Hi Bernadine. You would need to do an awful lot of research in order to find the link back to Scotland and even then, only 1 in 1000 manage that. I never have and I have been researching for 18 years.
These are your families, tho I suspect you already know this: Griffith's Valuation Record Information Tenant Family Name 1 BELL Forename 1 ALEXANDER Landlord Family Name 2 STEWART Forename 2 RICHARD Prefix REV Location County TYRONE Barony DUNGANNON, MIDDLE & UPPER Union COOKSTOWN Parish KILDRESS Townland DRUMSHANBO GLEBE Place Name DRUMSHANBO GLEBE Place Type TOWNLAND Publication Details Position on Page 15 Printing Date 1859 Act 15&16 Sheet Number 28,29 Map Reference 40 Griffith's Valuation Record Information Tenant Family Name 1 MCKENNY Forename 1 MARGARET Landlord Family Name 2 BRADY Forename 2 WILLIAM S. R. Location County TYRONE Barony DUNGANNON, MIDDLE & UPPER Union COOKSTOWN Parish KILDRESS Townland LEGNACASH Place Name LEGNACASH Place Type TOWNLAND Publication Details Position on Page 16 Printing Date 1859 Act 15&16 Sheet Number 29 Map Reference 2 You can find maps of the exact locations of their homes here: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ This is some of their family - Mary Anne's name is McKenzie, not McKinney: Action Source Surname First Name Year County View Civil Birth Bell Mary 1865 Co. Tyrone View Civil Birth Bell Annabella 1864 Co. Tyrone View Civil Birth Bell Margret Annie 1867 Co. Tyrone View Civil Birth Bell John 1869 Co. Tyrone View Civil Birth Bell Maria Jane 1871 Co. Tyrone View Civil Birth Bell Elizabeth 1874 Co. Tyrone They seem to move around a lot as this is just one of their addresses: Civil Birth Record Name: Mary Bell Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1865 Registration Date: 26-Dec-1865 Address: Drumnaglough Parish/District: COOKSTOWN Gender: Female County TYRONE Father: Alexander Bell Mother: Mary Anne McKenzie Occupation: Scutcher Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: Alexander Drumnaglough Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Notes: Check this out for how to research BMDs yourself: https://www.facebook.com/pg/westulstergenealogy/photos/?tab=album&album_id= 10154338584657303 And a bit of rooting around in the CTI website will also pay dividends: http://cotyroneireland.com/ Check out the Tithe Applotment Books in particular. But nothing is going to make the leap back to Scotland, in my experience, as our records rarely go back much before the 1820s and they probably came from Scotland a long time before that. Regards, Boyd https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ https://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/ On 11 June 2017 at 18:49, BernandMartyn Stockton <stockto...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > Sorry about that. Of course the date is 1832,the two families got together > when Alexander married Mary Ann McKinney in kildress in JAN 1855. > > Thank you for getting back to me > > Bernadine > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Boyd Gray <boydgra...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 11 June 2017 18:32 > *To:* BernandMartyn Stockton > *Subject:* Re: [CoTyroneIreland] Bell and Mckinney > > A date might give us a fighting chance, Bernardine. > > https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ > <https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/> > West Ulster Genealogy Services - Home | Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/> > www.facebook.com > West Ulster Genealogy Services. 1.9K likes. Would you like help finding > your Irish Ancestors? Contact boydgra...@gmail.com > > > > https://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/ > THE BANN VALLEY GRAY and GORDON FAMILIES > <https://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/> > familytrees.genopro.com > Summary report of THE BANN VALLEY GRAY and GORDON FAMILIES containing 1757 > individuals and 487 families. This report describes the genealogy and > ancestry of families ... > > > > On 11 June 2017 at 18:19, BernandMartyn Stockton <stockto...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello >> >> I am looking for information on the Bell family, Alexander, son of >> William Bell a farmer from Tattykeel/Clare who married Mary Ann McKinney >> from Legnacash, who's father James was a weaver. They were >> both presbyterian families from the Cookstown area. I am very interested in >> trying to find records for William Bell and James Mckinney and to see where >> they where from and who their families were. If they were originally from >> scotland. >> >> Please can you help? >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Bernadine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CoTyroneList mailing list >> CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com >> http://lists.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist >> >> >
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