Gordon, The maps on the Griffiths site are good, but they date from the 1870s. For anyone interested in earlier maps the OS series on the PRONI site give more options.
Sorry to hear that your ancestor's house has gone. That's quite common. Apart from the obvious fact that many poor quality premises just disintegrated, the other thing is that Ireland is not (as some seem to hope) an open air museum. We aren't that sentimental about old houses and if they are in the way, we knock them down. Modern farms require larger barns and use bigger tractors. Greater space is required and redundant buildings just get cleared away. Small damp thatched houses with an outside toilet - however cute - aren't where we want to live. The only saving grace is that most families take a photo of the old farmhouse before they demolish it. Always ask if they have one of those. But if it was a labourer's cottage, there probably won't be one. Elwyn On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 at 23:59, Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > These OS maps are great, Elwyn, but I generally use the Griffith maps > from mid-19thC, which are probably based on the OS maps anyway, but are > in colour!!! and one can ghost the old onto the modern maps with the > slider. I also find them slightly easier to use. > http://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=placeSearch > I found the actual house that my ancestors lived in from Griffith and > then used Google Earth to 'drive' along the virtual roads where they > lived. Almost as good as being there! Sadly their farmhouse ain't there > any more. :( > > Gordon > > On 23/02/2020 5:36 pm, elwyn soutter via CoTyroneList wrote: > > Susan, > > > > > > You might find the historical maps on the PRONI website helpful: > > > > > > > > https://apps.spatialni.gov.uk/PRONIApplication/ > > > > > > > > There’s a whole set of maps of Tyrone (and the rest of Northern Ireland) > > with the oldest dating to 1832. You can switch between them to compare > the > > changes through the years. > > > > > > > > There’s a button for the map viewer tour on the top right hand side of > the > > screen. Probably worth starting with it. It explains what all the buttons > > do. > > > > > > > > > > Elwyn > > > > On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 at 23:26, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList < > > cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello Susan, > >> > >> The set of Co Donegal maps created by Bob Hilchey are unique to that > >> county only. Sadly, there is nothing remotely close to the detail they > >> contain elsewhere (and freely available online): > >> CIVIL PARISHES and TOWNLAND MAPS > >> And maps of BARONIES and ECCLESLIASTICAL divisions, and additionally, > >> each parish map indicates which POOR LAW UNION they fall within. Bob > >> Hilchey’s maps are essential for Co. Donegal research. > >> > >> As Jim advised, there is a complete set of free online parish maps > >> (indicating each townland) for Co. Tyrone on CTI, but they follow a > >> different format to that compiled by Bob Hilchey. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > >> > >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > >> Windows 10 > >> > >> From: Susan Black via CoTyroneList<mailto: > cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com > >> Sent: Saturday, 22 February 2020 1:30 PM > >> To: Jim McKane via CoTyroneList<mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com > > > >> Cc: Susan Black<mailto:se.o...@telus.net> > >> Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - > >> Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies & Dioceses Maps of Co. Donegal, > Ireland > >> > >> Are there maps like these for Co. Tyrone? > >> > >> Susan > >> > >> On 2020-02-21 3:08 a.m., Jim McKane via CoTyroneList wrote: > >>> Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies & Dioceses Maps of Co. Donegal, > >> Ireland > >>> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/maps/donegal.html> > >>> > >>> A complete set of maps for the whole of Co. 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