Barrie at [email protected] writes: << I have several references to 19C relatives in Westmeath at 'Low Baskin', 'Low Barken' and 'Low Bracken'. They appear to be mistranscriptions. But which? Could someone put me right on the spelling[s] and the exact location[s]? >> Barrie, The townland is Baskin Low. It is located at 183 489 on Discovery map 48. It's about 7 miles due north of Moate and between 2 and 3 miles due west of Ballymore. It lies along the west bank of the Dungolman river and just south of the R 390 between Ballymore and Athlone. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts