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◦John Tierney Headstones to Homesteads . EACHTRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS EACHTRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS [email protected] August 2015 August 2015
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◦John TierneyHeadstones to Homesteads
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EACHTRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTSEACHTRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL [email protected]
August 2015August 2015
Outline• Historic Graves
– Background– Some Results– How-to
• Homesteads– Dept of Foreign Affairs
• Emigrant Support Fund– Peter Robinson
» Start with Passenger Lists» Step to Church records» Use headstones to link into community» Trace homesteads
– Dept of Taoiseach• Local Diaspora Engagement Fund
– Community surveys» How to» 1. Recce» 2. Number» 3. Survey photo» 4. Record
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WHO?
© Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Count(y)Cork 131
Limerick 105Tipperary 48Waterford 32
Laois 208Offaly 7
Galway 12Westmeat
h 4Dublin 20Kildare 6
Kilkenny 57
‘You treat the dead like the living’
Dan Collins, stonecutter and monumental sculptor
‘By mistakes you’d often learn’
http://historicgraves.com/graveyard/st-nicholas-old-
graveyard/li-stnl
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HOW?
Historic Graveyards tend to have a common geography1.Church buildings usually have an east-west orientation2.Headstones usually face east (representing Jerusalem)3.Reuse of grave plots results in burial rows.4.In many graveyards the densest concentration of headstones is south of the church. The northern part of the graveyard is usually sparsely occupied.
The Geography of an Historic Graveyard
south
north
west east
Audio recorder
Zoom H2
GPS CameraSony HX20
Lenser P7
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A relative location
sketch plan - draw the
headstones by row. Start
at the SW corner
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4Sequence for filling in the record sheet1 write in graveyard name, county, memorialnumber, county initials and date
2 draw an outline of the grave memorial
1 write in graveyard name, county, memorialnumber, county initials and date
3 write out the epitaph, letter for letter,line for line
4 transfer all names in the epitaph, townlandname, dates and ages
Every Historic Graveyard Survey builds a Graveyard Folder which contains 1.Grave Memorial Register2.Sketch Plan3.Thumbnail Contact Sheets (colour)4.Numerically filed record sheets
The Graveyard Folder
Register Sketch Plan Contact Sheets Record Sheets
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Summary
1. Community led2. Simple sketch plans
3. 1 geotagged photograph per headstone
4. Paper archive5. Publish Immediately – fix as you
go
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MOVE FROM HEADSTONE TO HOMESTEAD
Department of Foreign Affairs
Emigrant Support FundThe Peter RobinsonBallyhoura LeaderAmanda SlatteryDr Paul McCotter
Eachtra
Peter Robinson SettlersStep 1 – match passenger lists to local records in Ireland
Step 2 – use local records to connect to local communities a.historic graveyard surveys and
b.Historic homestead identificationStep 3 – Combine with the same records in Canada
O CONNELL, MOVANERICKARD DIED 16.12.1959NAN DIED 31.10.1953DENIS DIED 3.12.1972DICK DIED 11.5.1989JOAN DIED 8.8.1991MAI REIDY DIED 3.1.1995
ERECTED BY Mrs DAVIDBOURKE OF APPLETOWNIN MEMORY OF HER BELOVEDFATHER RICHARD CONNELLWHO DIED DECEMBER 20TH1831 ALSO OFHER MUCH BELOVED DAUGHTER CATHERINE BOURKEWHO DIED MAY 31st 1854REQUESCATIN PACE AMEN
3 Simple Steps to recording historic homesteads
1.Reconaissance1. Build Sketch Plan2. Build list of Names
2.Record1. Geotagged Photographs
3.Publish1. Shared spreadsheet2. www.thememorytrail.com
Department of Taoiseach
Local Diaspora Engagement Fund
Local Diaspora Engagement Fund Historic Homestead ProjectSept & Oct 2015
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1. Recceosi.ie
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml
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http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,619177,590036,3,10
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,622035,584242,4,10
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Form N – Enumerators Abstract - use this for each townland/street
Maps.bing.com http://binged.it/1WIvPuw
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2. Record
1. Geotagged photograph
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House 1, Kielys52.028881, -7.754933
House 2, Kielys52.028756, -7.754783
House 3, Murrays52.028195, -7.753742
52.010613, -7.812960
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3. Publish1. www.thememorytrail.com
MappingPlaces+People+Events+Stories=
Memory Trail
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www.thememorytrail.com
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Conclusions1. 30 year plan2. Simple, Practical & Digital3. linking communitiesa. within Irelandb. outwith c. what do boundaries mean today?d. telling our own histories
If you want to be involved email [email protected], follow us on facebook and twitter twitter.com/historicgravesfacebook.com/historicgraves
