Hello All Jim has added a few more databases to our community CoTyroneIreland web-site. Thank you so very much! CoTyroneIreland Index page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/index.html Heading of Church Records Strabane 1st Presbyterian Births 1828 to 1937 generously transcribed & contributed by Jim Crabtree pages 1-6 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/churchrecord/1ststrabanebirths_pages1-6.html pages 7-12 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/churchrecord/1ststrabanebirths_pages7-12.html pages 13-19 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/churchrecord/1ststrabanebirths_pages13-19.html Heading of "Surnames" McCUSKER Francis- Transcribed & Compiled by Joy Dean RUTHERFORD's (a few) from Co.Tyrone - Contributed by Loretta Cheers~ Teena

Hello dear Teena. My apology for a late reply to this posting of yours from several days ago. I am falling behind, which as you know is not unusual. ha ha. Sincere condolences to you Teena on the loss of your mother. Researching her family the way that you do, is a great way to memorialise her and her/your forebears. Whilst I am at it, I'll also send public thanks to you, and to the very small band of oh so willing volunteers which you have there, who keep providing us with new additions to this List's own county tyrone web-site. What a marvellous resource you are all providing to the benefit of the rest of us. Hopefully new volunteers will emerge from time to time, to either provide something which they have transcribed already themselves; or to offer to undertake more of the transcription work which you always have there in your 'wish list'. Best wishes to you dear Teena; and hoping that your own health is not an ongoing issue. With much gratitude to you and your helpers, from an appreciative Ray in oz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "T" <4theloveoftyrone@gmail.com> Hello Friends It has been awhile since I have posted anything to the list, please forgive me. I had a bereavement in my family. I lost my mother, the daughter of my Gramps, Joseph Mariott Love, whom I research from the Parish of Donagheady Co. Tyrone. ...

I now have a direct e mail address for Nelson McCausland the minister with repsonsibility for the PRONI closure. Nelson.McCausland@niassembly.gov.uk regards Robert _________________________________________________________________ Get the best of MSN on your mobile http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/

Folks, For future reference, the way to get administrative approval for a possibly off-topic post (on this or any other list) is to write to the administrator (me, for CTI) in advance, privately, NOT to post something to the list saying "with the admin's permission" (which can easily be misinterpreted to mean said permission has already been given). For all lists, you can contact the administrator by writing to LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb.com -- in this case, that would be CoTyroneIreland-admin@rootsweb.com. (If anyone is still wondering, no, this post was NOT pre-approved by the administrator). Secondly, let's end this thread NOW. If you agree with Ulster Ancestry that 9 months is an inordinately long closure, and you are activist-minded, send the emails as requested by UA. If you don't care to get involved, or don't think 9 months is unreasonable, DON'T send the requested emails. In either case, let's stop the bickering on the list, NOW, and get back to the purpose of this list -- helping each other with our Co. Tyrone research. Claire K. CTI List Admin. On Sep 22, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Ulster Ancestry wrote: > The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just > announced that it will close all public access to the archives for > a period of 9 months from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate > a move across Belfast to new headquarters presently being built. > This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind can > take place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year. > This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally > disappropriate to the work involved. Other Archives in London and > Dublin has moved with only minimal disruption to services. We in > Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure > stopped or curtailed. > With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to > send a letter of protest to both > The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and > the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail > addresses. > > Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk > > Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk > > If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but > Worldwide support. > > Many thanks > Robert Williams >

