Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Marriage Customs

2020-06-22 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thanks for your insight and history lesson Elwyn; that must have been quite some course of study you attended. Wonderful stuff, Len Swindley Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Dorothy Gaunt via CoTyroneList Sent: Monday, 22 June 2020 5:41 AM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List Cc: Dorothy

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Morrison Family Notes, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland 1830-70

2020-06-19 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Pleased to help Rick and all good wishes with your research Len Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Rick Smoll via CoTyroneList Sent: Friday, 19 June 2020 10:56 PM To:

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Senior and Junior

2020-06-15 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Good to hear from you Bobby. There is a JOHN MARSON recorded in the c1630 muster roll Co Londonderry on Sir Robert Macclelan’s estate [Haberdashers’ Company] Ballykelly, Tamlaght Finlagan parish; would he be of the original Plantation family of Morrisons? Another possible example of phonetic

[CoTyroneMailingList] Responding to Posts and Messages

2020-06-14 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello All, May I request that when responding to posts you hit REPLY ALL which will send messages to both the List and subscribers; this is a premier Community website and we are all interested in hearing of the thoughts and experiences of fellow researchers. Thanks and wishing everyone

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Clonfeacle Parish, Cos. Tyrone & Armagh, Northern Ireland: in 1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland

2020-06-13 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Good to hear from you Dorothy and many thanks for your message; feedback is always appreciated and encouraging. Len Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Dorothy Gaunt via CoTyroneList Sent: Friday, 12 June

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Morrison Family Name in Ulster 1610 - 1633

2020-06-13 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Wow! Many thanks to Elwyn for his insights and great history lesson responding to the query relating to Morrisons in Kilskeery parish within the context of the Plantation and the possibility of locating families at that time. Wonderful to read the lengthy references and extracts from a number

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneList Digest, Vol 645, Issue 1

2020-06-04 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
My pleasure entirely Peggy and am delighted you have found an interesting record. Many thanks for your message. Sorry that it took so long to put the files together and can only blame a lack of time and the large amount of data available. Perhaps other researchers have also had a little luck

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] how to identify PLACE NAMES

2020-05-29 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
I have looked at the original certificate Gordon and it clearly states the townland to be Killynealhowever the name has evolved over the centuries. First recorded as Killaneale in 1633, it had become Killyneal by c1834 (as recorded in the Drumglass tithe applotment book of 1832)

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] "Full Age"

2020-05-28 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Gordon, The term “full age” indicated 21 years and over; in the thousands of marriages I have transcribed “full age” and “of age” reflect this – if a party to a marriage was under 21, they are referred to as minors or number of years is specifically stated. All the best, Len Swindley Sent

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dunplemore, Londonderry

2020-05-28 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
The location being sought may well be Templemore parish, Co. Londonderry; this parish covers the City and Port of Londonderry and point of departure for many thousands of emigrants. Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Lookingfor Florrie McIntyre, Artigarvan 1930

2020-05-22 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Jon, You may be interested in a little of the family background of Florrie. She was born March 5 1912 at Artigarvan to JOHN MCINTYRE and MATILDA MCMICHAEL and registered as MATILDA, but was subsequently given the additional name of FLORENCE at her baptism April 28, 1912 (as noted on her

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] McNutt /McCoy

2020-05-15 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Ron, Have done some research regarding Alexander McNutt and emigration to Nova Scotia: the following item is taken from the Dictionary of Ulster Biography https://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/ Advertisements for this scheme could not have been advertised in the Londonderry papers as the

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] I'm trying to find my great grandfather Felix John Quinn

2020-05-07 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello again Francesca, Jim McKane has suggested taking a look at https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/1185/a-brief-history-of-ardboe for a reference to Munterevlin. Place Names of Northern Ireland is essential for locating obsolete sub denominations and long-forgotten placenames

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] I'm trying to find my great grandfather Felix John Quinn

2020-05-07 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Francesca, There is no location or townland within Co Tyrone known as Munterevlin. Referring to the Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland (compiled in 1851 and still current), it is not recorded in any of the twenty-six counties, North or South.

