Hi Rod How I wish that your interpretation was correct.  It would make family history research a lot easier. The tithe maps which I am referring to relate to a field by field survey of England and Wales carried out by the Tithe Commissioners round about 1840.  In general copies of the tithe maps and the corresponding apportionments are held by the appropriate county records office.  More detail can be found by following this link http://www.bahs.org.uk/07n1a3.pdf  I believe that other tithe maps have also been produced by various parishes at other times but not in such a regulated way as the ones commissioned by the tithe commissioners. I hope that this helps.  Kind regards Roger ----- Original Message ---- From: Rod Blaker <rod.blaker@gmail.com> To: rogerofgoostrey@btinternet.com Cc: josie campbell <josiecamp1@yahoo.co.uk>; Chris Phillips <cgp@medievalgenealogy.org.uk>; Christine Jackson <jackson_cf@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 23 June, 2008 2:37:54 PM Subject: Fwd: [SFHG] Tithe Maps Part Two Hi Roger,   Im a noobie and a technopeasant in terms of computers; please excuse.   What you seem to be saying is that there exists a series of Tithe Maps, from time immemorial as to who squatted on what land, over the centuries.  If thats true I could trace my ancestry back to the conquest.    So I have misunderstood what these Tithe Maps are.  Could you explain, or if you prefer, give me the name of someone would would be willing to do so ?  Access to manorial Rolls is patchy; but Tithe Maps sound too good to be true !!   Rod ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ROGER RUSHTON <rogerofgoostrey@btinternet.com> Date: 2008/6/23 Subject: [SFHG] Tithe Maps Part Two To: SFHG <sfhg@rootsweb.com> I had to split this messsage into two parts as it was too large for Rootsweb. In conclusion I have to say that a tithe map combined with the appropriate apportionment is a wonderful resource for family historians and well worth £13.80 (especially if your ancestors were farmers) but I think that ESRO could have done the job much better.  In my opinion a tithe map without the apportionment is almost worthless and is certainly not worth £13.80.  The appropriate apportionment should be included on each CD and should be presented in a similar way to that used by SFHG for their marriage index.  Anyone who is not familiar with Excel would not know for example that it is possible to easily resort the data in order to list all the plots occupied by their ancestors in alphabetical order by surname and first name.  A proper printed label on the CD would have made a professional touch compared to the hand written detail even though it was very neatly done.   Having said all this I should like to point out that in all my contact with ESRO staff (by phone and by email) regarding this issue, I have found them most helpful, as always.   If anyone else has purchased tithe map CD's from ESRO then I should like to hear their comments on the issues that I have raised.  Kind regards Roger Rushton 9885   PS I live in Cheshire where the tithe maps and apportionments are on the Internet without charge.  However this system is more geared towards local historians and overall I prefer the East Sussex approach.      __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html