Yes I grasp it but you don't seem to be able to answer what I actually asked twice!! Why stop the closure? Why curtail the closure? Ulster Ancestry wrote: > Dave, > > I still dont think you are grasping it. > > A 9 month total closure is both disappropriate and completely > unnessessary. > We are trying to have the Archive moved a vault at a time whereby > there would be no closure. > If there is to be a closure of any kind, we are asking that it be on > the lines of similar archives {PRO Dublin and PRO Kew} who managed > their moves in 14 days and 19 days repectively. Queens moved a library > of one million rare and valuable books with a closure of 1 hour! > > I have had literally hundreds of mails of full support from all > around the world. > I hope we can also count on yours. > > regards > Robert > > > > > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:01:20 +0100 > > From: hallmark1@utvinternet.com > > To: cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] PRONI Who do you think you are? > > > > I quoted you;.. "_We in Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to > > have this closure stopped or curtailed."_ > > > > And I asked Why? > > > > Why stop the closure? Why curtail the closure? > > > > > > A campaign to speed things up is completely different! > > > > Quote from my reply; "Objecting to the closure time being totally > > disproportionate to the work involved would be far more advantageous to > > all concerned" > > > > I don't misunderstand and can only reply to what you actually wrote! > Why > > not start a campaign to get it done faster rather than stopped or > curtailed? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > > Hello Dave, > > > > > > I think you misunderstand. > > > > > > We have no problem with PRONi moving to new state of the art > premises, > > > that is to be welcomed. > > > Our problem is the 9 month total closure on top of the 24 months of > > > disruption to the service to the public {this whole thing has been > > > ongoing since 2008} > > > > > > Our campaign is to either cut the closure time or reduce it > significantly. > > > > > > best regards > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:12:42 +0100 > > > > From: hallmark1@utvinternet.com > > > > To: cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > > > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] PRONI Who do you think you are? > > > > > > > > The announcement was made a while ago. There are those who > support the > > > > move, there are those that don't. > > > > > > > > Stopping the closure is a non starter as contracts have been > drawn up. > > > > Curtailing the closure means delaying the inevitable. > > > > > > > > The new premises will be much easier to get to for those who do not > > > live > > > > in Belfast, be more user friendly, have greater access to records. > > > > Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the > > > work > > > > involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned. One > has also > > > > to consider the end product of this move. > > > > > > > > "This means in effect that no physical genealogical research of any > > > kind > > > > can take place in Northern Ireland for 9 months!" but in > meantime they > > > > are trying to counteract this by making more on line records > available > > > > for the 9 months closure. For Joe Public it may be an > inconvenience but > > > > it is during the off peak season. For those making money out of > > > > research it is a different matter! When one takes out Xmas/New Year > > > > holidays etc it is only a little over 6 months! > > > > > > > > PRONI should be congratulated and supported for moving forward. A > > > > campaign to shorten the closure time is a different matter. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just > > > announced that it will close all public access to the archives for a > > > period of 9 months from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate a > > > move across Belfast to new headquarters presently being built. > > > > > This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind > can > > > take place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year. > > > > > This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally > > > disappropriate to the work involved. Other Archives in London and > > > Dublin has moved with only minimal disruption to services. We in > > > Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure > stopped > > > or curtailed. > > > > > With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to > > > send a letter of protest to both > > > > > The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and > > > > > the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail > > > addresses. > > > > > > > > > > Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk > > > > > > > > > > Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk > > > > > > > > > > If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but > > > Worldwide support. > > > > > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > Robert Williams > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Get the best of MSN on your mobile > > > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------- > > > > > Our community web-site: > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > avast! 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I quoted you;.. "_We in Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed."_ And I asked Why? Why stop the closure? Why curtail the closure? A campaign to speed things up is completely different! Quote from my reply; "Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the work involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned" I don't misunderstand and can only reply to what you actually wrote! Why not start a campaign to get it done faster rather than stopped or curtailed? Ulster Ancestry wrote: > Hello Dave, > > I think you misunderstand. > > We have no problem with PRONi moving to new state of the art premises, > that is to be welcomed. > Our problem is the 9 month total closure on top of the 24 months of > disruption to the service to the public {this whole thing has been > ongoing since 2008} > > Our campaign is to either cut the closure time or reduce it significantly. > > best regards > Robert > > > > > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:12:42 +0100 > > From: hallmark1@utvinternet.com > > To: cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] PRONI Who do you think you are? > > > > The announcement was made a while ago. There are those who support the > > move, there are those that don't. > > > > Stopping the closure is a non starter as contracts have been drawn up. > > Curtailing the closure means delaying the inevitable. > > > > The new premises will be much easier to get to for those who do not > live > > in Belfast, be more user friendly, have greater access to records. > > Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the > work > > involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned. One has also > > to consider the end product of this move. > > > > "This means in effect that no physical genealogical research of any > kind > > can take place in Northern Ireland for 9 months!" but in meantime they > > are trying to counteract this by making more on line records available > > for the 9 months closure. For Joe Public it may be an inconvenience but > > it is during the off peak season. For those making money out of > > research it is a different matter! When one takes out Xmas/New Year > > holidays etc it is only a little over 6 months! > > > > PRONI should be congratulated and supported for moving forward. A > > campaign to shorten the closure time is a different matter. > > > > > > > > Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > > > > > > > > The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just > announced that it will close all public access to the archives for a > period of 9 months from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate a > move across Belfast to new headquarters presently being built. > > > This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind can > take place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year. > > > This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally > disappropriate to the work involved. Other Archives in London and > Dublin has moved with only minimal disruption to services. We in > Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped > or curtailed. > > > With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to > send a letter of protest to both > > > The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and > > > the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail > addresses. > > > > > > Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk > > > > > > Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk > > > > > > If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but > Worldwide support. > > > > > > Many thanks > > > Robert Williams > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get the best of MSN on your mobile > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/ > > > > > > ------------- > > > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > --- > > > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > > > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 21/09/2009 > > > Tested on: 22/09/2009 14:52:51 > > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! > <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/>

