Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

[Peter Kincaid]

Lough Catherine is west of Newtownstewart and on its east side was
Baronscourt - the mansion of the Earls/Marquis/Duke of Abercorn.

Peter

On Thursday, May 31, 2018, Tom Chambers  wrote:

> Len,
>
>
>
> After looking closer at your reference to the Ardstraw corn mill it says
> townland Milltown, not the village Milltown.  So I found townland Milltown
> which is by Strabane.  My sister found this link to mills in Northern
> Ireland (pretty complete!)
>
> http://www.millsofnorthernireland.com
>
> After looking at that, I am uncertain where the Ardstraw corn mill would
> have been.  For one thing, I could not find Lough Catherine.  Ideas?
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> *From: *Len Swindley 
> *Sent: *Thursday, May 31, 2018 9:16 AM
> *To: *Tom Chambers ; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.
> com
> *Subject: *RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage
>
>
>
> Yes Tom,
>
>
>
> John Chambers would have required another trade or calling to see the
> family through those months that the mill wasn’t working. Linen merchants
> were in abundance in the north-west and he would have traded at the market
> in Strabane. My 4th and 5th great grandfathers were linen merchants in
> Strabane c1760-1822; the linen industry waxed and waned every seven or so
> years and it was necessary to have other talents. My 4th g-grandfather
> was also a schoolmaster at Lifford, Co. Donegal in the 1790s.
>
>
>
> Enjoy your holiday in Newtownstewart.
>
> Len
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail  for
> Windows 10
>
>
>
> *From:* Tom Chambers 
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2018 9:32:36 AM
> *To:* Len Swindley; CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage
>
>
>
> Hello Len,
>
>
>
> Thanks for this exiting new information regarding John Chambers and the
> corn mill in Milltown.  I see it is very close to Newtownstewart, so we
> will definitely check it out.  You have a good memory, because John and
> Martha lived on Upper St (now Main Street) and had an office next door, I
> believe.  In her interment papers, his daughter (Mary Ann) listed John’s
> occupation as Linen Merchant.  So perhaps that was the purpose of the
> office.  Sounds like John dabbled in other things!
>
>
>
> Yes, I will give a report with photos when I get back.  We will be staying
> in Newtownstewart for two nights – much to explore in a relatively short
> time!
>
>
>
> Thanks again for all the time you spend on Tyrone ancestry.
>
>
>
> Tom Chambers
>
>
>
> *From: *Len Swindley 
> *Sent: *Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:26 AM
> *To: *CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List ;
> tchamber...@gmail.com
> *Subject: *RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage
>
>
>
> Hello Tom,
>
>
>
> Here is a little further information that will be of benefit to you during
> tour trip to Newtownstewart, Ardstraw parish, Co. Tyrone:
>
>
>
> Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Parish of County Tyrone 1, 1821, 1823,
> 1831-36 (Vol. 5) (eds) Day & McWilliams (Institute of Irish Studies, The
> Queen’s University of Belfast, (1990)
>
> PARISH OF ARDSTRAW;
>
> Memoir by John Fleming Tait & J. Hill Williams, January 1831 pp. 2-14
>
> MILLS:
>
> Ardstraw corn mill, in the townland of Milltown, , in good repair, erected
> in 1740, repaired in 1835, proprietor John Chambers, breast wheel 14 feet
> by 14 inches, diameter of cog wheel 7 feet, fall of water 8 feet, single
> geared, wooden machinery; water supplied by the outlet of Lough Catherine,
> works only three months in the year
>
> (I recall in one of my previous items sent to you there being a reference
> to John Chambers occupying an office in Newtownstewart).
>
>
>
> I wish you an enjoyable foray in and around Newtownstewart and hope we can
> have a report of your findings and perhaps some photos?
>
> All good wishes,
>
> Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail  for
> Windows 10
>
>
>
> [image: cid:image002.png@01D3F844.93A9CE00]
>
> *From:* CoTyroneList  on behalf
> of Tom Chambers 
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 20, 2018 8:06:50 AM
> *To:* tchamber...@gmail.com; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com
> *Subject:* Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage
>
>
>
> While looking up the St Eugene’s graveyard, I came upon the boundaries of
> Moyle Glebe townland.  Here is the link:
>
> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/TYR/Newtownstewart/StEugene
>
>
>
> Also, a while back I discovered this link via google.
> http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/2355?preview=1
>
> It is a government link.  It makes reference to the location of “Moyle
> House”.   The site doesn’t seem to know the significance of Moyle House.  I
> checked and it is within Moyle Glebe, and it fits the description of where
> Sir Thomas Maclear was born.
>
>
>
> I believe it might have been where the Rev James Thomas Maclear (his
> father) lived.  Here are some of the references to Moyle Cottage:
>
> It is where Sir Thomas Maclear (the Rev’s son) saw his first light.  Was
> born.

