Loretta: They say that change is good for us - whoever said that wasn't searching for ancestors!!! Old Durham County and Northumberland County (the united counties) primarily made up the OLD Newcastle District. This district stretched from the eastern boundary of Ontario County to about Belleville - it was primarily a Judicial District, but also served as a School District as well. Bowmanville was in Darlington Township, Durham County. As far as old maps go - you could try asking the archivist at the Ontario Archives. There are a number of old maps on file there, but I don't know what size they are, or how much a photocopy would be (if there is such a thing). The Bowmanville Museum has a copy of Tremaine's 1861 map of the County, showing the township boundaries as well as the names of the people who resided on the various lots in each township - does not include the "townies" names, other than those business people from each community that sponsored the map (listed around the edges). Contact the Museum at: <bm.chin@durham.net> I think the maps are about $6.00 Sher Leetooze, Bowmanville, Ont. p.s. - I've sent this response to the list rather than to you privately, because I think a lot of people are confused by the constantly changing place names, and need all the help they can get. >Thank you for the clarification. I'm finding the constantly changing >polictical divisions of this area very confusing...where do >Newcastle District and Northumberland fit in? > >My Mannings were listed in marriage records of Newcastle District >in 1844 as being 'of Darlington'. Their son was b. in Bowmanville. >What was Newcastle District? How would one go about getting a copy of these >old maps? > >Loretta >in Texas > >----- Original Message ----- >From: r & s leetooze <lmjassoc@durham.net> >To: <ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 10:03 PM >Subject: Re: Beaverton, Durham County, Ontario Census, 1901 on Ancestry FREE >until 3/24 > > >> Listers: >> About the post included below: >> Beaverton and Thorah Township ARE NOT and NEVER WERE in Durham County. >> > >__________________________________________ >NetZero - Defenders of the Free World >Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at >http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html > > >