Jane, Thanks for your e-mail about the server being "out"....I had discovered that fact already by going to the main Roots Web site. I had sent the query below to you November 7th and have not seen any reply now that the server is "up"....if you already have my previous e-mail and have just not gotten to it, then ignore this repeat. Thanks Marcie > Jane, > I have looked at these Ordinance Survey maps at the web site you gave and > they are indeed wonderful. One question.....I could not tell if the maps for > a townland indicated structures or were merely topographical. I could "tell" > on the maps for large towns/cities that structures/houses were indicated. Do > the maps of the very rural townlands indicate where structures/homes were? > Take care > Marcie > > > > Before I write another word - you have to buy these maps if you want them, > > it's not a free map site - though looking doesn't cost anything > > > > The maps are the original 6" Ordnance Survey maps of Ireland, which were > > drawn up 1829-1843 - the maps have been scanned in full colour and at high > > resolution and they were originally drawn up to accompany the Griffiths > > Valuation. > > > > These maps show evertything as it was then - there are often huge > > differences between the Ordnance Survey maps that I would look at today > and > > these old maps - before this company came along, I had access to both > kinds, > > so I know how much the landscape can differ between a map produced by the > > Ordnance Survey Office of a place as it is today or was at the last > revision > > and the original maps. > > > > This company has put the separate maps together, so that if your ancestors > > came from a place that straddled more than one of the maps, they can > produce > > an image that takes in the whole area that you want. You can personalise > > these maps by indicating what you would like to have written on the bottom > > of the map e.g. "The home place of Mary O'Brien" > > > > You can take a look at what the Past Homes site has to offer the URL is > > http://www.pasthomes.com/index.php?aid=83 > > > > Currently, they are offering their maps at a special rate - plus, for the > > month of November sales and shipping is free. > > > > Jane > > > > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > > To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html > > > > ============================== > > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > >