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=== Using Maps === | === Using Maps === | ||
Maps must be used carefully because: | Maps must be used carefully because: | ||
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** Several places often share the same name. For example, more than seventy localities in Ireland are named Kilmore. | |||
** The place-name on the map may not be spelled as expected. | |||
** Parish boundaries are seldom indicated, so you cannot assume that a locality lies within a certain parish unless the map specifically shows that it does. | |||
===Finding the Specific Place on the Map=== | |||
To be most effective in researching your Irish ancestor, you must identify the place in Ireland where your ancestor lived. Search gazetteers, histories, family records, and other sources to learn all you can about the place where your ancestor lived, including: | To be most effective in researching your Irish ancestor, you must identify the place in Ireland where your ancestor lived. Search gazetteers, histories, family records, and other sources to learn all you can about the place where your ancestor lived, including: | ||
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See the "Gazetteers" section of this outline for additional information on locating places. | See the "Gazetteers" section of this outline for additional information on locating places. | ||
=== | ===Finding Maps and Atlases=== | ||
Collections of maps and atlases are available at numerous historical societies, county record offices, and public and university libraries. Major map collections in Ireland are housed at the Ordinance Survey Office. | Collections of maps and atlases are available at numerous historical societies, county record offices, and public and university libraries. Major map collections in Ireland are housed at the Ordinance Survey Office. | ||
=== | ===Publications that can help you locate maps include:=== | ||
''Rural and City Maps''. Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1985. (FHL book Reg 942 E73c) This source lists British city maps not cited separately in the catalog. | ''Rural and City Maps''. Typescript. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1985. (FHL book Reg 942 E73c) This source lists British city maps not cited separately in the catalog. | ||
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=== Web Sites === | === Web Sites === | ||
*http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/iremaps.htm | |||
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/iremaps.htm | *http://www.ireland-information.com/irelandmaps.htm | ||
*http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ireland.html | |||
http://www.ireland-information.com/irelandmaps.htm | *http://www.lookaroundireland.com/ | ||
*http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/ie.htm | |||
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ireland.html | |||
http://www.lookaroundireland.com/ | |||
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/ie.htm | |||
[[Category:Ireland]] | [[Category:Ireland]] | ||