Before you subscribe via a country site other than the one in which you reside, whether it's Ancestry, FindMyPast, or another site, make sure you know what that subscription gets you. Not all databases are included in every subscription. Or so it used to be. Things change. Also, read the terms and conditions carefully. You may be in breach of the agreement if you don't live in the country whose site you join. Claire K Sent from my iPhone ... >> >> I think it was this list that gave me the original idea for an American to subscribe to Ancestry through Ancestry.ca since the exchange rate is favorable....

Hi Nivard, Like you, I'm not a fan of Facebook genealogy groups, like the generic Irish Genealogy group. The Castlederg group, on the other hand, was set up by folks in/from Castlederg. So, if you're looking for local knowledge, you can't get much more local. I'm not actually in the C'derg group, as my folks weren't from that area, but I do see occasional posts from the group, and they always seem interesting. Of course, I like CTI most of all... :-) Claire K CTI Admin Sent from my iPhone On Jan 10, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > I am entirely with Ray on this subject > > Why do people bother with facebook, which may be flavour of the month > for now but not a great resource for research, particularly long term > > The list posts are archived for future researchers to gain from and make > contact with previous posters with similar interests > > And a whole lot safer to use > > Give me the lists and boards any day > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 10/01/2014 13:46, ray15 wrote: >> Thank you for the notification, Mervyn; and to Clare for giving them a boost. >> >> Sadly, though, I will have to stay ignorant of everything about your group, as I refuse to join Facebook; and having tried your link, can only read there upon becoming a member. >> >> It’s a pity, but something that I have to accept as long as I choose to stick by my preference for privacy. >> >> Wishing you all the best with it nevertheless. >> Ray in Oz > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good thought. A bit scary though.... I just read the terms of service for the .ca version and didn't see anything about where you reside. In addition I had to provide my full address when I subscribed. I stated that I lived in the states. In the terms of service if you wish to cancel you are asked to send a bunch of info including the country where you live and your phone number including country code. I wouldn't think they would ask that if you could only live in Canada. Fingers crossed.   Researching BOND/BONN/BOHN, MEAGHER, and PELLERIN in Port Felix, Nova Scotia. Researching LAFORET and SAAM in Williamsburg NY and Frankenthal Germany Researching CONNOLLY and McLAUGHLIN in Cty Tyrone Ireland and Ontario Canada   On Friday, January 10, 2014 11:12 AM, Claire K <[email protected]> wrote: Before you subscribe via a country site other than the one in which you reside, whether it's Ancestry, FindMyPast, or another site, make sure you know what that subscription gets you. Not all databases are included in every subscription. Or so it used to be. Things change. Also, read the terms and conditions carefully. You may be in breach of the agreement if you don't live in the country whose site you join. Claire K Sent from my iPhone ... >> >> I think it was this list that gave me the original idea for an American to subscribe to Ancestry through Ancestry.ca since the exchange rate is favorable....

Listers, I can tell you from my own experience that the Castlederg Facebook page is great, it's a fantastic group of people who willingly give of themselves to try and help others with their family history. If you don't know if your ties are in Castlederg, below is a listing of the 205 townlands of the former Poor Law Union (now Registration District) of Castlederg. The townlands are grouped within the list by parish & alphabetically within that. The numbers refer to the townland's acreage. Castlederg Poor Law Union, Civil Parish of Ardstraw Townland AKA Acres Barony Archill 788 StrabaneLower Ardbarren Lower 284 OmaghWest Ardbarren Upper 261 OmaghWest Backhill 154 OmaghWest Ballyfolliard 392 StrabaneLower Ballynaloan 140 StrabaneLower Binnawooda 517 OmaghWest Bolaght 692 OmaghWest Carncorran Glebe 243 OmaghWest Carrickadartan 130 OmaghWest Castlebane 158 OmaghWest Cavandarragh 362 StrabaneLower Clare Upper 379 OmaghWest Claremore 170 OmaghWest Coolcreaghy 282 OmaghWest Coolnacrunaght 404 OmaghWest Coolnaherin Park 81 OmaghWest Creevy 408 StrabaneLower Crew Lower 187 StrabaneLower Crew Upper 436 StrabaneLower Derrygoon 498 StrabaneLower Drumclamph 458 StrabaneLower Drumnabey 413 OmaghWest Dunrevan 260 StrabaneLower Erganagh 498 StrabaneLower Fyfin 282 StrabaneLower Garvetagh Lower 308 OmaghWest Garvetagh Upper 367 OmaghWest Glenglush 373 StrabaneLower Golan Adams 87 OmaghWest Golan Hunter 77 OmaghWest Golan Sproul 180 OmaghWest Kilreal Lower 116 OmaghWest Kilreal Upper 242 OmaghWest Knockbrack 102 OmaghWest Lettercarn 512 OmaghWest Lisleen 213 OmaghWest Listymore 809 StrabaneLower Lurganboy 304 StrabaneLower Magheracreggan 355 StrabaneLower Magheralough 248 StrabaneLower Priestsessagh 456 StrabaneLower Ratyn 198 StrabaneLower Scarvagherin 451 StrabaneLower Shanog 68 OmaghWest Spamount 88 OmaghWest Upperthird 187 OmaghWest Whitehouse 271 StrabaneLower Castlederg Poor Law Union, Civil Parish of Longfield West,Barony of Omagh West Aghakinmart 269 Ally 1,144 Annaghalough 164 Barravey 260 Billary 166 Bomackatall Lower 1,124 Bomackatall Upper 823 Bullock Park 398 Carradoo Glebe 312 Carradowa Glebe 197 Carrick 363 Carrickaness 97 Carrickbwee Glebe 278 Castlecraig 545 Cavansallagh 82 Clunahill Glebe 404 Collow 221 Coolavannagh 1,413 Cornashesk 234 Curragh Glebe 105 Curraghamulkin 1,150 Curraghmacall 1,088 Dooish 845 Drumgallan 459 Drummenagh 238 Drumnamalra 266 Drumowen 302 Drumquin 398 DRUMQUIN T xx Drumscra 248 Dunnaree 239 Ednashanlaght 93 Garrison Glebe 262 Gortnasoal Glebe 298 Hill Head 48 Killen 356 Killoan 941 Kilmore (Irvine) 373 Kilmore (Robinson) 628 Kirlish 497 Lackagh 769 Lisky Glebe 108 Marrock Glebe 149 Meenacloy 416 Meenadoan 731 Meenaheery Glebe 137 Meenbog 881 Meencargagh 502 Meenmossogue Glebe 347 Prughlish 478 Sloughan 687 Tully 747 Tullyard 411 Willmount 189 Castlederg Poor Law Union, Civil Parish of Termonamongan,Barony of Omagh West Corgary Fifth First aka Croagh 1,236 Corgary Fourth Meenablagh 766 Corgary Sixth SecondCroagh 2,411 Croagh First CorgaryFifth 1,236 Fifth Corgary FirstCroagh 1,236 First Croagh FifthCorgary 1,236 Fourth Corgary Meenablagh 766 Meenablagh FourthCorgary 766 Second Croagh SixthCorgary 2,111 Sixth Corgary SecondCroagh 2,111 Croagh Second CorgarySixth 2,111 Aghalougher 110 Aghalunny 493 Aghamore 330 Aghascrebagh 159 Aghnahoo 271 Aghyaran 735 Altamullan 1,680 Altgolan 721 Ardarver 748 Athabryanmore 642 Ballymongan 1,172 Carndreen 477 Carnoughter 787 Carracoghan 357 Carrickaholten 1,030 Clagernagh 833 Common 98 Corgary First 131 Corgary Second 176 Corgary Third 360 Creeduff 574 Crigdenis 813 Crighshane 992 Crilly's Hill 226 Dreenan 459 Drummahon 510 Edenasop 274 Edenreagh 630 Essan 630 Garvagh 957 Garvagh Blane 357 Garvagh Pullans 214 Glebe 33 Golandun Dolan 447 Golandun McHugh 538 Gortnagross 442 Killen Far 327 Killen Near 279 Killeter 427 Laghtfoggy 637 Laghtmorris 640 Legatonegan 493 Leitrim 252 Lislaird 451 Lisnacloon 445 Magherakeel 443 Magheranageeragh 399 Meenafergus 697 Meenagrogan 333 Meenakeeran 2,305 Meenamullan 629 Meencarriga 334 Meenclogher 401 Mournbeg 48 Mullanabreen 291 Mullyfabeg 564 Mullyfamore 798 Scraghy 2,081 Scralea 272 Seegronan 700 Shanaghy 324 Slievedoo 4,559 Speerholme 163 Sraghcumber 317 Tievenameenta 275 Trienamongan 290 Tullycar 854 Tulnashane 560 Woodside 252 Castlederg Poor Law Union, Civil Parish of Urney, Barony ofOmagh West Ballylennan Mercer 66 Ballylennan Scott 204 Berrysfort 98 Bridgetown 317 CASTLEDERG T. xx Castlegore 446 Castlesessagh 165 Cavan 356 Craigmonaghan (Funston) 101 Craigmonaghan (Nelson) 192 Creevy Lower 113 Creevy Upper 237 Dartans 367 Freughlough 592 Ganvaghan Hemphill 446 Ganvaghan Kyle 54 Ganvaghan Semple 272 Kilclean 907 Kilcroagh 351 Learmore 406 Mount Bernard 50 Munie 158 Pullyernan 1,359 Clare L. (aka TyroneIre) -----Original Message----- <<<Castlederg & District Family History Society is a dedicated bunch of Amateurgenealogists who delight in assisting each other in the research of theirAncestral roots in the Castlederg Area of County Tyrone. Their FacebookGroup Page is very active with information, files and links to usefulgenealogical sites. Members may post queries and you can be assured that ifother members can assist them in any way..then they will. I'm unsure if links are permitted on the list but just search for us onFacebook Castlederg & District Family History Society https://www.facebook.com/groups/castledergfamilyhistorysociety/

Interesting info on getting Ancestry through Canada.  I have an account that is expiring any day and they are trying to get me to re-up.  But this is a very good deal through Canada.  Do I need a different email account than the one from before to do this or can I use the same email? Peg

I totally agree about facebook. It does have its place. I joined years ago to keep up with one of my daughters. I have since connected with so many family members I had totally lost contact with. I was also able to reconnect with a friend I had not seen in many years. She lives in NZ and just happened to be in my area of Canada when I contacted her son through FB. It is a really great way to share pictures too. Mary in Vancouver, BC On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Shirley Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't want to write as a defender of Facebook, especially because I have > no confidence in their respect of privacy. But, I joined because I wanted > to see what my grandchildren were posting. I'm not alone. But, I soon > discovered others were posting family photos, which cannot be posted to the > lists. A family member's house burned down a year ago. Others in the > family are posting old photos on Facebook to help replace what was lost. > Facebook doesn't need to archive them for me. I can copy them to my hard > drive and/or directly into my genealogy program. My maternal grandfather > moved from Canada to the U.S. and remarried (before my grandmother died). > I recently traced all the descendants of this second wife. One of his > granddaughters from the second family has posted hundreds of photos of her > branch of the family on Facebook, living people who I would have had great > difficulty finding. I don't play any of the games (except Scrabble with a > cousin in Canada) nor have! > I shared personal information. > Shirley > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Castlederg Genealogy Group > Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:28:21 +0000 > > I am entirely with Ray on this subject > > Why do people bother with facebook, which may be flavour of the month > for now but not a great resource for research, particularly long term > > The list posts are archived for future researchers to gain from and make > contact with previous posters with similar interests > > And a whole lot safer to use > > Give me the lists and boards any day > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 10/01/2014 13:46, ray15 wrote: > > Thank you for the notification, Mervyn; and to Clare for giving them a > boost. > > > > Sadly, though, I will have to stay ignorant of everything about your > group, as I refuse to join Facebook; and having tried your link, can only > read there upon becoming a member. > > > > It&rsquo;s a pity, but something that I have to accept as long as I > choose to stick by my preference for privacy. > > > > Wishing you all the best with it nevertheless. > > Ray in Oz > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

wow!! my Ancestry.com world through US is almost twice that. i think mine is  $145 US a for 6 months. In summer i'll have to look at that. Wonder if I can do that by starting at the dot ca page. Pam Munro >________________________________ > From: Joan <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 9:59 AM >Subject: [CoTyIre] Ancestry > > >I think it was this list that gave me the original idea for an American to subscribe to Ancestry through Ancestry.ca since the exchange rate is favorable. I wanted to pass on an extra special deal that's being offered right now. > >I opened my Ancestry guest acct. and there was an offer to purchase a year of Ancestry.ca World for $191 Canadian. I converted that online and it was under $175 US. My credit card charges 3% for foreign transactions which was about $5. If I did my math correctly, I just signed up for a year of Ancestry world for $180. Sure beats Ancestry.com's price of $300. > >Whoever first suggested the idea - Thanks!! > >Joan > > >  >Researching BOND/BONN/BOHN, MEAGHER, and PELLERIN in Port Felix, Nova Scotia. >Researching LAFORET and SAAM in Williamsburg NY and Frankenthal Germany >Researching CONNOLLY and McLAUGHLIN in Cty Tyrone Ireland and Ontario Canada >------------- >Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I think it was this list that gave me the original idea for an American to subscribe to Ancestry through Ancestry.ca since the exchange rate is favorable. I wanted to pass on an extra special deal that's being offered right now. I opened my Ancestry guest acct. and there was an offer to purchase a year of Ancestry.ca World for $191 Canadian. I converted that online and it was under $175 US. My credit card charges 3% for foreign transactions which was about $5. If I did my math correctly, I just signed up for a year of Ancestry world for $180. Sure beats Ancestry.com's price of $300. Whoever first suggested the idea - Thanks!! Joan   Researching BOND/BONN/BOHN, MEAGHER, and PELLERIN in Port Felix, Nova Scotia. Researching LAFORET and SAAM in Williamsburg NY and Frankenthal Germany Researching CONNOLLY and McLAUGHLIN in Cty Tyrone Ireland and Ontario Canada