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] 1800s Croziers

2020-04-26 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Martha, If your forebear was a weaver, he was probably a small farmer who attempted to earn a living during the cold winter months when there were no crops to tend; it could be a rather precarious occupation as the rewards were not great. The loom was generally situated in the kitchen or in a

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Wills of David & George MacGhee

2020-04-17 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, This is interesting; there are two surviving Maghee graves in Leckpatrick Old Burial Ground, Ballymagorry, Strabane, Co. Tyrone; both with gravestones. GEORGE MAGHEE HERE LYETH THE BODY OF GEORGE MAGHEE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 29[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER ANNO DOM 1743 Mention is

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Marriage of James Cooper and Widow Keys of Strabane, Co. Tyrone 1810

2020-04-17 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
oba, Canada Sent from my iPad > On Apr 11, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList > wrote: > > Hello Listers, > This item from Saunders News Letter, Dublin, reported an astonishing event in > the town of Strabane, Co. Tyrone: > > December 18 1810 > MARRIAGE – On t

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Marriage of James Cooper and Widow Keys of Strabane, Co. Tyrone 1810

2020-04-13 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
is one “tops the cake”! > > Wishing you and all the listers a Happy Easter and good health. > > Thank you, Myrna Chambers Lattanzi, Libau, Manitoba, Canada > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Apr 11, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList >> wrote: >&g

[CoTyroneMailingList] Marriage of James Cooper and Widow Keys of Strabane, Co. Tyrone 1810

2020-04-11 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, This item from Saunders News Letter, Dublin, reported an astonishing event in the town of Strabane, Co. Tyrone: December 18 1810 MARRIAGE – On the 9th inst. at Strabane, by the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, JAMES COOPER to WIDOW KEYS, both of that town – the former is ninety years of age

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Donagheady Old Burial Ground, Church Hill, Donemana, Donagheady Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland - Index to Names & Townlands Recorded

2020-03-07 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Peggy, St Cadinus old church was the parish church (Established Church/ Church of Ireland). It stood in the parish graveyard where all families belonging to the parish had an allocated place of burial; Catholics and Protestants lie at rest side by side. This file accompanies my

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - AReligious Census of Termonmaguirk Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland - 1780

2020-02-18 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
As a volunteer transcriber and submitter of files to CTI, I offer a very big thank you to KEVIN MOLLOY for his kind contribution of such an interesting and useful resource. Jim has done a great job of pulling it all together into such an easy-to-search file. Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Postmasters of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, for

2020-02-17 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thank you Charlotte; I’m always looking for items that add another dimension to the lives of our forebears. Delighted that you like it. Len Swindley Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Charlotte gorley via

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Donagheady & Dunamangh in 1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionalry of Ireland

2020-02-07 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thanks for your message Liz; it is much appreciated, Len Swindley Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: CoTyroneList on behalf of Liz Fitzgerald via CoTyroneList Sent: Friday, February 7, 2020 2:53:10 AM To:

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content -Donagheady & Dunamangh in 1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionalry of Ireland

2020-02-07 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thanks for your message Liz; it is much appreciated Len Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Liz Fitzgerald via CoTyroneList Sent: Friday, 7 February 2020 2:53 AM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List Cc: Liz Fitzgerald Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Bishopric of Derry Estate records

2020-02-04 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Tunji & Marion, I have no plans of travelling to Belfast and PRONI (have had six research forays previously) in the short-term. To be successful in your search, it is vital to ascertain the name of the native parish of your emigrant forebear. Referring to the search function at CTI (in

[CoTyroneMailingList] Death Announcements from the Derry Journal January 24 1849

2020-01-31 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello again Listers, Am hoping that someone may find a forebear recorded here amongst these death announcements from the Derry Journal of January 24 1849. Continued success with your research and regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia [cid:image001.jpg@01D5D8F6.215C28E0] Sent from

[CoTyroneMailingList] Marriage Announcements Derry Journal December 24 1849

2020-01-31 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, This extract of marriage announcements from the Derry Journal, December 24 may be interesting. It’s always useful to note that although your forebear emigrated, his parents, siblings and other family members remained at home where married and died. Good luck with your

[CoTyroneMailingList] Cunningham Research Errigal Keerogue Parish Co Tyrone

2020-01-30 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
children from Omagh amongst a long list of passengers. One has to be careful not to accept that they actually lived in Omagh; it was necessary to quote the nearest post town for the mailing of their tickets and information re. the proposed date of departure.Again, hope this assists your resea

[CoTyroneMailingList] Ulster Historical Foundation U.S. Lecture Tour 2020

2020-01-30 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, For those who are fortunate to able to attend these lectures you are in for a treat. These lectures are absolutely the best introduction to Irish Family History. An event not to be missed! Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia American Lecture Tour, 06-22 March 2020 With

