I have used the Tenison Groves collection on Find My Past. It was easy
to use as it was all indexed and I agree it has some wonderful material.
Kerrie
On 18/01/2022 11:17 am, Roger Cousens via CoTyroneList wrote:
Dear all,
There are two important sources of information that rarely get
mentioned on this email list and which, for my research, have been
amongst the most important. Perhaps not everyone is aware of them?
The most important is the Transcripts of memorials of deeds,
conveyances and wills, 1708-1929These are available from your own
computer on the FamilySearch web site. There are indexes for
townlands and grantors (but not grantees). It can often be a pain to
find the record even when you find its location from the index: there
can be multiple volumes on the same microfilm and the transcripts are
not necessarily in the right order (and the “page number” in the index
is for the page in the original, not the same as the microfilm page
number). The copperplate writing can take a bit of getting used to
and often the image can be hard to read (nothing new for family
history sleuths!). I have found key marriage agreements, house
locations and wills here (including the Knoxes and Moffatts of
Strabane, with locations of their properties to the nearest inch!).
Most of my successes (often with the help of Carole Elliott) came from
going through the townland indexes rather than through the grantor
index, as my ancestors tended not to be wealthy enough to own land.
The other source is only available at Family Search approved access
locations. That is the Tenison Groves collection, a huge amount of
transcribed information from various sources collected by a
genealogist from 1863 to 1938 and including things that were burned in
the 1922 fire. If you just go into the collection “cold” it can be
very hard to find anything. I once discovered an alphabetical index
to names on one of the microfilms, but on the slow computers at our
nearest FamilySearch site it was impossible to find it again last time
I looked (if anyone finds it, can you let me know?)! I am told that
there is an index to parishes on Film 258520 and a more general index
on 258521 (I haven’t been there for a couple of years to check), but
these are indexes for TG’s original hard copy, not an index of where
to find them in the microfilms. Again, Carole and I found crucial
information on the Fermanagh Moffatts in this collection.
Perhaps others have useful tips on accessing these two collections? Or
others like them? If someone wanted a project, it would be fabulous to
have a proper index for the Tenison Groves microfilms…… There must be
so much more that I have yet to discover there.
Finally, has anyone ever come across parish record transcripts for
Strabane or Fivemiletown COI, other than going to PRONI? I would
dearly love information from these.
Best wishes
Roger
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