Sheila, If you have a scanner, you can make your own overlays using the maps in "A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland" by Brian Mitchell, 2nd ed. ISBN 0-8063-1684-5. From the work I am doing on plaenames in Co. Tipperary, I can give a warning that the boundaries of the church parishes changed a lot over time, and there is the rare change in the boundaries of a civil parish. Janet On 6/26/09, Cathy Connelly <[email protected]> wrote: > Sheila, > Do you know if any of your Connollys were a James Joseph or James Maurice, > born around 1816 to 1820? Mine married a Catherine Lucy (Her sister was > Hanora Lucy of Skull parish, who married John Sullivan of Bearhaven) but I > have been trying to track my James for years. They went to Canada, then New > York, then Ohio, then finally settled in Missouri. I have found many > spellings but family lore says Connolly was the original. > Thanks, > Cathy Connelly, Texas, USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 6:53 AM > Subject: Parish maps > > >>I second Mary's request: does anyone know of a map that overlays civil >> and church parishes? Years ago I tried exercising my feeble PhotoShop >> capabilities to create one, but most of the maps I had were hand-drawn >> (although >> published) and not detailed enough. >> >> I know it's important: in my own Connolly family from Cork, nominally my >> family members belonged to Kilmacabea parish, and that's where their vital >> statistics are recorded, in Leap. But the family graveyard was at the old >> church at Drinagh West, which was physically closer--and in a different >> parish. If we could superimpose townlands over parish boundaries, it >> would be >> very helpful. >> >> >> Sheila Connolly >> Middleboro, MA >> Connolly of Knockskagh, Regan of Drinagh West >> **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the >> grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >