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

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 > >