[CoTyroneMailingList] FW: Cunningham Research

2020-01-29 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
lbourne, Australia Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Len Swindley via CoTyroneList<mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2020 8:49 AM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List<mailto:CoTyroneList@cotyroneirel

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Cunningham

2020-01-24 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
ost town for the mailing of their tickets and information re. the proposed date of departure. Again, hope this assists your research, LenSwindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Len Swindley via CoTyroneList<ma

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Donagheady Parish Church (Church of Ireland), Donemana, Co. Tyrone, Baptisms January - May 1755

2020-01-24 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, Are there researchers out there who have copies of further pages from the pre1845 baptismal, marriages and burial records for Donagheady Parish Church, Earlsgift, Donemana, Co. Tyrone? I am willing to transcribe them and submitting same to CTI https://www.cotyroneireland.com/

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Cunningham

2020-01-24 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Elizabeth, As the death of Elizabeth Cunningham falls within the period of civil registration of BDMs in Ireland, I have checked the details of Elizabeth’s death (image has not yet been uploaded on the website https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ [cid:image002.png@01D5D35C.4D71C010] This

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Fulton - Windy Hill, near Donemana

2020-01-15 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Dave, The Fultons of Windyhill appear on my Arbuckle of Strabane family tree (marriage of 1864 at 2nd Dpnagheady Presb Church), but best to contact Faye Logue, a Fulton descendant who has researched the various Donagheady Fultons in quite some depth. All the best, Len Sent from

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Seeking help with searching Turbitt from Tyrone

2020-01-13 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Patricia, Am unable to locate the birth of Mary from the information you have provided, but as Peggy’s research confirms, she was born in 1891. It will be possible to obtain online (at no cost) a copy of her birth certificate

[CoTyroneMailingList] Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, January 2020 Newsletter

2020-01-07 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, For your interest am forwarding the January 2020 newsletter from the Ulster Historical Foundation (UHF) https://www.ancestryireland.com/ Ulster Historical Foundation Telling the story of the people of Ulster New free records available on PRONI’s website The Public Record Office

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] The Parish of Urney shares more Tithe Applotment "secrets" .... and they're online and downloadable!

2020-01-07 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello All, Urney parish researchers will find these two new submissions essential for locating tithe paying forebears in the 1830s. https://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/urney_tithe.html https://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/urney_tithe2.html The online National Archives of Ireland, Dublin

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] May your 2020 have lots of green fields ....!.

2020-01-01 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Dear Listers, Dave’s post epitomises the philosophy of the true genealogist – the interest, ability and desire to assist fellow researchers achieve that seemingly almost impossible goal of Irish researchers – the location of the native parish and townland of our emigrant Irish forebears. In

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Swindley's Haslett List

2020-01-01 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thank you Earl, I had both you and your research in mind when compiling the Haslett (& variants) file https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/haslett2.html and am delighted to add to your knowledge (if that is at all possible). All good wishes for 2020, Len Sent from

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Personal Announcements from the Tyrone Constitution, January 12 1849

2019-12-30 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
ocated them in other info that you have posted. Thanks so much for your great contributions!! Barb Coulter Reno, NV On Dec 29, 2019, at 3:08 PM, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com>> wrote: Hello Listers, I’m posting this hoping a researcher locate

[CoTyroneMailingList] Personal Announcements from the Tyrone Constitution, January 12 1849

2019-12-29 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, I’m posting this hoping a researcher locates a forebear amongst these announcements, Len Swindley Tyrone Constitution, Omagh, January 12 1849 [cid:image001.jpg@01D5BEF8.89B0CD50] Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Tyrone Volunteers: A List of Officers, 1805

2019-12-20 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Yes, Mary, The officers listed in this survey were comprised of the aristocracy, gentry and large and prosperous farmers. The troops would have been drawn from the sons of the tenantry. Trust this helps, Len Swindley Sent from Mail for Windows

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Another Thank you

2019-12-19 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thank you Susan! Much appreciated. The success of your research is well illustrated in your note. North American and UK researchers will be unaware of the wealth of data available to Australian family history researchers via the detailed information contained in civil registration and

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Thank You to Len and Jim

2019-12-16 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Jani, Many thanks for your kind words re. CTI; they are greatly appreciated. Sadly, it’s not always possible to locate data and compile and submit files that will contain that nugget of gold, but they do give a feeling for the social and economic conditions that encouraged our forebears

