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From: Maureen Grant Hayes <>
Subject: Re: [CoTipperary] Re: Newport Parish
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:39:51 -0700
References: <1f0.30c1bca2.2eead340@aol.com>


Thanks for this info. I am thinking I might like to purchase this atlas.
Can you give us the USBN (?) number for ordering or the info of where to
order? Can you tell me how much it is approx?

Thanks,

Maureen

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Subject: Re: [CoTipperary] Re: Newport Parish


> Rosemary at writes:
>
> << Is there a central source which we can use for future questions that
> distinguisih between specific Civil and Religious
> Parishes--geographically? >>
>
> Rosemary,
>
> I have printed sets of RC Parish maps from both the old Local.ie and from
> the
> Ireland.com websites. The latter (Irish Times) site is the better of the
> two. However, once Brian Mitchell's Second Edition of his "New
> Genealogical
> Atlas of Ireland" was published, I have come to rely on that source almost
> exclusively. The particular feature which makes it the most convenient of
> the group
> is that the RC parish map is drawn to exactly the same scale as the civil
> parish one.......and this allows direct comparisons of the two. Although
> I've
> been relying on the visual comparison for most counties (where the general
> boundary lines appear coincident, although fewer for the larger RC
> parishes -
> generally <gr>), I do have transparencies of all of the civil parish maps
> (for
> another project - transferring civil parish boundaries to the Discovery
> maps). For
> a difficult county such as Kilkenny, this transparency allows a visual
> 'overlay' - which helps a lot. So I'd vote for the newer edition of the
> Mitchell
> book.
>
> Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western
> Massachusetts
>
>
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