Category Archives: Ireland

New King’s County Map c1840

New addition to website large King’s County (County Offaly) Map 96cm x 65 cm (~38 inches x 25 inches) with fabric backing. Civil parish boundaries shown in red. See Ireland Maps section – King’s County Index Map c1840  

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How do they do it ? – Scanning Maps

Process used to scan a Historic Map and make available in a browsable format online. The map used in this example is a large ~ 78 x 82cm (30.5″ x 32″) map of Dublin City and Environs from Thom’s Directory … Continue reading

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Introduction ‘Guide to the County of Wicklow’ Rev. G.N. Wright 1822

by the Rev G.N. Wright, illustrated after the designs of George Petrie esq., printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Pasternoster Row, London 1822 see page images and index to contents below – and also the map from this guide The county … Continue reading

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Description of Roebuck from F.E. Ball’s ‘History of Dublin’

Description and history of the townland of Roebuck from the entry for the Parish of Taney in “A History of the County of Dublin” Part 2 by Francis Elrington Ball, published 1903. (part of a test of new scanning system) … Continue reading

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Using the GRO Image Browse Tool – Example

following on from the article detailing the Browse GRO BMD Image tool I’ve included an example below on how to use the indexes on FamilySearch / FindMyPast in combination with the GRO Image Browse tool to locate correct images for … Continue reading

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