I use the site quite a bit. When it first disappeared -- and I hadn't heard of the other link --it was really a nuisance because it means having to carry around the text version. Unfortunately that's a problem sometimes with websites -- they disappear never to return. That's apparently what happened to local.ie which was another good site to help people find locations, esp towns that don't appear on roadmaps. For local.ie I haven't found any comparable website yet. Eilis O'Hara --- Christina Hunt <Ninah@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > That's good. I thought so since I got in last night. > This has come up twice > though so It might be a good idea for people to > bookmark the alternate site > for next year. <G> > Christina > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:45:58 +0100 (BST), Eilis > O'Hara wrote: > | The site sponsors have recently continued paying > for > | the site so it's accessible again thru the direct > | link. > | > | Eilis O'Hara > | > | > | --- Christina Hunt <Ninah@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > || www.seanruad.com has had problems in the last > month. > || I understand it had to do > || with the domain name not being re-registered. I > did > || get to it last night > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

There is also one at Irish Ancestors: http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/placenames/index.cfm Same idea as seanruad. Christina On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:34:02 +0100 (BST), Eilis O'Hara wrote: | Unfortunately that's a problem sometimes with websites | -- they disappear never to return. That's apparently | what happened to local.ie which was another good site | to help people find locations, esp towns that don't | appear on roadmaps. For local.ie I haven't found any | comparable website yet.

That's the Irish Times website which is a good reference and has civil parish maps which makes the references in the Townland database make more sense. The Administrative Divisions can be very difficult for researchers outside Ireland especially too since there was a somewhat different configuration before the Sean Ruad list which was ca 1851. Local ie had the small towns/villages (not townlands) often with maps or pictures and was a good reference for those in the US who wouldn't be able to find them on a regular Irish roadmap. So many of the roadmaps US tourists use aren't detailed enough. They could print the maps off local ie and bring them when they came over. Eilis O'Hara --- Christina Hunt <Ninah@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > There is also one at Irish Ancestors: > http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/placenames/index.cfm > Same idea as seanruad. > > Christina > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:34:02 +0100 (BST), Eilis > O'Hara wrote: > | Unfortunately that's a problem sometimes with > websites > | -- they disappear never to return. That's > apparently > | what happened to local.ie which was another good > site > | to help people find locations, esp towns that > don't > | appear on roadmaps. For local.ie I haven't found > any > | comparable website yet. > > > > > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > **Civil Registration began in Ireland > in 1864. Before that time, you will > need to access parish registers. See > http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/helpfulhints ** > > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html