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

[Arnie Ross]

're Lough Catherine. This is part of the estate of the Duke of Abercorn and is 
near Newtownstewart in Co Tyrone.

The Lough is the largest of 3 on the estate at 91 acres and was named after the 
daughter if an earlier Duke.


Regards
Arnie Ross



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From: CoTyroneList  on behalf of Tom 
Chambers 
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 3:54:10 PM
To: Len Swindley; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com
Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

Len,

After looking closer at your reference to the Ardstraw corn mill it says 
townland Milltown, not the village Milltown.  So I found townland Milltown 
which is by Strabane.  My sister found this link to mills in Northern Ireland 
(pretty complete!)
http://www.millsofnorthernireland.com
After looking at that, I am uncertain where the Ardstraw corn mill would have 
been.  For one thing, I could not find Lough Catherine.  Ideas?

Tom

From: Len Swindley
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 9:16 AM
To: Tom Chambers; 
CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com
Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

Yes Tom,

John Chambers would have required another trade or calling to see the family 
through those months that the mill wasn’t working. Linen merchants were in 
abundance in the north-west and he would have traded at the market in Strabane. 
My 4th and 5th great grandfathers were linen merchants in Strabane c1760-1822; 
the linen industry waxed and waned every seven or so years and it was necessary 
to have other talents. My 4th g-grandfather was also a schoolmaster at Lifford, 
Co. Donegal in the 1790s.

Enjoy your holiday in Newtownstewart.
Len


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From: Tom Chambers 
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 9:32:36 AM
To: Len Swindley; CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List
Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

Hello Len,

Thanks for this exiting new information regarding John Chambers and the corn 
mill in Milltown.  I see it is very close to Newtownstewart, so we will 
definitely check it out.  You have a good memory, because John and Martha lived 
on Upper St (now Main Street) and had an office next door, I believe.  In her 
interment papers, his daughter (Mary Ann) listed John’s occupation as Linen 
Merchant.  So perhaps that was the purpose of the office.  Sounds like John 
dabbled in other things!

Yes, I will give a report with photos when I get back.  We will be staying in 
Newtownstewart for two nights – much to explore in a relatively short time!

Thanks again for all the time you spend on Tyrone ancestry.

Tom Chambers

From: Len Swindley
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:26 AM
To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List; 
tchamber...@gmail.com
Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

Hello Tom,

Here is a little further information that will be of benefit to you during tour 
trip to Newtownstewart, Ardstraw parish, Co. Tyrone:

Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Parish of County Tyrone 1, 1821, 1823, 
1831-36 (Vol. 5) (eds) Day & McWilliams (Institute of Irish Studies, The 
Queen’s University of Belfast, (1990)
PARISH OF ARDSTRAW;
Memoir by John Fleming Tait & J. Hill Williams, January 1831 pp. 2-14
MILLS:
Ardstraw corn mill, in the townland of Milltown, , in good repair, erected in 
1740, repaired in 1835, proprietor John Chambers, breast wheel 14 feet by 14 
inches, diameter of cog wheel 7 feet, fall of water 8 feet, single geared, 
wooden machinery; water supplied by the outlet of Lough Catherine, works only 
three months in the year
(I recall in one of my previous items sent to you there being a reference to 
John Chambers occupying an office in Newtownstewart).

I wish you an enjoyable foray in and around Newtownstewart and hope we can have 
a report of your findings and perhaps some photos?
All good wishes,
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia


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From: CoTyroneList  on behalf of Tom 
Chambers 
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 8:06:50 AM
To: tchamber...@gmail.com; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com
Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

While looking up the St Eugene’s graveyard, I came upon the boundaries of Moyle 
Glebe townland.  Here is the link:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/TYR/Newtownstewart/StEugene

Also, a while back I discovered this link via google.  
http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/2355?preview=1
It is a government link.  It makes reference to the location of “Moyle House”.  
 The site doesn’t seem to know the significance of Moyle House.  I checked and 
it is within Moyle Glebe, and it fits the description of where Sir Thomas 
Maclear was born.

I believe it might have been where the Rev James 

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

[EVELYN CARDWELL]

I think Lough Catherine is in the direction of  Baronscourt, home of Duke of 
Abercorn, not local to the area, but think I came across this somewhere. 
Evelyn

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Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Co. Tyrone Tithe Applotment Books1820s-1830s: an Essential Genealogical Tool

[Marion]

Hello Len,
I’m afraid we are all guilty of taking you for granted but I for one greatly 
appreciate all the work you do for us. Without the TABs on CTI I would never 
have found my ancestors from that era, particularly, as for a long time, I was 
unable to locate them in Griffiths because of a variation in spelling. The TABs 
pointed me to the right townland and then I was able to locate them in 
Griffiths.
Please don’t give up! 
Regards Marion

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From: Len Swindley
Sent: 31 May 2018 14:55
To: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com; Boyd Gray
Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Co. Tyrone Tithe Applotment Books1820s-1830s: an 
Essential Genealogical Tool

Hello Boyd and CTI subscribers,

For any who are unaware of Boyd Gray’s presence on the genealogical scene, he 
is a professional genealogist and a tour de force who maintains a friendly and 
informative Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ which 
is an absolute joy and full of great stories and topics. He has also produced a 
series of informative Youtube family history workshops 
http://www.cotyroneireland.com/videos/monreagh.html and 
http://www.cotyroneireland.com/videos/monreagh.html

Although Boyd resides in Lifford, Co. Donegal, just across the Foyle from 
Strabane, he specialises in Donegal, Tyrone and Londonderry family history 
research. It is my greatest good luck to maintain an off-list correspondence 
with him.

If not for Boyd’s appreciative comments and support, I may have drawn a line 
under my project to index the Co. Tyrone tithe applotment books. As stated in 
my previous post on this topic, the response to these indexes from CTI List 
Subscribers has been a deafening silence, but as a professional genealogist 
Boyd recognises these taxation records as a valuable resource and I commend 
them to every researcher. They are important. Many thanks, Boyd.

The microfilmed tithe books are available for consultation only at the Public 
Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast or online at a LDS Family 
History Centre. They record leaseholders of agricultural land; they do not 
generally contain genealogical data apart from details such as “widow”, 
“senior” or “junior”, but they do record the presence of possibly your forebear 
in a townland a whole generation prior to the c1860 Griffiths Valuation. The 
online indexes on CTI http://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/titheindex.html  
eliminate a great amount of time trawling through original images searching for 
the relevant townland which can be, at times, almost illegible. I can assure 
CTI Listers that the indexes I submit contain identical information (including 
phonetic spelling) as recorded on the originals of the 1820s and 1830s and in a 
legible format.

The tithe books are most important as they record many leaseholders who sold 
their leases and emigrated during the desperate times and harsh economic years 
of the Great Famine 1845-52. 

I hope everyone is successful in locating an ancestor or a close relation of 
your emigrant forebear.

Regards and best of luck,
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia






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Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

[Tom Chambers]

Len,

After looking closer at your reference to the Ardstraw corn mill it says 
townland Milltown, not the village Milltown.  So I found townland Milltown 
which is by Strabane.  My sister found this link to mills in Northern Ireland 
(pretty complete!) 
http://www.millsofnorthernireland.com
After looking at that, I am uncertain where the Ardstraw corn mill would have 
been.  For one thing, I could not find Lough Catherine.  Ideas?

Tom

From: Len Swindley
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 9:16 AM
To: Tom Chambers; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com
Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

Yes Tom, 

John Chambers would have required another trade or calling to see the family 
through those months that the mill wasn’t working. Linen merchants were in 
abundance in the north-west and he would have traded at the market in Strabane. 
My 4th and 5th great grandfathers were linen merchants in Strabane c1760-1822; 
the linen industry waxed and waned every seven or so years and it was necessary 
to have other talents. My 4th g-grandfather was also a schoolmaster at Lifford, 
Co. Donegal in the 1790s.

Enjoy your holiday in Newtownstewart.
Len


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From: Tom Chambers 
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 9:32:36 AM
To: Len Swindley; CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List
Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage 
 
Hello Len,

Thanks for this exiting new information regarding John Chambers and the corn 
mill in Milltown.  I see it is very close to Newtownstewart, so we will 
definitely check it out.  You have a good memory, because John and Martha lived 
on Upper St (now Main Street) and had an office next door, I believe.  In her 
interment papers, his daughter (Mary Ann) listed John’s occupation as Linen 
Merchant.  So perhaps that was the purpose of the office.  Sounds like John 
dabbled in other things!

Yes, I will give a report with photos when I get back.  We will be staying in 
Newtownstewart for two nights – much to explore in a relatively short time!

Thanks again for all the time you spend on Tyrone ancestry.

Tom Chambers

From: Len Swindley
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:26 AM
To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List; tchamber...@gmail.com
Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

Hello Tom,

Here is a little further information that will be of benefit to you during tour 
trip to Newtownstewart, Ardstraw parish, Co. Tyrone:

Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Parish of County Tyrone 1, 1821, 1823, 
1831-36 (Vol. 5) (eds) Day & McWilliams (Institute of Irish Studies, The 
Queen’s University of Belfast, (1990)
PARISH OF ARDSTRAW;
Memoir by John Fleming Tait & J. Hill Williams, January 1831 pp. 2-14
MILLS:
Ardstraw corn mill, in the townland of Milltown, , in good repair, erected in 
1740, repaired in 1835, proprietor John Chambers, breast wheel 14 feet by 14 
inches, diameter of cog wheel 7 feet, fall of water 8 feet, single geared, 
wooden machinery; water supplied by the outlet of Lough Catherine, works only 
three months in the year
(I recall in one of my previous items sent to you there being a reference to 
John Chambers occupying an office in Newtownstewart).

I wish you an enjoyable foray in and around Newtownstewart and hope we can have 
a report of your findings and perhaps some photos?
All good wishes,
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia


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From: CoTyroneList  on behalf of Tom 
Chambers 
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 8:06:50 AM
To: tchamber...@gmail.com; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com
Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage 
 
While looking up the St Eugene’s graveyard, I came upon the boundaries of Moyle 
Glebe townland.  Here is the link:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/TYR/Newtownstewart/StEugene

Also, a while back I discovered this link via google.  
http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/2355?preview=1
It is a government link.  It makes reference to the location of “Moyle House”.  
 The site doesn’t seem to know the significance of Moyle House.  I checked and 
it is within Moyle Glebe, and it fits the description of where Sir Thomas 
Maclear was born.  

I believe it might have been where the Rev James Thomas Maclear (his father) 
lived.  Here are some of the references to Moyle Cottage:
It is where Sir Thomas Maclear (the Rev’s son) saw his first light.  Was born.
It is where Sir Thomas Maclear’s mother, Mary McGrath, died.

Anyway, just a bit of trivia.  

When we go to Newtownstewart in June I will check it out.  (promise not to 
trespass!)

Oh by the way, the significance to me is that my 3rd Great Grandmother, Martha 
(Maclear) Chambers was a daughter of the Rev James Thomas Maclear.

Meanwhile, I have the location of St Eugene’s Graveyard.

Thanks Len and Carmen for your ideas on Moyle Cottage.

Tom



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Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

[Len Swindley]

Yes Tom,

John Chambers would have required another trade or calling to see the family 
through those months that the mill wasn’t working. Linen merchants were in 
abundance in the north-west and he would have traded at the market in Strabane. 
My 4th and 5th great grandfathers were linen merchants in Strabane c1760-1822; 
the linen industry waxed and waned every seven or so years and it was necessary 
to have other talents. My 4th g-grandfather was also a schoolmaster at Lifford, 
Co. Donegal in the 1790s.

Enjoy your holiday in Newtownstewart.
Len


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From: Tom Chambers 
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 9:32:36 AM
To: Len Swindley; CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List
Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

Hello Len,

Thanks for this exiting new information regarding John Chambers and the corn 
mill in Milltown.  I see it is very close to Newtownstewart, so we will 
definitely check it out.  You have a good memory, because John and Martha lived 
on Upper St (now Main Street) and had an office next door, I believe.  In her 
interment papers, his daughter (Mary Ann) listed John’s occupation as Linen 
Merchant.  So perhaps that was the purpose of the office.  Sounds like John 
dabbled in other things!

Yes, I will give a report with photos when I get back.  We will be staying in 
Newtownstewart for two nights – much to explore in a relatively short time!

Thanks again for all the time you spend on Tyrone ancestry.