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] John Chambers (1796-1867)

2019-12-08 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Tom, As usual I spent Saturday at the Family History Centre (purely in the pursuit of articles of interest to CTI subscribers) and located a record that seems related to your research: LDS FHL Film 258516 Tyrone Volunteers (these were local militias)

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] John Chambers (1796-1867)

2019-12-08 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Tom, Hope you are successful with your query to Valerie Adams; have been fortunate to attend two of her lectures; she headed up the church records team at PRONI and was always interested in gleaning the location of “unknown” and unrecorded records – just so knowledgeable. Let us know of

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] John Chambers (1796-1867)

2019-12-06 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Elwyn & Tom, Referring to “History of Congregations in the Presbyterian in Ireland 1610-1982” (Presbyterian Historical Society , Belfast, 1982) and its separate index also published by the PHS & the Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), I am unable to locate an entry for the Rev. Thomas T.

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - George Fulton, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, Army Deserter, 1780

2019-12-01 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thank you Ron Len Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Ron McCoy via CoTyroneList Sent: Sunday, 1 December 2019 9:22 PM To: cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com Cc: Ron

[CoTyroneMailingList] Tithe Records Donagheady Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

2019-11-30 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Good afternoon Listers, A CTI subscriber has queried me off-list as to the survival of tithe records for Donagheady Parish, Co. Tyrone, having read on another forum that they have not. Whilst the tithe applotment book has been lost, some tithe records have been located by Dr. William Roulston,

[CoTyroneMailingList] The Murder of Widow McCullagh , Rooskey, Gortin, Bodoney Lower Parish, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

2019-11-28 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, An interesting newspaper report from Australia: Extracted from the Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, April 24 1879 [cid:image001.jpg@01D5A6C3.94840050] Death occurred at Teebane West, February 23 1879 and was registered February 25: BRIDGET McCULLOW,

[CoTyroneMailingList] Ballymagrane Presbyterian Records: Bailey & Little Families

2019-11-26 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Cheryl, As Elwyn states, the surviving marriage register for Ballymagrane Presbyterian Church commences in 1845 (the year of commencement of civil registration of Protestant marriages. Did you search my file https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/ballymagrane.html; there are two

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Drumglass Parish (inc. Dungannon), Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland Death Announcements 1775-1850

2019-11-11 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thanks Dorothy, am delighted that you found the Dungannon death announcements interesting...as you say, it’s not possible to find our forebears in every record, but it is useful to browse my files to become aware of the social and economic conditions endured by our forebears and the

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Hood and Fulton families of Newtownstewart

2019-11-05 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Bruce, Have you found my file on HOOD families of Newtownstewart and Strabane uploaded onto the CTI website? https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/hood.html It is also worth looking at the Fulton file https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/fulton.html and the transcribed registers

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Altedesert Parish C of I Records andPomeroy Presbyterian Records

2019-11-05 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
. Cheers Ron McCoy On 2019-11-04 2:38 a.m., Len Swindley via CoTyroneList wrote: Peter, My thoughts are that you are looking at two different sets of records: it is perhaps rather easy to be confused.   My transcriptions for ALTEDESERT  https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/altedesert.html

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Travelling Extraordinary 1835: Mr.

2019-10-26 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
to see that there are still members of the Hood family(ies) in the area. All your efforts are appreciated. Deb Bishop - From: "Len Swindley via CoTyroneList" To: "ecardw...@btinternet.com", "CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List"

[CoTyroneMailingList] Online Derryloran (Cookstown) Parish Church Baptism and Confirmation Registers

2019-10-24 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, The Anglican Record Project of the Representative Church Body (RCB) Library, Dublin https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/anglican-record-project continues and the Derryloran (Cookstown), Co. Tyrone registers of baptisms and confirmations have been transcribed and

[CoTyroneMailingList] Travelling Extraordinary 1835: Mr.Hood

2019-10-22 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
nstewart. Google will bring up their impressive shopfront. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android<https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers_wl=ym_sub1=Internal_sub2=Global_YGrowth_sub3=EmailSignature> On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 5:46, Len Swindl

[CoTyroneMailingList] Online Derryloran (Cookstown), Co. Tyrone Parish Registers

2019-10-22 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, The Anglican Record Project of the Representative Church Body (RCB) Library, Dublin https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/anglican-record-project continues and the Derryloran (Cookstown), Co. Tyrone registers of baptisms and confirmations have been transcribed and

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Travelling Extraordinary 1835: Mr.

