Hi Everyone! My mother was born and raised in Elphin.....I'm curious if anyone else has family members from Elphin. Her maiden name was Scott and family members still reside in Elphin. Thanks, Richard Stewart -----Original Message----- From: rkdoug2000@yahoo.com To: roscommon@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] Towns in Roscommon Marcena--be careful confusing towns with townlands. Towns are much larger, townlands can be a hundred acres. That is probably why you are wondering just how many there are. take a look at www.leitrim-roscommon.com. there you will find maps of parishes (civil and religious--concentrate ont he Civil) and the townlands within the parishes. You might be able to think of the townland, in modern terms, as a suburban development located in a bigger geographical area --the town as we would think of it, or civil parish in Irish terms. Big difference is that the development of the townland would not have been as dense, even in pre=famine days. If I knew where you lived--and I am not asking you to tell--I might be able to give a more concrete example! LOL--the irish geographical units are indeed confusing. Kathleen , PS Welcome aboard! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

Yes, I found my husband's family in Elphin. There are still some there. The family name is Lambert. Adelaide ----- Original Message ----- From: <warrior780@aol.com> To: <roscommon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] Towns in Roscommon > > Hi Everyone! > My mother was born and raised in Elphin.....I'm curious if anyone else has > family members from Elphin. Her maiden name was Scott and family members > still reside in Elphin. > > Thanks, > Richard Stewart > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rkdoug2000@yahoo.com > To: roscommon@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:57 PM > Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] Towns in Roscommon > > > Marcena--be careful confusing towns with townlands. Towns are much > larger, > townlands can be a hundred acres. That is probably why you are wondering > just > how many there are. take a look at www.leitrim-roscommon.com. there you > will > find maps of parishes (civil and religious--concentrate ont he Civil) and > the > townlands within the parishes. You might be able to think of the > townland, in > modern terms, as a suburban development located in a bigger geographical > area > --the town as we would think of it, or civil parish in Irish terms. Big > difference is that the development of the townland would not have been as > dense, > even in pre=famine days. > > If I knew where you lived--and I am not asking you to tell--I might be > able to > give a more concrete example! LOL--the irish geographical units are > indeed > confusing. > > Kathleen > > , > PS Welcome aboard! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security > tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, > free AOL Mail and more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Our family was not far from Elphin.... in Tumna - MULDOWNEY. Loree Muldowney ----- Original Message ----- From: aWard100genbox Yes, I found my husband's family in Elphin. There are still some there. The family name is Lambert. ----- Original Message ----- From: <warrior780@aol.com> Hi Everyone! My mother was born and raised in Elphin.....I'm curious if anyone else has family members from Elphin. Her maiden name was Scott and family members still reside in Elphin.

Hi Loree~ It shows how small the world has become. I loved my trip to Ireland and visiting the house where my mother was born. It's still in the family (Scott) as a working farm and is named the Palace ....generations ago there was once a a Palace in their property, and the name was carried over. Perhaps we're cousins thru marriage....lol. Tell me more about your family? Richard Stewart (from New Jersey) -----Original Message----- From: Loree@dc.rr.com To: roscommon@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] Towns in Roscommon Our family was not far from Elphin.... in Tumna - MULDOWNEY. Loree Muldowney ----- Original Message ----- From: aWard100genbox Yes, I found my husband's family in Elphin. There are still some there. The family name is Lambert. ----- Original Message ----- From: <warrior780@aol.com> Hi Everyone! My mother was born and raised in Elphin.....I'm curious if anyone else has family members from Elphin. Her maiden name was Scott and family members still reside in Elphin. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.