Actually they are found by " Griffith's Survey Maps & Plans, 1847-1864" and you have to search by place name for the correct map. There is no link at all with the surnames. But this is hardly surprising as they are awful! I bought a copy (reduced size) of the area where my great-grandfather came from and could hardly read the plot numbers, so I was hoping for help with that. These are reduced far more, so that it is a job to read the names of the places! What a disappointment! Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hooke via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: "'Fíona Tipple'" <fiona.tipple@ucd.ie>; <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [G] Griffith's Valuation - maps Hi Fiona I have a world subscription and assuming these are 1864-1867 are found by Ireland, search,A-z record sets ,Griffith valuations. Transcripts are writing ,the other view items are maps .hope this is helpful. Regards Richard -----Original Message----- From: goons-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:goons-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fíona Tipple via Sent: 21 November 2014 12:51 To: goons@rootsweb.com list Subject: [G] Griffith's Valuation - maps FindMyPast has just added maps to its Griffith's Valuation set. I've had a quick look - they're not easy to find! - and the important thing is that these are the *original or near original maps*, as they were drawn up by Griffith's surveyors. Previously these maps were available only through the Origins website, which was acquired by Bright Solid earlier this year. The maps accompanying other published versions of GV (on AskAboutIreland, for instance) are later than these - clearer, but later. What I haven't worked out yet is how to *find* them on FMP. I used the link on FMP's message about them first - no problem - but I don't yet know how to link to them from the results page. I assumed there would be a link, but if there is, I haven't found it yet! Fiona

I know that the maps are quite difficult Polly (especially on a laptop), but they are the originals and map the holdings as they were when the survey was carried out. The maps on some other sites are later, and don’t necessarily show the holdings as they were originally. I think it’s important to see the originals so that you can actually see what was there. The first time I saw my g-g-grandfather’s holding plotted on the original map I realised that the “House” mentioned in the valuation is now (today) a byre, and that the “office” is gone. The maps on AskaboutIreland are much clearer - and do link from the surnames - but are quite a lot later. I think the big disappointment with the way FMP have gone about this is, as you say, that there’s no link between the surnames and the maps. Daft! Fiona On 21 Nov 2014, at 14:45, Polly Rubery via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Actually they are found by " > Griffith's Survey Maps & Plans, 1847-1864" and you have to search by place > name for the correct map. There is no link at all with the surnames. > > But this is hardly surprising as they are awful! I bought a copy (reduced > size) of the area where my great-grandfather came from and could hardly read > the plot numbers, so I was hoping for help with that. These are reduced far > more, so that it is a job to read the names of the places! > > What a disappointment! > Polly > ----- Original Message -----