New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland. Second Edition

by Brian Mitchell

Overview

The most important record source, the mid-19th century survey of Ireland known as Griffith's Valuation, is organized by poor law union, parish, barony, and county. But wills probated before 1858 are organized by diocese, and after 1858 by probate district; while parish registers, marriage license bonds, and census records all have an organization linked to one or another of these administrative divisions. To help in identifying the precise location of these divisions, and thus their jurisdiction, Mr. Mitchell has drawn at least three maps for every county. The first county map depicts the civil parishes; the second shows the baronies and dioceses of that county; the third illustrates the poor law unions and the parishes included in the probate districts serving that county.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806316840
Publisher:	Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/08/2009
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	202,421
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
	The Counties of Ireland	19
	The Dioceses of Ireland	20
	The Probate Districts of Ireland	21
	Antrim	22
	Armagh	28
	Carlow	33
	Cavan	37
	Clare	42
	Cork East	46
	Cork Middle	50
	Cork West	54
	Donegal	58
	Down	63
	Dublin	68
	Dublin City	72
	Fermanagh	76
	Galway	81
	Kerry	85
	Kildare	89
	Kilkenny	93
	Leitrim	97
	Leix (Queen's County)	101
	Limerick	105
	Londonderry	109
	Longford	114
	Louth	118
	Mayo	122
	Meath	126
	Monaghan	130
	Offaly (King's County)	135
	Roscommon	139
	Sligo	143
	Tipperary North	147
	Tipperary South	151
	Tyrone	155
	Waterford	160
	Westmeath	164
	Wexford	168
	Wicklow	172

Editorial Reviews

Anyone who has had even a brush with Irish genealogical research knows of the difficulties in determining exactly where his or her ancestors lived in the old country. Add to that the challenge of identifying the many civil and ecclesiastical divisions that hold records for the area where the ancestors resided, and soon the head spins with parish names and boundary lines. Books such as John Grenham's Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (LJ 5/15/00. 2d ed.) and James G. Ryan's Irish Records (Ancestry, 1997) aptly define and detail the types of records available from the various divisions and offer some civil and church parish maps. Mitchell, the author of numerous Irish genealogy books, including Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy, complements these books by providing four or five different boundary maps for each county of Ireland. In fact, the author states in his introduction that for the most thorough description of geographical boundaries the book should be used in conjunction with the General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland (Genealogical, 2000. rev. ed.). Where the first edition of Mitchell's book (1986) provided maps of civil/Church of England parishes, baronies, and Poor Law Unions, the new edition includes maps of Roman Catholic parishes and Presbyterian congregations as they were by the mid-1800s. In addition, general maps highlight the counties and provincial boundaries, dioceses and ecclesiastical provincial boundaries, and probate districts. Readers can move back and forth among the maps for each county to see the boundaries and names of the administrative divisions and how the various divisions overlapped. This provides a more complete vision of what entities had jurisdiction over the areas where their ancestors lived, giving readers a much better idea of where to look for genealogical records. Highly recommended for public and genealogy library collections. Elaine M. Kuhn, Allen Cty. P.L., Ft. Wayne, IN Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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