Jim, There are two Farhtingstown in Westmeath. One is 1804 acres in the barony of Fartullagh, civil parish of Castlelost, Mullingar. The second is 281 acres in the barony of Rathconrath, civil parish of Rathconrath, Mullingar. You can search for other townland names at www.seanrud.com. Hope that helps. Jil >From: "Alberto Savaglia" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [Irl-Westmeath] McGLYNN >Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 02:31:43 -0300 > >The Griffith's Valuation doesn't mention relationships between people with >the same mane. You can use as a guide to prove the relation with other >documents. >For births, mariage and death you must use parish registers. They generally >starts in 1830' with some towns older. >Concerning the name Farthingstown I suppose is the name of the townland. It >is the smallerst land division in Ireland. There are many of them belonging >to the same parish (catholic). These names are not in maps excep you obtain >one 1/2 inch to 1 mile Nº 13 for the area you are looking for. I use Nº 12 >for the easter part of Westmeath and South Longford. It may contain the >towland you are seraching. In the book relating Longofrd census of 1901 it >has a map with all the towlands of Co. Longford and this map has all the >divisions in this county. I never see one for Co. Westmeath. >I hope this help and excuse my terrible english >Alberto >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jim Roan <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 3:24 PM >Subject: Re: [Irl-Westmeath] McGLYNN > > > > Hi; > > > > My name is Jim Roan and I am new to the list. I am seeking records for a > > Bernard ROWAN or ROAN who was listed in Griffith's Valuation as living >near > > Rochfortbridge (from a map reference provided by the Valuation Office of > > Ireland). A microfiche also lists a birth in 1864 of Bernard's son, >Peter > > ROAN, in Tyrellspass near Rochfortbrdge. My questions are: > > > > 1. The townland for Bernard ROAN is listed in Griffith's as >Farthingstown. > > Does anyone know if this is a village or does it denote an area? > > > > 2. There appears to be a relationship between a Patrick ROAN and Bernard > > ROAN, but have been unable to establish the nature of it. The valuation > > books containing the valuation of Bernard's land shows that he sublet to >a > > James ROAN (son?). The spelling of their surname: ROAN, was changed in >1886 > > to ROWAN for all three: Patrick, Bernard, and James. > > > > 3. There are several ROAN's listed in Griffith's Valuation around > > Kilbeggan, Tyrellspass, and Tullamore in County Offally: all within a >few > > miles of each other. > > > > 4. I have not found anymore LDS films that I can use for births/deaths >in > > this area. Can anyone recommend an approach? > > > > Is anyone researching the surname ROAN or ROWAN in Westmeath? > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > > > Best Wishes, > > > > Jim Roan > > Marysville, WA > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com