A great resource I was able to pick up when I visited years ago! On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:45 AM Jim McKane <[email protected]> wrote:
> Our estore has just added this newly released Ebook which has been out of > print and unavailable for many years @ $Cdn12.95 and is immediately > downloadable as a fully searchable pdf file at > > CoTyroneIreland.com Ebook Store > <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/estore/index.php?maincat_id=9> > > *Details - * > > Anyone who has ever searched for their Ulster roots will appreciate the > value of > knowing something about the many territorial divisions, place-names and > spellings > they will encounter. Being able to navigate this maze of locations and > names in > search of ancestral connections is an important first step on any > genealogical voyage. > Sometimes, the name of a village or town-land is the only clue as to where > an > ancestor might have originated. If we can identify the place and link it > to a parish, we > are on the way to discovering which church or civil records might reveal > more > information about our past. > > In 1992, Irish World, one of Ireland's leading family research companies, > published > "Heather, Peat and Stone", a definitive guide to the town-lands and > parishes of County > Tyrone. This A4 size book has over 160 page and contains clear maps of > every civil > parish and Catholic parish in the county, with the town-lands numbered and > named on > each one. It was the first time that both types of maps had been available > in the same > format, and the book proved very popular with people of Tyrone origin > worldwide. > The original print-run soon sold out and in response to repeated requests, > it was felt > the time was right for re-publication - this time as an e-book. > > "Heather, Peat and Stone" also seeks to convey a sense of the wider > culture of Tyrone, > so there are sections on folklore, history and topography, together with > extracts from > writings about the county. Tyrone has been well served by its fine writers > and poets, > and the publishers have sought to bring their voices into the mix so that > the reader will > encounter a range of the flavours associated with this historic county. > > > > > Jim McKane > South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com >
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