The PRONI guide to church records make no mention of any earlier records. Their catalogue was compiled in the 1980s, and is pretty accurate. (Where there are earlier records held somewhere else, it usually says something like “in local custody” or held by the “Presbyterian Historical Society.”).
The Kirk Session clerk’s contact details are easily found from a Google search and the church is also on Facebook, so you could try contacting either of them to ask, but I’d be quite surprised if there are any records not already acknowledged in the public domain. https://en-gb.facebook.com/donemanapc/ Elwyn On 19/08/2019, Liz Fitzgerald via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Are there any earlier records for Donemana Church anywhere? Thank you. > > ________________________________ > From: CoTyroneList <cotyronelist-boun...@cotyroneireland.com> on behalf of > Len Swindley via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 11:56 AM > To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> > Cc: Len Swindley <len_swind...@hotmail.com>; c...@att.ne <c...@att.ne> > Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Taggart/McKeever: Donagheady Parish > Presbyterian Records > > > Hello All, > > We are enjoying Elwyn’s contributions to CTI > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/ and heartily thank him for his time, > interest and expertise in attending to subscribers’ queries. Many thanks > Elwyn. > > > > Re. Pat’s query concerning Presbyterian records for Donagheady Parish: there > is a a very large collection of transcribed registers and other records > covering the three Presbyterian congregations within the parish on this > website: First Donagheady, Second Donagheady, Donemana and additionally > Bready Reformed Presbyterian Church. The Presbyterian population in the > parish was large where they held an absolute majority. Donagheady > Presbyterian records available freely online via CTI are: > > > > FIRST DONAGHEADY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH > > First Donagheady Presbyterian Marriages 1845-1928 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/1st-Donagheady-Presbyterian-Church-Marriages-1845-1928.html > > First Donagheady Presbyterian Financial Statement 1857 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady1.html > > Opening of New First Donagheady Presbyterian Church 1870 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady3.htm > > First Donagheady Presbyterian Financial Statement 1870 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady2.html > > > > SECOND DONAGHEADY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH > > Second Donagheady Presbyterian Baptisms 1838-1901 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/births/donagheady2.html > > Second Donagheady Presbyterian Marriages 1838-45 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheadymar1838-45.html > > Second Donagheady Presbyterian Marriages 1845-1926 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheadymar1845+.html > > Second Donagheady Presbyterian Elders & Dates of Ordination 1744-1903 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady2nd.html > > Second Presbyterian Church Opening of New Church 1856 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady2nd5.html > > Second Donagheady Presbyterian Financial Statement 1863 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady2nd2.html > > Second Donagheady Presbyterian Financial Statement 1866 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady2nd3.html > > Second Donagheady Presbyterian Financial Statement 1870 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady2nd4.html > > Donagheady Presbyterian Ruling Elders and Commissioners 1620-1700 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheadyelders.html > > Donagheady Presbyterian Churches: A Brief History and Photos > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churches/donagheadypresbyterian.html > > > > DONEMANA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH > > Donemana Presbyterian Baptisms 1861-89 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donemanapresbreg.html > > Donemana Presbyterian Marriages 1845-1926 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/donemana.html > > Donemana Presbyterian Miscellaneous Records > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donemana.html > > Donemana Presbyterian Financial Statements 1866 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donemana2.html > > Donemana Financial Presbyterian Statements 1870 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donemana2.html > > > > BREADY REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH > > Bready Reformed Presbyterian Baptisms 1866-88 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/bready.html > > Bready Reformed Presbyterian Church Marriages 1847-62 > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/bready.html > > > > It is a formidable collection contributed by numerous descendants of > Donagheady emigrants to Canada, U.S. and Australia. I trust that there are > researchers who have benefited from this great collection. > > Regards, > > Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows > 10 > > > > From: elwyn soutter via > CoTyroneList<mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> > Sent: Monday, 19 August 2019 1:27 PM > Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Taggart/McKeever > > > > Pat, > > One item I forgot to add was that Francis’s daughter Sarah Taggart > (who married William McEgan or McKeegan in 1854) had at least 1 child. > I noticed the birth of a daughter Margaret McKeegan to those parents, > in Londonderry on 14.10.1867. There may well have been others between > 1854 and 1863 but those years are before the start of statutory birth > registration and so won’t be in the statutory records. > > Good luck with your search anyway. > > > Elwyn > > > On 19/08/2019, Pat via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> > wrote: >> Elwyn, >> Francis and his wife Mary and daughters emigrated to US in 1880. Mary died >> 6 >> months later and Francis died 28 September 1883. Margaret b 1854 died in >> NYC >> 10 November 1906. Jane died 8 October 1881 in NYC. They were both >> seamstress. I will be in Ireland up that way on 22/23 September. I’ve >> been >> to the PRONI in 2014 but didn’t find anything except that Francis parents >> could be William and Anne Irwin. Can’t find anything about when where >> they >> were married. I think Williams parents were Francis and Dorothy Taggart >> but >> no proof. Thanks for the help. Pay >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 18, 2019, at 17:34, elwyn soutter via CoTyroneList >>> <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: >>> >>> Looking at the PRONI catalogue of church records, there are 3 >>> Presbyterian churches in Donagheady that the Taggart family might have >>> attended. Donagheady 1st seems to have lost its early records and has >>> nothing before 1875; Donagheady 2nd has records from 1838 and Donemana >>> from 1856. If John was baptised around 1851 the only one with any >>> records is obviously the 2nd. There’s a copy of those records in PRONI >>> (the public record office) in Belfast. They are not on-line there, so >>> a personal visit is required to view them. >>> >>> Having said that, my hunch is that the family church was Donemana. >>> That’s because Sarah Taggart from Liscloon (presumably a sister to >>> John) married there on 25.11.1854. Her husband was William McEgan from >>> Kildoge. Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church, so >>> probably/possibly it’s the Taggart family church. If so, it seems >>> unlikely there’s any record of John’s baptism. However you may get >>> some of his siblings if they were born after 1855. >>> >>> I note from the Valuation revision records that Francis Taggart’s name >>> remains against plot 8a (an agricultural labourer’s cottage) in >>> Liscloon Lower until 1877. He presumably either moved or died around >>> that year. >>> >>> There were no Taggarts in Liscloon Lower in the 1901 census. >>> >>> >>> >>> Elwyn >>> >>> >>> On 18/08/2019, Pat O’Fallon via CoTyroneList >>> <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: >>>> I am looking for my great grandparents births. John Taggart lived in >>>> Liscloon, Donaghedy Parish in June 1851. His parents were Francis >>>> Taggart >>>> and Mary Breesen?Brisland married 2December1833 COI, Cumberland Upper, >>>> Co >>>> Derry. In Griffiths Valuation Francis was a tenant of William Oligby. >>>> John >>>> immigrated to NYC in 1868. I have the US side but have only the GV on >>>> the >>>> Irish side. Are there any Taggart’s still living there? John’s wife was >>>> Margaret McKeever from Moneycannon. They were married in NYC in 1872 at >>>> a >>>> Presbyterian Church so have to assume they were Presbyterian. She >>>> immigrated >>>> in 1870 with her mom Mary McLaughin. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. >>>> Pat >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences: http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
