by EricColburn
December 2, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Videos
History of Military Surveying Video-Part 4
This Youtube video was presented at Surveyors Rendezvous 2010, Surveyors Historical Society.
by EricColburn
November 24, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Videos
History of Military Surveying Video-Part 3
This Youtube video was presented at Surveyors Rendezvous 2010, Surveyors Historical Society.
by EricColburn
November 17, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Videos
History of Military Surveying – Part 2
This Youtube video was presented at Surveyors Rendezvous 2010, Surveyors Historical Society.
by EricColburn
November 12, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Videos
History of Military Surveying Video-Part 1
With yesterday being the observance of Veterans Day, and many taking a holiday day today, here’s the first of a video series about the history of military surveying.
This Youtube video was presented at Surveyors Rendezvous 2010, Surveyors Historical Society.
by EricColburn
March 17, 2009 in Associate Membership, General, Land Surveying, Links
by EricColburn
March 17, 2009 in Associate Membership, General, Land Surveying, Links
From Publishers Weekly
Scheduled for publication on St. Patrick’s day, this study of the elusive patron saint of the Irish is unique in at least one respect. Thompson (emeritus professor of Nottingham University, England) relies solely on evidence gathered from Patrick’s own writingstwo books in Latin: Epistle to the Soldiers of Coroticus and Confessionto form a biography. He eschews the legends and apocrypha, many amusing, that have over the centuries embellished the meager facts known about Patrick, yet Thompson strives to appeal to general readers as well as theologians and scholars. Terming Patrick “a bad writer but . . . not an out-and-out crackpot,” he poses credible hypotheses about Patrick’s origins as a Briton, his enslavement in County Mayo, his delayed rise to the bishopric and his unusual reaching out to the non-Christian barbarians of fifth-century Ireland. An intriguing story filled with unanswerable questions but highly readable and satisfying. Photos not seen by PW. History Book Club selection.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
E.A. Thompson, emeritus professor of classics at Nottingham University, holds that absolutely all we know about St. Patrick comes from his Confession and Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus. His analysis of these documents gives many details of life in 5th-century Britain and Ireland, debunks medieval lives of Patrick and much modern scholarship, and shows that Patrick was not Ireland’s first bishop, did not work miracles, and did not drive the snakes from Ireland. What he did do was decide, against much opposition, to devote his old age to converting Irish pagans, and thus he became the first Western bishop to evangelize outside the boundaries of the Roman Empire. For professional and amateur, especially Irish, historians. W. Charles Heiser, S.J., St. Louis Univ. Lib.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
by EricColburn
March 17, 2009 in Associate Membership, General, Land Surveying, Links
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, Third Edition
From Library Journal
Written by a professional Irish genealogist at the Genealogical Office in Dublin, this book is the product of more than a decade of professional research. It focuses on tracing ancestors in Ireland and, while designed for researchers at different levels of experience, its intent is to provide help even for the “hard-bitten veteran.” It is organized into three parts: Part 1 addresses the most basic genealogical sources (civil, census, church, and land records); Part 2 discusses more advanced tools (wills, emigration, deeds, newspapers, directories, and the Genealogical Office in Dublin); Part 3 offers a reference guide to a wide range of more fugitive resources (county source lists, printed family histories, church records, and research services, societies, and repositories). Revised editions could profit from more readable maps, more complete and current bibliographical references, an enlarged scope that includes Irish research in the United States and Canada, and a comprehensive bibliography of published sources. Still, the book provides a good beginning as a replacement for Margaret Dickson Falley’s Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research (self-published, 1962). Grenham’s book is by far the best work available on Irish genealogy and is essential for individuals and institutions researching the subject. For a comprehensive collection development article on genealogy, see the reviewer’s “Branching Out into Genealogy,” LJ 11/1/92.–Ed.
- Judith P. Reid, Library of Congress
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
The new edition has been revised to include more broadly relevant material, such as a listing of copies of Roman Catholic records, covering dates, locations and formats. This edition also includes details of the Family History Centres of the Mormon Church, one of the world’s richest genealogical archives. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
by EricColburn
March 17, 2009 in Associate Membership, General, Land Surveying, Links
Irish Book of Arms Genealogy Heraldry
Product Description
The first book to capture both the arms and family history of the old Irish Septs, and the newer ‘settler’ families from Scotland and England. Documented with Locations, Dates and Sources. The actual Color Coats of Arms and Blazons are included for many of the families, and many others are displayed in black and white exactly as they are found in the old works in the Irish Archives. Seats of power; forfeited arms; Extinct lines; Noble orders; Badges; and Peeresses are included, making this the most complete work of its kind.
About the Author
Michael C. O’Laughlin is the leading author in the field with over 12 hardbound titles in print, as well as the monthly newsletter, ‘Irish Families’, (since 1978). He also served as president of the Irish Genealogical Foundation and holds a large private library of Irish works. He is the author of the ‘Irish Families’ series of books, which stand as the largest genealogical collection of its kind.
by EricColburn
March 17, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business
Plantation Acres: An Historical Study of the Irish Land Surveyors and His Maps (The U.H.F. historical series) ANDREWS, J. H. (1985).The U.H.F. historical series, 8. [Belfast], Ulster Historical Foundation.
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