Leigh, FYI, there were 114 entries for the Broderick surname in the Co. Galway Griffiths Valuation. You should also note most information in Ireland in the 1800s is based on civil divisions of County, Barony, Civil Parish, Townland and Poor Law Union. Townlands aren't generally the same as a town, i.e. market centre and you generally won't find them on a roadmap. Here's a link to a description of the civil divisions: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/2435.asp There's a list of all the townlands in Ireland at http://www.seanruad.com and just select the county you're interested in. Irish emigrants generally referred to their townland or civil parish as the place of origination. Townland maps can often be difficult to obtain for those not living in Ireland. There are microfilm copies from the Ordnance Survey Maps (referenced in Griffiths) thru a LDS Family History Centre. There's also a series of maps called Discovery Maps for all the counties which give much (but not all) of the townland detail. I don't know what their availability is in the US. I believe they can be ordered online and you may be able to order them thru your local booksellers. Eilis O'Hara --- Eilis O'Hara <naeireann4@yahoo.ie> wrote: > Griffiths was a list prepared for tax purposes of > those who rented or owned land in Ireland. It was > completed for all the counties between 1848 and 1864 > and is known as Griffiths Valuation of Ireland or > Griffiths Valuation of Tenements in Ireland. > > It was done in Co. Galway in 1855. Griffiths doesn't > contain any family detail. It lists the townland > (in > the civil parish) and occupiers (i.e. those who > rented > the property), the immediate lessor (generally the > person who actually owned the land), a description > of > the tenement, i.e. land, land house and offices, > land > and house, etc., the area, the rateable annual > valuation, the total valuation of rateable property > and the ordnance survey map reference of the > location. > > > Because there are generally no surviving census > records for Ireland for the 1800s and civil > registration didn't start until 1864, Griffiths is > one > of the major sources of research in addition to > church > registers. > > You need to check the detailed Griffiths lists to > identify if the land had a dwelling on it. Many > people rented land just for farming and didn't live > there. > > You can search Griffiths for surnames and given > names > associated with those online and that's fee based. > The > Irish Origins website gives that fee based access > and > that's the same site used at the National Library of > Ireland in Dublin. > > There are also indexes and transcriptions of it > available online but generally they don't contain > the > detailed information on what was on the land, i.e. > if > there was a house. > > You can access microfilm copies of it at a LDS > Family > History Centre. > > Eilis O'Hara > > --- Lejax99@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 8/24/2004 8:10:42 AM Eastern > > Standard Time, > > CathOneill@aol.com writes: > > > > > If you haven't already done so,you should > conduct > > a search in Griffiths > > > > I am very new to all this and just trying to soak > in > > knowledge.. Can someone > > please tell me what "Griffiths" is.. I did a > > "Keyword:Griffiths" to see if I > > could link to something but of course unless I > want > > to learn more about the > > Andy Griffith Show" not much else was found ; - ) > > > > thanks > > Leigh in Ohio > > > > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > > East Galway Family History Society: > > http://www.irishroots.net/EtGalway.htm > > County Galway Library: > http://www.galwaylibrary.ie/ > > To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including > the > > new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > > to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html