2019-10-21 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
impressive shopfront. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android<https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers_wl=ym_sub1=Internal_sub2=Global_YGrowth_sub3=EmailSignature> On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 5:46, Len Swindley via CoT

[CoTyroneMailingList] Another Remarkable Hood Event, Lisnatunny, Newtownstewart, Ardstraw Parish, Co Tyrone 1836

2019-10-21 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello again Listers, Here is another report of a remarkable event within the Hood family extracted from the Londonderry Journal: August 2 1836 [Married] On Wednesday last, by the Rev. J. Alexander, MR. SAMUEL HOOD, of Lisnatony (sic), aged 92 years, to MRS HAMILTON, of same place, aged 89

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Travelling Extraordinary 1835: Mr. Hood of Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone

2019-10-20 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
ards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: CoTyroneList on behalf of Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 2:46:08 PM To: Len Swindley via CoTyro

[CoTyroneMailingList] Travelling Extraordinary 1835: Mr. Hood of Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone

2019-10-20 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Listers, Have extracted the following surprising report from 1835: December 8 1835; Londonderry Journal Travelling Extraordinary: MR. HOOD, of Newtownstewart, left home for Glasgow, on Thursday morning, the 26th ult., and sailed per the “St. Columb” (from Londonderry); transacted business

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] John Stevenson

2019-10-19 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Karen, CTI’s webmaster, Jim McKane is not a researcher, and I do not have free time to undertake searches for folk (life, work and transcription of documents for CTI https://www.cotyroneireland.com/ consume my time). However, I must respond to your mistaken assertion that I claimed that

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Wright Family

2019-10-17 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Katie, Dennis has been a regular contributor to CTI https://www.cotyroneireland.com/ His several files of biographies and wills relating to William, James and Andrew are: https://www.cotyroneireland.com/wills/williamwright.html https://www.cotyroneireland.com/biographies/wright_andrew.html

[CoTyroneMailingList] McCulloch/ McCullagh Research in Co. Tyrone

2019-10-02 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
ullagh/... in the area. My McCullagh's come from near Portadown in Armagh. A stone's throw away from Tyrone. I've even found their farm-land, thanks to Mr Griffith. Gordon On 1/10/2019 7:53 pm, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList wrote: Hello Cheryl, There is really no way of locating your forebea

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Not necessary to reply to my TEST message........

2019-10-01 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Cheryl, There is really no way of locating your forebear Mary McCulloch; As previously advised, there are just too many McCullochs (and variants) and your information is scanty – parents’ name unknown which makes research impossible. There are forty-three parishes in Co. Tyrone and

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - MoySchool, Clonfeacle Parish, Co. Tyrone, Examination Results 1808

2019-10-01 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Dorothy, What is the family name of your Clonfeacle forebears? What was their religious denomination? Have you found them in the Clonfeacle Tithe Applotment Book and Griffiths Valuation? What have you located using civil registration records? https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ Had any families

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Landowners of One Acre or More in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1876

2019-09-29 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello John, Thanks for your query and have to say that I am delighted that a researcher has located a potentially useful file. Referring back to the original printing of the 1876 work (presented to the Parliament at Westminster) I am unable to locate any references to Barnwell/ Barnhill and

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Is there a problem with the Mailing List?

2019-09-27 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Great to learn of your visit to Co. Tyrone, Pat. For the interest of the Listers, the Ogilby house (Altnachree Castle), Lisnacloon and Moneycannon are close by the village of Donemana in Donagheady parish which lies in the very north of the county bordering Co. Londonderry. Is there a

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Dungannon Quarter Sessions, Co. Tyrone, January 1845

2019-09-16 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thanks for your message Dorothy and many thanks for your thanks. I hope you have not been thinking that I have been ignoring Clonfeacle parish? Far from it. My Clonfeacle submissions to CTI include https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/benburbpres.html

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Fulton, Osnagh, Clogherney Parish, Co Tyrone

2019-09-06 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello again, Reba, A search of Clogherny Presbyterian marriages 1845-70 at https://www.cotyroneireland.com/ https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/clogherney.html will bring up several further Fulton and Crawford records Also the 1826 tithe applotment bookmany Fultons and several

