Yes, I gave you the reference because you thought Streamstown townland was renamed Belclare. The reference shows Streamstown townland wasn't renamed Belclare -- they're two different townlands. Streamstown townland is still the same for at least 150 years. If your relatives are Martin and Tom, their houses are in Streamstown townland, not Belclare townland according to Government records. Tom also got a zoning change in 2005 for his land which is listed as being in Streamstown townland. Oceanstrands --- Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Thanks so much for the site references. The 2nd > one, I think, relates to the widing of the road by > my family's homeplace. That would be R 335 from the > fork, back toward Westport. The townlands, of > Streamstown, Knockfin, Clerhaun,may been part of the > task. There is now a 4 - 5 ft wall along the road > sides and even higher in front of the two of my > families houses and the ones across the road. > > > Oceanstrands <oceanstrands@yahoo.com> wrote: > Streamstown Townland and Belclare Townland are > still > there, Streamstown's name wasn't changed. Property > is > being sold in Streamstown. > > Prospectors licences were given to companies > including > the townlands of Streamstown and Belclare in 1988 > and > those are included in the Dáil Éireann debates in > the > following, scroll down the page about halfway, > listed > under the map coordinates O.S. 1” 74, 84; 6” Mayo > 87-8, 97 > http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0379/D.0379.198804200032.html > > There was road widening/bend correction in > Streamstown > in 1999: > http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Mayo&id=670 > > Oceanstrands > > > --- Mary Ellen Chambers > wrote: > > > I contacted him. His reply is The detail maps of > > the Clew Bay area are from the Ordnance Survey. It > > says that the base maps are from 1975 and were > > updated in 1999. > > > > This surprised me, because at least from the > > 1960s, the family use Belclare as the townland > name. > > Remember stopping at the post office for some > > reason years ago and got into a discussion re: old > > townland names and the new ones. I know the names > > show up on the various sites which is good for > > people researching. The names if they got them for > > townland, were from their ancestors who emigrated > in > > the 19th and early 20th century. > > > > Yes, I would assume so. Didn't check it out > > because I'm on Ancestry.com so use that link. > > 1900 Federal Census was the first one for this > > area which actually put street names on the side > of > > each sheet. Earlier census did not which makes > some > > research difficult unless you know the wards. > Which > > also changed over the years. Street names also > > changed in 1906 which even further complicates > > research. > > > > I'm not at home, so do not have those websites but > > if someone would like them for the Wards of > Cuyahoga > > County, The street name changes, etc. I can put > > them online tomorrow morning. Baby sitting and > > decided to check my mail. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >