I must say how wonderful it is to see all the contributions and transcriptions that just keep coming from the marvellous Melbourne based Len Swindley! Thank you for all you do Len! With gratitude and admiration Janet & the rest of the silent majority Sent from my iPad

Born Co. Tyrone, Buried Elsewhere - added Patrick McGarrity & Mary (McGarrity) Donnelly<http://www.cotyroneireland.com/bornburied/BornTyroneDiedUSA.html>

Born Co. Tyrone, Buried Elsewhere - added *James Wright*<http://www.cotyroneireland.com/bornburied/bornburied-5.html> Please send all new entries for the website directly to Jim McKane at [email protected] Thanks for your assistance.

Andrew Wright Born 21 Feb 1842 Brigh Presbyterian, Tyrone, Ireland (Ballynafeagh) Buried 4 Oct 1929 Ashland City Cemetery, Ashland, Cass, Illinois USA James Wright's Brother Dennis Wright

Dennis, Although the congregation of Brigh Presbyterian Church was founded in 1630 (History of Congregations; Presbyterian Historical Society, Belfast, 1982), the surviving baptismal and marriage registers commence in 1837 (see PRONI Guide to Church Records). http://www.proni.gov.uk/guide_to_church_records.pdf This is not an unusual occurrence with Presbyterian records. These registers and further records (communicants' roll, committee minutes, etc.) have been microfilmed and may be searched (original images, not just indexes) at PRONI, Belfast. Trust this helps, Len Swindley Melbourne, Australia

Born Co. Tyrone, Buried Elsewhere - added *Alexander, Annie(nee O'Donnell) and George McMaster* http://www.cotyroneireland.com/bornburied/bornburied-6.html

Nivard, Thank you so much. :) Shannah On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the > CoTyroneIreland-D mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive these > messages, or if you wish to search or browse the archives, or if you wish > to unsubscribe from digest mode and subscribe in list mode, see > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NIR/CoTyroneIreland.html for links > and instructions. See http://cotyroneireland.com/ for our associated web > site. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: TWISS family--in Ireland (Nivard Ovington) > 2. Re: Ballynafeagh (Len Swindley) > 3. STUART Andrew Thomas (Rose Aston) > 4. Re: TWISS family--in Ireland (catherine trewby) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:01:44 +0100 > From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] TWISS family--in Ireland > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Shannah > > Not entirely sure I understand your problem > > The link you sent is a pdf, no need for Excel for viewing that > > If the problem is reading that pdf you would need either Adobe acrobat > or a free and faster pdf reader, my recommendation would be Foxit > > I had a quick look through the document but did not see a spreadsheet > mentioned (which would need the likes of Excel) > > If you are in need of a good spreadsheet program try Openoffice, a > completely free office suite > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 23/09/2013 23:45, Ava Woods wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Please, is there SKS who might know of another program which I may be > able > > to use with this website-- > > > > > http://mcgrathsearch.com/files/The%20Neighbors%20in%20Ireland%2012-05-11.pdf > > > > instead of Excel--one that is just as good? I have enough programs on > the > > go, as it is. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Shannah > > Canada > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:28:25 +1000 > From: "Len Swindley" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Ballynafeagh > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dennis, > > There is just a single townland named Ballynafeagh in Co. Tyrone and you > will find it in ARBOE parish (ref. General Alphabetical Index to the > Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland, 1851) > > Are you looking for members of the Wright family? - am just enquiring as > you do not state. A William WRIGHT is recorded in Ballinafay in the 1826 > Arboe tithe applotment book and a Martha WRIGHT is recorded in Ballynafeagh > at the time of Griffiths Valuation of the parish (c1860). The variations in > spelling may be disregarded. Don't know what you have been looking at > online, but it looks incorrect. > > Does this help? > > Regards, > Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:53:31 +1200 > From: Rose Aston <[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyIre] STUART Andrew Thomas > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > < > [email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi - I'm not sure I have sent a reply message back to the board > correctly. > > So just in case:- > > Thank you to those who gave me replies to my query re Andrew Thomas STUART. > > I am looking for a marriage of Andrew Thomas STUART to Mary GILMOUR > (GILMORE??). > > I know Andrew comes from the Castlestuart family and was born at Lisdhu > House, Co. Tyrone in 1814. (Is this in Dungannon??) > Would there be census lists which would show the family and staff/servants > at Lisdhu House from around 1814 forward?? > I have heard a story that Mary Gilmour may have been a servant, perhaps at > the House. Her father is John as far as I know. > >From her death notice in the Tasmanian papers she was born around 1824. > > I have traced a Mr and Mrs STEWART coming into Port Philip, Australia on > the 'London' in 1840. > In an obituary for Andrew I found that they arrived in 1840 and had gone > farming with a fellow passenger, Olgivie, but drought forced them off and > Andrew and Mary go to Tasmania by at least 1843 (third child born in > Tasmania). First child, Andrew Godfrey STUART was born in Williamstown, Feb > 1841. (christened in St. James Church, Melborne). > > In another obituary for another son of Andrew and Mary's it states that > they came to Australia in 1837 and went farming before going to Tasmania. > > So perhaps they came as early as 1837 although the passenger list of 1840 > seems the better 'fit' due to the fellow passengers by the name of Olgivie > who it is said, in A T's obituary, they went sheep farming with. > > I do not know if Andrew Thomas and Mary left from Ireland or England aboard > the 'London'. > I would also like to know more about Mary GILMOUR. > > Looking for photo's of the STUART's too. > > Thanks, Rose > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:00:21 +1200 > From: catherine trewby <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] TWISS family--in Ireland > To: Ava Woods <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Message-ID: <CE6864B5.D3F7%[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Hi > > Further to Nivard's response. Once you open the PDF then you can use the > 'find' option in your browser to look for a word -perhaps your ancestor or > location. I looked up Twiss using this but there were no mentions. > > The article is very interesting and bears out some thoughts that I have had > for ancestor chasing over the years. Neighbours in Ireland often turned > out > to be neighbours once they had emigrated to a new country. Also that the > presence of people from a locality in Ireland (not necessarily related) > having made the move to 'the new world' often inspired others back home to > make the move. The second ones often stayed in the same locality and so > you > might see them in a census but often moved on. > > Cathy > > > On 24/09/13 10:45 AM, "Ava Woods" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Please, is there SKS who might know of another program which I may be > able > > to use with this website-- > > > > > http://mcgrathsearch.com/files/The%20Neighbors%20in%20Ireland%2012-05-11.pdf > > > > instead of Excel--one that is just as good? I have enough programs on > the > > go, as it is. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Shannah > > Canada > > [email protected] > > ------------- > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COTYRONEIRELAND list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the COTYRONEIRELAND mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 8, Issue 241 > *********************************************** >

I think I may have found out why I cannot find my Twice Great Grandfathers Birth Record online. I did a search on FamilySearch.org putting in the place of birth as "Presbyterian Brigh" and the records were only from 1830 until 1870. My twice times Great Grandfather would definitely have been born prior to that as my Great Uncle William his first was born in 1838. Do you know if these records exist and if they do how to you access them? Dennis James Wright Las Vegas, Nevada

Educational Awards - 1870<http://www.cotyroneireland.com/schools/educationawards.html>

Born Co. Tyrone, Married USA - Jane Pollock (nee Crawford)<http://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/TyroneMarriedUSA.html>

Hello Rose, Sadly for your research, the earliest surviving Irish census is that for 1901. Len Swindley

Hearth Money Roll, *Donagheady* Parish Strabane Barony - 1666<http://www.cotyroneireland.com/hearth/donagheady.html>- *Updated File!*

Born Co. Tyrone, Died Elsewhere - added *Major W. J. Sloan* http://www.cotyroneireland.com/bornburied/bornburied-5.html

http://www.cotyroneireland.com/bornburied/bornburied-5.htmlBorn Co. Tyrone, Died Elsewhere - added *Susan Reaney, Unity (McGlinn) Conway, John P. Conway, Patrick Conway, Francis James Conway*

Hi Further to Nivard's response. Once you open the PDF then you can use the 'find' option in your browser to look for a word -perhaps your ancestor or location. I looked up Twiss using this but there were no mentions. The article is very interesting and bears out some thoughts that I have had for ancestor chasing over the years. Neighbours in Ireland often turned out to be neighbours once they had emigrated to a new country. Also that the presence of people from a locality in Ireland (not necessarily related) having made the move to 'the new world' often inspired others back home to make the move. The second ones often stayed in the same locality and so you might see them in a census but often moved on. Cathy On 24/09/13 10:45 AM, "Ava Woods" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Please, is there SKS who might know of another program which I may be able > to use with this website-- > > http://mcgrathsearch.com/files/The%20Neighbors%20in%20Ireland%2012-05-11.pdf > > instead of Excel--one that is just as good? I have enough programs on the > go, as it is. > > Thank you. > > Shannah > Canada > [email protected] > ------------- > 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 - I'm not sure I have sent a reply message back to the board correctly. So just in case:- Thank you to those who gave me replies to my query re Andrew Thomas STUART. I am looking for a marriage of Andrew Thomas STUART to Mary GILMOUR (GILMORE??). I know Andrew comes from the Castlestuart family and was born at Lisdhu House, Co. Tyrone in 1814. (Is this in Dungannon??) Would there be census lists which would show the family and staff/servants at Lisdhu House from around 1814 forward?? I have heard a story that Mary Gilmour may have been a servant, perhaps at the House. Her father is John as far as I know. >From her death notice in the Tasmanian papers she was born around 1824. I have traced a Mr and Mrs STEWART coming into Port Philip, Australia on the 'London' in 1840. In an obituary for Andrew I found that they arrived in 1840 and had gone farming with a fellow passenger, Olgivie, but drought forced them off and Andrew and Mary go to Tasmania by at least 1843 (third child born in Tasmania). First child, Andrew Godfrey STUART was born in Williamstown, Feb 1841. (christened in St. James Church, Melborne). In another obituary for another son of Andrew and Mary's it states that they came to Australia in 1837 and went farming before going to Tasmania. So perhaps they came as early as 1837 although the passenger list of 1840 seems the better 'fit' due to the fellow passengers by the name of Olgivie who it is said, in A T's obituary, they went sheep farming with. I do not know if Andrew Thomas and Mary left from Ireland or England aboard the 'London'. I would also like to know more about Mary GILMOUR. Looking for photo's of the STUART's too. Thanks, Rose

Dennis, There is just a single townland named Ballynafeagh in Co. Tyrone and you will find it in ARBOE parish (ref. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland, 1851) Are you looking for members of the Wright family? - am just enquiring as you do not state. A William WRIGHT is recorded in Ballinafay in the 1826 Arboe tithe applotment book and a Martha WRIGHT is recorded in Ballynafeagh at the time of Griffiths Valuation of the parish (c1860). The variations in spelling may be disregarded. Don't know what you have been looking at online, but it looks incorrect. Does this help? Regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia

Hi Shannah Not entirely sure I understand your problem The link you sent is a pdf, no need for Excel for viewing that If the problem is reading that pdf you would need either Adobe acrobat or a free and faster pdf reader, my recommendation would be Foxit I had a quick look through the document but did not see a spreadsheet mentioned (which would need the likes of Excel) If you are in need of a good spreadsheet program try Openoffice, a completely free office suite Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 23/09/2013 23:45, Ava Woods wrote: > Hello, > > Please, is there SKS who might know of another program which I may be able > to use with this website-- > > http://mcgrathsearch.com/files/The%20Neighbors%20in%20Ireland%2012-05-11.pdf > > instead of Excel--one that is just as good? I have enough programs on the > go, as it is. > > Thank you. > > Shannah > Canada

Re my previous request for info on my Faulkner, Kelly and Ross Ancestors, sorry I had a Senior moment with the incorrect dates. William Faulkner b about 1799 married Sarah nee Kelly b 1801 in the Brigh Presbyterian Church Stewartstown Killoon in 1823 William apparently died in Kensington Philadelphia PA on 14 June 1848 Following his death Sarah and family emmigrated from Ireland to Melbourne Australia. 1850 Brick wall is re William, it seems to be a common name in Co Tyrone. I have no idea of his Parents or Siblings Thanks again Maryanne

Hello, Please, is there SKS who might know of another program which I may be able to use with this website-- http://mcgrathsearch.com/files/The%20Neighbors%20in%20Ireland%2012-05-11.pdf instead of Excel--one that is just as good? I have enough programs on the go, as it is. Thank you. Shannah Canada [email protected]