Ladles and jellyspoons:

Another related online article, just posted to 'MapHist'.  I shan't
forward any more on the subject.  Honest.

Francis H.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Bresler [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:45 AM
To: Discussion group for map history
Subject: [Maphist] Irish maps


Dear friends:

I thought the following story in the Boston Globe might interest some of
you:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/08/29/online_map_archive_
an_irish_genealogists_pot_of_gold?mode=PF

Online map archive: An Irish genealogist's pot of gold

By Raja Mishra, Globe Staff  |  August 29, 2006

Ireland's past will come to life tomorrow when the Irish government 
plans to unveil an online map archive with details of every town, 
street, and farm on the Emerald Isle dating back nearly 200 years -- 
an unprecedented achievement expected to be a treasure trove for 
those tracing their Irish ancestry.

For 5 euros a day, roughly $6.40, computer users can access visual 
images of more than 30,000 maps of Irish localities dating back to 
1824, a database cobbled together from the vast archival holdings of 
the government and universities in Ireland. Users can search the 
database by zooming in on maps, or using key terms, to pinpoint where 
their relatives once lived, eliminating often fruitless searches in 
Ireland's aging paper archives, which are spread out among several 
facilities and often consume time that could be spent visiting 
ancestral hometowns.

And for those not inclined to travel, the database alone offers rich 
details about 19th century life in Irish neighborhoods: individual 
plots of land, cemeteries, schools, hospitals, businesses, factories, 
wells -- even trees and bushes are mapped out.

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