Tom Chambers

From: Len Swindley
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:26 AM
To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List; 
tchamber...@gmail.com
Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

Hello Tom,

Here is a little further information that will be of benefit to you during tour 
trip to Newtownstewart, Ardstraw parish, Co. Tyrone:

Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Parish of County Tyrone 1, 1821, 1823, 
1831-36 (Vol. 5) (eds) Day & McWilliams (Institute of Irish Studies, The 
Queen’s University of Belfast, (1990)
PARISH OF ARDSTRAW;
Memoir by John Fleming Tait & J. Hill Williams, January 1831 pp. 2-14
MILLS:
Ardstraw corn mill, in the townland of Milltown, , in good repair, erected in 
1740, repaired in 1835, proprietor John Chambers, breast wheel 14 feet by 14 
inches, diameter of cog wheel 7 feet, fall of water 8 feet, single geared, 
wooden machinery; water supplied by the outlet of Lough Catherine, works only 
three months in the year
(I recall in one of my previous items sent to you there being a reference to 
John Chambers occupying an office in Newtownstewart).

I wish you an enjoyable foray in and around Newtownstewart and hope we can have 
a report of your findings and perhaps some photos?
All good wishes,
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia


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From: CoTyroneList  on behalf of Tom 
Chambers 
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 8:06:50 AM
To: tchamber...@gmail.com; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com
Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Moyle Cottage

While looking up the St Eugene’s graveyard, I came upon the boundaries of Moyle 
Glebe townland.  Here is the link:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/TYR/Newtownstewart/StEugene

Also, a while back I discovered this link via google.  
http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/2355?preview=1
It is a government link.  It makes reference to the location of “Moyle House”.  
 The site doesn’t seem to know the significance of Moyle House.  I checked and 
it is within Moyle Glebe, and it fits the description of where Sir Thomas 
Maclear was born.

I believe it might have been where the Rev James Thomas Maclear (his father) 
lived.  Here are some of the references to Moyle Cottage:
It is where Sir Thomas Maclear (the Rev’s son) saw his first light.  Was born.
It is where Sir Thomas Maclear’s mother, Mary McGrath, died.

Anyway, just a bit of trivia.

When we go to Newtownstewart in June I will check it out.  (promise not to 
trespass!)

Oh by the way, the significance to me is that my 3rd Great Grandmother, Martha 
(Maclear) Chambers was a daughter of the Rev James Thomas Maclear.

Meanwhile, I have the location of St Eugene’s Graveyard.

Thanks Len and Carmen for your ideas on Moyle Cottage.

Tom


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[CoTyroneMailingList] Co. Tyrone Tithe Applotment Books 1820s-1830s: an Essential Genealogical Tool

[Len Swindley]

Hello Boyd and CTI subscribers,

For any who are unaware of Boyd Gray’s presence on the genealogical scene, he 
is a professional genealogist and a tour de force who maintains a friendly and 
informative Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ which 
is an absolute joy and full of great stories and topics. He has also produced a 
series of informative Youtube family history workshops 
http://www.cotyroneireland.com/videos/monreagh.html and 
http://www.cotyroneireland.com/videos/monreagh.html

Although Boyd resides in Lifford, Co. Donegal, just across the Foyle from 
Strabane, he specialises in Donegal, Tyrone and Londonderry family history 
research. It is my greatest good luck to maintain an off-list correspondence 
with him.

If not for Boyd’s appreciative comments and support, I may have drawn a line 
under my project to index the Co. Tyrone tithe applotment books. As stated in 
my previous post on this topic, the response to these indexes from CTI List 
Subscribers has been a deafening silence, but as a professional genealogist 
Boyd recognises these taxation records as a valuable resource and I commend 
them to every researcher. They are important. Many thanks, Boyd.

The microfilmed tithe books are available for consultation only at the Public 
Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast or online at a LDS Family 
History Centre. They record leaseholders of agricultural land; they do not 
generally contain genealogical data apart from details such as “widow”, 
“senior” or “junior”, but they do record the presence of possibly your forebear 
in a townland a whole generation prior to the c1860 Griffiths Valuation. The 
online indexes on CTI http://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/titheindex.html  
eliminate a great amount of time trawling through original images searching for 
the relevant townland which can be, at times, almost illegible. I can assure 
CTI Listers that the indexes I submit contain identical information (including 
phonetic spelling) as recorded on the originals of the 1820s and 1830s and in a 
legible format.

The tithe books are most important as they record many leaseholders who sold 
their leases and emigrated during the desperate times and harsh economic years 
of the Great Famine 1845-52.

I hope everyone is successful in locating an ancestor or a close relation of 
your emigrant forebear.

Regards and best of luck,
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia

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