Hello Listers Castlederg & District Family History Society is a dedicated bunch of Amateur genealogists who delight in assisting each other in the research of their Ancestral roots in the Castlederg Area of County Tyrone. Their Facebook Group Page is very active with information, files and links to useful genealogical sites. Members may post queries and you can be assured that if other members can assist them in any way..then they will. I'm unsure if links are permitted on the list but just search for us on Facebook Castlederg & District Family History Society https://www.facebook.com/groups/castledergfamilyhistorysociety/ Regards and Happy Hunting Mervyn Catterson

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I use them to hold BDM of people that I am not sure are connected to the family. I also use them to identify naming patterns. I have got a huge spreadsheet just with a time line and references to all the mentions of the names I am searching for. I find the search and find and order/reorder functions much easier on excel than a word document. Many of the researchers whose documents I search in (Macafee in Londonderry etc) use them as they allow searching across multiple columns etc. I would not be without them. Cathy On 28/12/13 9:18 AM, "pegappraiser" <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone had luck using excel spreadsheets to hold information?  If so, what > is worth noting?  Peg S. > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Just using the information from our wonderful Co Tyrone site I found this reference to the 1738 emigration to the US. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/emigration/newenglanda-d.html 'Darrah, Robert, of Litchfield, N.H.; from Ireland, 1738; m. 1. J--- McKean; m. 2. --- Blood; Children: Elizabeth, Robert, John, James, Polly, Peggy, Jane, Naomi, David, Samuel. -100th anniv of Bedford, p 297' A secondary reference as it is quoting from a publication and not the source. So you will need to verify the information. So seems to have been married twice. Also on the site is reference to an 1826 Tithe applotment for Darrah in Scraby in Kilskeery Then looked for Kilskeery (Google) and found on the Ireland XO site some www.irelandxo.com/sites/default/files/kilskeery_baptisms.xls a downloadable excel spreadsheet for Kilskeery and with the name Darragh, which is the way I have often seen it spelt. These go back to the mid 1700s. They list a residence which you could search to see where. Other versions of the name are Darrogh and Darrough Look on the Tyrone site for McKean, with all the different spellings. Also Blood. If the family died in NH then finding the death certificate for Jean/Jane/Jess McKean Darrah will let you know if the Blood marriage took place in Ireland or NH. I would search for all the marriages/deaths of all the children mentioned. That way you will be able to see patterns in the naming of the children. Look on Family Search if you have not already done so. Cathy On 27/12/13 6:39 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > My Grandmothers parents were Robert Baker and Isabelle Louise Darrah of > Plattsburgh New York. > > Isabelle's parents were Chauncey Goodrich Darrah and Fanny Adelia > Densmore. Peru New York. > > Chauncey's parents were David Darrah and Elizabeth (Betsy) E. Allen. Peru > New York. > > Last night I found out that David's parents were Samuel and Sarah Darrah of > Litchfield New Hampshire. > > > > Samuels father Robert Darrah came from County Tyrone Northern Ireland > about 1738 eventually settling in Litchfield NH. > > I'm hoping to find out more about Robert Darrah in County Tyrone. > > Laurie Beth Roman > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Peg Spreadsheets can be extremely useful, I use them/have used them for various things Its very easy to transcribe using a spreadsheet for say a census entry I admit many of the things I used to use them for have now been superseded or outdated as family tree software does it already Some uses I have used before such as recording the quarters/months & years checked for registration indexes, or parish records, or probate years (sometimes I have drawn up a sheet and printed it off so I can tick off the years/quarters etc) As you can now check many of them online and easier it may not be worth recording that in a SS unless in the persons notes One useful use is to draw up a SS to establish what records have been checked or found for a certain person or groups of