[CoTyroneMailingList] Fulton, Osnagh, Clogherney Parish, Co Tyrone

2019-09-05 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Reba, Jim McKane has forwarded your off-list enquiry which I will respond to via the Mailing List as the contents may be useful to another Fulton researcher looking for records in Clogherney parish.. Civil registration of Protestant marriages commenced in 1845; registration of Catholic

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Mary Ann Burrows

2019-09-05 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Donna, You have not shared with the List the name of your great-grandmother Burrows. However, if her birth was prior to 1864 (the commencement of civil registration of births in Ireland), it will not be possible to obtain a birth certificate. Therefore, it may be useful to follow up

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Hanlin/Presbyterian/Protestant churches in Omagh 1742-1792

2019-09-02 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
hanks again. Pay Sent from my iPhone On Sep 1, 2019, at 18:35, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com>> wrote: Hello Sue, My thoughts are that you should be looking at which church records have survived for congregations in and about Omagh from the mid

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Tithe applotment indices list Kilsally

2019-08-30 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Good luck with that Peggy and yes, these images are available via the LDS. It is useful to look at the acreage of the holdings; if they are of a similar size, it indicates that the original farm was divided indicating those recorded as possibly father and/or sons/ brothers; this will be

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Tithe applotment indices list Kilsally

2019-08-30 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Peggy, The 1826 Ballyclog Tithe Applotment Book was filmed by the LDS back in the 1970s. The film has been digitised and is available for consultation online at any Family History Centre or affiliated library. The Familysearch film number is 258446; it is the first item on the film which

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dr. John Rutledge

2019-08-24 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thanks Dawn. Much luck and good fortune with your research; you will enjoy the Ulster American Folk Park and the beautiful countryside. For maximum benefit, It is most important to undertake research prior to departing on your trip. Regards, Len Swindley Sent from

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dr. John Rutledge

2019-08-24 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Am not sure you are going to be very successful in your search Dawn. Many U.S. researchers have some idea of the lives of their emigrant Irish forebear in America, but nothing prior. Looking at Google entries for Dr. John Rutledge it is claimed that he was born c1713 at Longford, Co. Tyrone;

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Geneology

2019-08-20 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Dawn, It is imperative you offer some dates; i.e.DOB and DOD. Did Dr. John Rutledge emigrate and to where? Regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Dawn Ritch via CoTyroneList Sent: Wednesday, 21 August 2019 12:31 PM To: cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Thanks/ Ogilby Estate, Lisnacloon, Donemana, , Co Tyrone

2019-08-20 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
I would be looking at Clondermot parish, Co. Londonderry (contiguous to Donagheady)for the origins of both the Taggarts and McKeevers, Pat: there are several recorded in Griffiths Valuation c1860 http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ Am unable to offer any further thoughts. Good

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Thanks/ Ogilby Estate, Lisnacloon, Donemana, , Co Tyrone

2019-08-20 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Pat, There are very few surviving records for this estate. Looking at Griffiths Valuation for Donagheady (1858), there are many labourers’ cottages within both Lisnacloon Upper and Lower and none of them of great value; most likely consisting of two rooms, constructed of mud and stone with

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Taggart/McKeever: Donagheady Parish Presbyterian Records

2019-08-19 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
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

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Help with Tracing Mathew Yarrow and family from Oritor, County Tyrone.

2019-08-14 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Sue, The YARROW sisters arrived in Sydney January 1842 from Oritor, Co. Tyrone as assisted immigrants (passages had been paid by the colonial government) on the “Margaret”. Oritor is a 289 acre townland within Kildress parish, near Cookstown KILDRESS TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOK entries for

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Walker Canoney

2019-08-08 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Rhonda, if the Carnony referred to is in Co. Tyrone, there is a significant problem. Carnony is a townland within Cappagh parish and some searching offers nothing that will assist your search: Tithe Applotment Book 1827, Cappagh Parish, Co. Tyrone

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Emigration to New Zealand

2019-08-06 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Roberta, Looking at the emigration advertisements in the Londonderry and Belfast newspapers of the 1850s-80s offering passages to New Zealand it is apparent that intending emigrants were required to make their way across to depots in Glasgow, Liverpool and London to embark for direct

[CoTyroneMailingList] James Sheehan b. Ireland 1825 North Devonshire Regiment

2019-08-06 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Cheryl, The North Devonshire Regiment was barracked at Chatham, Kent, England. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~garter1/history/11th.htm states that the regiment originally left Chatham for Sydney in 1845 and RETURNED to England in 1857. Consulting the regimental records (TNA, Kew, London)

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] A Query on the Ulster Plantation - a late arrival?

