We do forget have drastically transport and communication has changed. My mother, is a descendant of a Kinsley from Omagh in the 1830's (although I think they may have changed the name from McKinley). She grew up in a small village in Yorkshire. I constantly ask her about close relatives, and her most common response is, "I didn't know them. If they moved away from the village, we usually never saw them again". This was the 1940-50's.
Barry Perth Western Australia ________________________________ From: Dave Vanable via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> Sent: 30 January 2024 12:01 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <[email protected]>; Dave Vanable <[email protected]> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Schools in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 31 December 1862 Glad the site / link was useful... while I enjoy the hand-drawn maps we have on CoTyrone, I also found it really helpful to be able to use the GPS coordinates that townlands.ie is able to offer. I feel as though the "sense of place" is key to understanding our Irish ancestry... Elwyn has shared how courting used to happen on foot and by horseback, before the bicycle... that has really stuck with me as I think about who might / might not be connected with each other. I usually have Google Maps up while doing research, as the distance can often tell me "yes, probably" or "no, not likely" Dave ------ Original Message ------ From [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To "Dave Vanable" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc "CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date 1/29/2024 4:26:05 PM Subject Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Schools in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 31 December 1862 Ah, perfect, Dave. Thanks. I forgot about this site. I expected it to be closer to Gortin. But, I’ve driven through that area. Tom Sent from my iPhone On Jan 29, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Dave Vanable <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I've found this townland site to be useful for linking legacy townland names to modern-day locations... here's Gort: https://www.townlands.ie/tyrone/clogher/errigal-keerogue/errigal/gort/ Best, Dave
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