in this very large townland. To search for what barony a townland is in, go here: http://www.thecore.com/cgi-bin/ire-srch (This database is incomplete, so if the part you need isn't done yet, contact Seanruad directly. His email address is on the site.) You can read more about the Griffith's and what info it tells you, at: <A HREF="http://www.irish-times.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/index.htm"> Irish Ancestors;Land Records</A>. Then you can order the films of the parish church records from the LDS too. You will need to know what religion they were. Parish in this case, means Civil Parish, which is the same usually as the C of I parish, but the Catholic parishes are different. Good luck, Janet C-S