2019-08-04 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Bravo Elwyn! Many thanks for this informative response and for highlighting the importance of the Muster Rolls of 1630-1 in the story of the settlement of the Plantation settlers; these are important records. Several have been transcribed and have been uploaded onto CTI

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Coalisland marriages

2019-07-30 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Peggy, There are no earlier registers for Coalisland (Donaghenry & Ballyclog parish). Typically, Catholic registers commence in the 1830s for the majority of parishes. Sad, but true. All the best, Len Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Morrow marriages

2019-07-28 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Murray, Thanks for your message; I must state that I am not connected to Morrows and the Morrow file is just one of in excess of 1,000 submitted to CTI https://www.cotyroneireland.com/ to date. I hope you found it interesting. As I am not familiar with Co Monaghan research it has been

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Coalisland marriages

2019-07-26 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Peggy, The Donaghenry & Ballyclog RC marriages are available online; you may find the marriages your are searching for recorded at https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0187 Regards, Lem Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail for

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Holmes family

2019-07-13 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Di, Matthew Holmes died September 27 1901 and a lengthy obituary was published in the Evening Star, Dunedin, New Zealand of that date https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers It states that he was a native of Strabane, Co Tyrone. The Ballycolman recorded in the 1841 Melbourne immigration

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dunwaist, Co Tyrone

2019-07-13 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Cheryl, There are really only four towns in Co. Tyrone: Strabane, Omagh, Dungannon and Cookstown, but many villages. Perhaps your question is directed to the number of TOWNLANDS within Co. Tyrone? Wikipedia states that there are approx. 2,162 official townlands within the 43 civil

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Inch Island, County Donegal Place Names

2019-07-10 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello David, I am going to respond to your query via CTI https://www.cotyroneireland.com , aware that you are a subscriber Elwyn responded to your Newtownstewart query recently; Co. Donegal researchers also follow this site so it may be of interest to others. Have you referred to Lindel

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dunwaist, Co Tyrone

2019-07-09 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Katherine, Your query has taken much time to research, but I believe it has now been solved. The DUNWAIST recorded in the Longfield West Parish 1826 tithe applotment book is the same location recorded as DUNWEST in Samuel Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837). It is common

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Coulter family - Cooel, Dromore

2019-07-07 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Barb, In addition to Elwyn’s excellent and speedy response, may I offer a little further information that may be new to your research. As Elwyn stated, Drumquin Presbyterian registers (marriages and baptisms) commence rather late – 1845. Sad. However, the marriages listed below (my own

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dunwaist, Co Tyrone

2019-07-06 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
just to the east of Mullanatoomog, Kilmore, Gillygooly and Aghnamoyle? Didn't want it said "we done waste" a potential good source .! Best regards Dave Mitchell Cape Town South Africa ____________ From: "Len Swindley via CoTyroneList" To: "Co

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dunwaist, Co Tyrone

2019-07-06 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Katherine, I guess the record you have for DUNWAIST is from my transcription of the Longfield West Parish tithe applotment book of 1826 https://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/longfieldwest.html ? It is the only instance that I have located a mention of this place. It is not recorded in

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Plumbridge around 1815 - Derry or tyrone

2019-07-05 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
That would be an error Mary; McFarlands were prolific about Plumbridge. However, they would have emigrated via the port of Derry/ Londonderry – hence the possible confusion. Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - HearthMoney Rolls for Leckpatrick Parish, Strabane Barony, Co. Tyrone c.1670

2019-07-05 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Thanks Jim. The Hearth Money Rolls of the 1660s are interesting and important records. Lindsay Graham; you will find your Hamond, Graham and Carnwath forebears recorded in this c1670 Leckpatrick parish record. Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Jim McKane

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Lyon family of Strabane

2019-07-04 Thread Len Swindley via CoTyroneList
Hello Sharyn, Have you ascertained that it was your forebear (JAMES LYON) who died at Port Clinton in May, 1861? Did he marry and give the name GEORGE to a son? There is some useful data relating to the Lyons of Strabane (Camus and Leckpatrick parishes) on the website connected to this mailing

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