1 and 30 puts it just by Stranocum, according to my reckoning. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hazelton" <whazelto@midsouth.rr.com> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Bushbank > Tony > > 1.Here is a reference to Bushbank near Balleymoney in 1798: > > http://www.ballymoney.gov.uk/htmlsite/heritage.asp?step=2&id=22&pstring=13,22 > > > 2.Bruce Andrews has created a place index of the modern OS (Northern > Ireland Ordnance Survey) maps for Counties Tyrone > and Londonderry. It includes maps 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18 & > 19. These maps also consist of some portions of Counties Antrim, > Armagh and Donegal. > > According to his index, Bushbank in county Antrim on Map 5 with XY > coordinates of 1 and 30 > Perhaps someone on the list has access to this map and can point you > to a specific location. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland/places/placenameindex.html > > Happy Hunting > Bill Hazelton > Memphis > > > >> > residence was written as Bushbank, I cannot find such a place >> > anywhere. >> > Has anyone any ideas what it could be or was. >> > >> > Thanks >> > Tony Matthews >> > Brampton Ontario. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I have a reprint of a map from about 1900 and using Tony's information I found the townland of Bushbank a little to the north and east of Stranocum, in the civil parish of Derrykeighan. Jack