In reply to Peter Martin, thanks for the info about your experience. I will save your suggestion and work on a good detailed request. I have a Thomas Bartlett, file cutter, who came from Birmingham. There seem to be at least three possible fathers for him, and one name is a favorite because of finding him as an old man with Thomas' family in a Nottingham census. I felt that it could be useful to have a closer look at where the candidates might have lived while in Birmingham christening their children. Most of my English lines have hit brick walls at the point where several people in the area have the same name. I not only wanted to look at Birmingham, but at least half a dozen cities, including London before the fire in 1666. I have found a few maps with parish outlines, but none that are specific as to streets. I like to browse maps, but if that is not allowed I will have to get very specific, which will take a little time. Eileen

Hello Eileen, As one who also feels the need to 'see' where ancestors lived - and their neighbourhoods - I, too, seem to spend a lot of time poring over maps... But I wouldn't imagine that Kain & Oliver's set would be much help to you in solving your problems in Birmingham - for 2 reasons... 1. the scale is too small at 1 inch to the mile; and 2. the boundaries they show for 'Birmingham proper' are no more than Registration Sub-Districts as of c.1880, which were very different from the Ecclesiastical Parishes even at that date :-( Aston is better-covered in that its boundaries are of townships/chapelries from c.1840 - taken from tithe plans, which at least were broadly ecclesiastical. Perhaps your best bet would be to use the 6-in to the mile [or the 10-feet to the mile series] of Ordnance Survey Maps held at Birmingham Central Library [if it's opened yet...] - and to track down their addresses through the Censuses. Gus -----Original Message----- From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Eileen Stonely Phelps Sent: 14 December 2012 22:14 To: WARWICK@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WAR] Warwickshire maps In reply to Peter Martin, thanks for the info about your experience. I will save your suggestion and work on a good detailed request. I have a Thomas Bartlett, file cutter, who came from Birmingham. There seem to be at least three possible fathers for him, and one name is a favorite because of finding him as an old man with Thomas' family in a Nottingham census. I felt that it could be useful to have a closer look at where the candidates might have lived while in Birmingham christening their children. Most of my English lines have hit brick walls at the point where several people in the area have the same name. I not only wanted to look at Birmingham, but at least half a dozen cities, including London before the fire in 1666. I have found a few maps with parish outlines, but none that are specific as to streets. I like to browse maps, but if that is not allowed I will have to get very specific, which will take a little time. Eileen ------------------------------- List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message