people Listing the life events across the columns with one for each census year, will etc List family down the left rows, then a small x to denote checked and say a y to show record found, its a very easy way to see what records should then be checked to fill in the blanks (just an example of what you can use a spreadsheet for) Whilst you can use Word of similar I find that far more difficult to manipulate Loretta mentioned difficulty in resizing columns in a SS, its very easy, hover pointer over the column split in the top row (where it shows A B C etc) and either left click and drag the column width to that you require, or simply double click on the line, that will open the column width to the largest text or number in the column to its left If you can't see all the data columns try reducing the size of the spreadsheet to fit on the page Databases are great if using huge quantities of exactly the same data, but are not so easy to set up or manipulate Spreadsheets are very easy The list of uses is endless, you are only restricted by your imagination You don't need Excel or other paid for software, OpenOffice is a complete office suite thats free and as easy to use as any other spreadsheet Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/12/2013 20:18, pegappraiser wrote: > Has anyone had luck using excel spreadsheets to hold information? If so, what is worth noting? Peg S.

I use a spread sheet when gathering information that needs to compared. eg a recent one - checking everyone called James Dobbie born between 1870 and 1876, (because had no clue to his parents, just knew that he arrived Aus in 1901.). I had about 15 for that time period from a certain area. Then following them through census and immigration world wide, to work out which is the right one. Put all the info in columns and compare. I like to add highlighter to help make it work. regards Marg OLeary Port Stephens NSW -----Original Message----- From: pegappraiser Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 7:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CoTyIre] spread sheets Has anyone had luck using excel spreadsheets to hold information? If so, what is worth noting? Peg S. ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If you are looking to start a database, then perhaps Microsoft Access would be a better program. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of catherine trewby [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 7:53 PM To: pegappraiser; [email protected] Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] spread sheets I use them to hold BDM of people that I am not sure are connected to the family. I also use them to identify naming patterns. I have got a huge spreadsheet just with a time line and references to all the mentions of the names I am searching for. I find the search and find and order/reorder functions much easier on excel than a word document. Many of the researchers whose documents I search in (Macafee in Londonderry etc) use them as they allow searching across multiple columns etc. I would not be without them. Cathy On 28/12/13 9:18 AM, "pegappraiser" <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone had luck using excel spreadsheets to hold information? If so, what > is worth noting? Peg S. > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I worked for 24 years in a major law firm using both Excel and Microsoft Word. Excel is fine for accounting, bookkeeping, and documents that consist primarily of numbers. I hate using it for text. Word has far more flexibility for displaying text, using either columns, tables, or simply tabs. With Excel, you have to either be good at resizing columns within the spreadsheet OR be satisfied with viewing only parts of text. Loretta -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pegappraiser Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 3:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CoTyIre] spread sheets Has anyone had luck using excel spreadsheets to hold information?  If so, what is worth noting?  Peg S. ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Dennis, If you search the archives of this mailing list at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search you will find 20 hits for McCONKEY. Put the name only on the body line and do not put a date. Most hits are the recent ones but you will find some older ones that might be of help. Looking at the Tyrone website at cotyroneireland.com gives you 19 hits for the McCONKEY spelling alone. MacLysaght, in his book on Irish surnames, says McCONKEY is a variant of MacCONAGHY from the Scottish Clan Robertson, Rob Doragh Liverpool UK