Hello Listers, Many thanks to Jim McKane for his appreciative response to my most recent submissions to CTI http://www.cotyroneireland.com/ : Indexes to Donaghmore, Co. Donegal Tithe Applotment Books 1815 and 1826.
This exercise was undertaken to support my long-held assertion that a record of your forebear within a townland in Griffiths Valuation did not necessarily prove that this was the native townland of your emigrant forebear and the generations before him or her; there are many instances where this belief is not supported by referring to the tithe applotment books of the 1820s-30s where it is not possible to locate a previous generation of your family. But Donaghmore parish in Co. Donegal (just across the Tyrone/ Donegal county boundary) has two surviving tithe books - 1815 and 1826 and there are a great many instances where tithe payers recorded in 1815 have gone from the townland eleven years later in 1826. They may have been ejected from their holdings or perhaps emigrated. An excellent example is the townland of BALLYBUN: 1815 1826 ALLEN Robt. ALLEN Widow Elizabeth ALLEN Wm. ALLEN William ANDERSON Jas. ANDERSON David CATTERSON John CATERSON James CATTERSON Thos. CATERSON John CATTERSON Widow CATERSON Michael ELLIOT Robert CATERSON Thomas FAIR Edward ELLIOTT John FLEMING Matthew FAIR Edward HONE Neal FLEMING Matthew HONE Redmond GALLAGHER Hugh KELLY Hugh KELLY Hugh KELLY Laughlin KELLY Laughlin LONG Gustavus LYNCH David McGOWAN Hugh McMENAMIN Patrick McMENAMON Patrick MOORHEAD Robert MOORHEAD Robt. NESBIT Jas. The tithe applotment books are a most important resource and I urge all researchers to refer to them keeping an open mind that a family of the same name (or similar spelling) within adjacent townlands or a neighbouring parish may be related. Good luck with your research everybody, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 ________________________________ From: Jim McKane <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 11:53:10 PM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List Subject: CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Index to the Tithe Applotment Book for Donaghmore Parish, Co. Donegal Index to the Tithe Applotment Book for Donaghmore Parish, Co. Donegal 1815<https://cotyroneireland.com/tithe/donaghmore1815.html> - 986 entries Index to the Tithe Applotment Book for Donaghmore Parish, Co. Donegal 1826<https://cotyroneireland.com/tithe/donaghmore1826.html> - 1595 entries These records have also been added to the Tithe Search feature. This is yet ANOTHER MASSIVE work by Len Swindley. Can you imagine the time and effort required to decipher, transcribe, and format all the Townlands as well as almost 2,600 names???? WOW, Thanks again, Len Jim McKane South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
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