The Civil Parishes roughly have the borders that the church parishes did when the Church of Ireland was established in the 1530s or so. They were the primary government subdivisions in the 19th century, along with Baronies and Townlands I believe that they also served as the parishes for the Church of Ireland but inasmuch as most CofI adherents moved away, surely there must have been some consolidation. The Roman Catholic Parishes have changed many times over the years as the Catholic population increased, and then fell after the Great Famine of the late 1840s. You can find small maps of the Kerry Civil Parishes and Roman Catholic Parishes on the Kerry Web Page (where else?). http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlker/civparlist.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlker/towna.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlker/kerrypar.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlker/parishx2.html The only townland location maps that I have ever seen, other than the occasional effort by a volunteer, are those found on the microfiche copies of Griffiths Valuation. The definitive source for determining where your records are located and what years are available probably would be "Irish Records, Sources for Family & Local History" by James G. Ryan. The book is now in its second edition (1997) which is greatly revised from the first (1988) and has about 100 more pages. It is expensive, so try to find it at a library or inter-library loan. Ray Marshall Minneapolis, where we're having a loverly Summer, awaiting the results on the prognosis for one J. Sweeney who returned from vacation much the worse for the wear. I think the man still thinks he is a youth. -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of mave77@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:58 AM To: irl-kerry@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Civil Parishes: Where to figure out Church Parishes Hi, I'm thoroughly confused about civil parishes and church parishes - If I have a list of civil parishes, and I'd like to find out which church parish covers each, how do I go about this? I've been googling it and searching it for the last half hour to no avail. i.e. The civil Parish of Aglish - which Roman Catholic church or parish will have the records? Thank you. -A