Hi Folks Had decided there was no need to post about this as so many of you known so much about it already but since thought it might be helpful to a new mapper who has just joined us.
*Dear Genies,* *In October our Expert Workshop will be delivered by* *Brian Hollinshead, **on * *Mapping townlands & other boundaries old and new.* *2:00pm to 3:30pm, Saturday October 15 2016* *Seminar Room, National Library of Ireland, Kildare St.* *Synopsis:* *One of the most difficult things in genealogy or local history research, is to identify a place or origin or residence.* *Irish boundaries and place-names changed over time.* *Records are often stored by old territorial names and divisions, some of which are no longer in use.* *Curiously, the smallest unit - the townland – has one of the best survival rates, and can be used to identify places.* *In this talk, Brian Hollinshead will describe how he became a mapping contributor to the volunteer driven OpenStreetMap resource. OpenStreetMap volunteers have traced by hand all of the 60,000+ townlands in Ireland, to create one of the most remarkable free sources for Irish family and local history.* *Brian's own experience has led him to develop a specialist interest in researching and mapping historic and modern boundaries in Ireland.* *The OpenStreetMap project is currently working on 10 different historical boundaries found in Irish maps.* *This is a free ticketed event.* *Please email in advance [email protected] <[email protected]>* -- Fiona Fitzsimons 5 Whitefriars Aungier Street Dublin 2 DO2 TK24 Ireland Tel: +353 1 6710338 Fax: +353 1 6710281 www.eneclann.ie _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
