On 10/23/2010 9:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: > In the 1911 census, the Enumerator in County Limerick sequentially > assigned numbers to each home as he took data. Does anyone know how to > determine > where "House # XX" in that 1911 census would be today? i.e. a map! > I am researching Connell/OConnell in Doon and have found some in > numbered houses in that 1911 census. Can anyone help direct me to > determine > where a specific house # would be today in Doon from that census? > Dave OConnell > Dave, I know of no maps that directly show where houses were, based on the numbering scheme from the 1911 census. Valuation maps are your best bet for showing houses, but the numbering scheme for lots is not the same as the numbering scheme used in the census. You probably wanted an easy answer to your question... I only have 2 answers for you that might be somewhat difficult to implement. First, you could ask a local person there who might still know where these Connells lived in Doon in 1911. If that is not an option, you can trace the property in the Valuation Revision Lists (aka Canceled Books), beginning with 1911 and going forward and backward in time. The Canceled Books are valuation records (for tax purposes) that take the valuation of property forward in time from Griffith's Valuation (the Primary Valuation). Properties were sometimes renumbered over the years, as lots were split or consolidated, but you can trace all that in the Canceled Books, from Griffith's down to quite recent times (usually up to the 1930s - 1960s) - all available on microfilm from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. By about 1920, many people owned the property on which they lived, thanks to a series of Land Purchase Acts (designated In Fee LAP in valuation records). If you find the property on which the Connells lived in 1911 (from the Canceled Books), you can then follow that forward in time using the area (size) of the lot. You can then compare the information on that lot (from the most recent canceled book on microfilm) to the *current* valuation records that appear online at http://www.valoff.ie/search/search.asp To access current records, go to the website above, select the county and put in the townland (Doon?) and nothing else. You will need to choose the correct Doon from the list returned - Doon or perhaps Doon North or Doon South. You can sometimes even match current properties with Griffith's Valuation (bypassing the Canceled Books) by carefully comparing area (acres, roods, perches) even if the lot number has changed. (Some lot numbers might still be the same today as in Griffith's, but most are probably not.) Click on "Details" once you reach a page that has the listings for the correct townland. There might still be Connells there... Try it. Once you have the lot number for a certain date, you can locate the same properties on a Valuation map from the correct era. It is possible to purchase such maps from the Valuation Office. Also, some maps showing the lot numbers are online in conjunction with the version of Griffith's Valuation that appears at http://www.origins.net/ under the Irish Origins part of the website. This is a subscription service that links Griffith's to the corresponding maps (showing the lot numbers if they could find such a map for an area, and there are often several versions for the same area at Origins). Sometimes the maps date to the time of Griffith's Valuation and sometimes they correspond to one of the valuation revisions. You can determine an approximate date by comparing the maps with the various valuations. Warning: This second answer might be difficult to understand if you don't have much experience with Irish valuation records (many of which are available on microfilm from the Family History Library)! I hope I have made it at least somewhat clear. Regards, Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon