The Knowles Collection: 19th century Irish "matrimonial map"

13 February 2012

19th century Irish "matrimonial map"

One of the great joys that comes in genealogy is finding that rare map that helps you locate your family. While this map (click to enlarge) will not help anyone find those much sought after ancestors, it may help you get in the spirit of Valentines Day.

A special thanks to the National Library of Ireland (http://www.nli.ie/) for posting this and also to my colleague Alan Mann, who brought it to my attention.

Happy Valentines Day Everyone

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AnonymousDecember 6, 2013 at 2:30 PM
This is so beautiful and creative. I just love the colors and whoever gets it in the mail will be smiling.
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Growth and Change

In the 12 years since the Knowles Collection was first published, the numbers have climbed from 7,500 to over 1,4000,000. So many of our ancestors left their native lands for new homes. Because of that movement the collection will now be in 6 different databases. All of them will be under the Knowles Collection umbrella. They are Jews of The British Isles; Jews of the North America; Jews of Europe; Jews of South America and the Caribbean; and Jews of Africa and the Orient and the newest one, Jews of the Southern Pacific.. This is a great indication of how universal our families are, and of how much still needs to be done.