Hello Dave, I think you misunderstand. We have no problem with PRONi moving to new state of the art premises, that is to be welcomed. Our problem is the 9 month total closure on top of the 24 months of disruption to the service to the public {this whole thing has been ongoing since 2008} Our campaign is to either cut the closure time or reduce it significantly. best regards Robert > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:12:42 +0100 > From: hallmark1@utvinternet.com > To: cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] PRONI Who do you think you are? > > The announcement was made a while ago. There are those who support the > move, there are those that don't. > > Stopping the closure is a non starter as contracts have been drawn up. > Curtailing the closure means delaying the inevitable. > > The new premises will be much easier to get to for those who do not live > in Belfast, be more user friendly, have greater access to records. > Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the work > involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned. One has also > to consider the end product of this move. > > "This means in effect that no physical genealogical research of any kind > can take place in Northern Ireland for 9 months!" but in meantime they > are trying to counteract this by making more on line records available > for the 9 months closure. For Joe Public it may be an inconvenience but > it is during the off peak season. For those making money out of > research it is a different matter! When one takes out Xmas/New Year > holidays etc it is only a little over 6 months! > > PRONI should be congratulated and supported for moving forward. A > campaign to shorten the closure time is a different matter. > > > > Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > > > > > The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just announced that it will close all public access to the archives for a period of 9 months from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate a move across Belfast to new headquarters presently being built. > > This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind can take place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year. > > This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally disappropriate to the work involved. Other Archives in London and Dublin has moved with only minimal disruption to services. We in Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed. > > With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to send a letter of protest to both > > The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and > > the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail addresses. > > > > Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk > > > > Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk > > > > If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but Worldwide support. > > > > Many thanks > > Robert Williams > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get the best of MSN on your mobile > > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/ > > > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > --- > > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 21/09/2009 > > Tested on: 22/09/2009 14:52:51 > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ MSN straight to your mobile - news, entertainment, videos and more. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/

Subject: PRONI Closure - Relocation To the folks at Ulster Ancestry: I for one who have been dealing with genealogy for years do not begrudge PRONI the time requied to a. move to a new premises and b. to be shut down for a while. If you need 9 months then take 9 months. It has always been my experience that any temporary shut down for a geneaolgy site is always estimated to be longer than it will actually be. Look how long the folks in the Republic took to load up the 1901 Census and even at that with the huge logistical support from National Archives of Canada in order to make it free and to get the job done. In this case due to delays in Dublin it took almost another full year to get the job done. As a patient Canadian for whom the PRONI has been a great help, I have no complaints. Do what you think needs to be done on your own schedule. Drop us a line when you are up and running again. Eric Macklin As in all genealogical endeavours, The further back you look, The further back you see.

To the folks at Ulster Ancestry: I for one who have been dealing with genealogy for years do not begrudge your foundation's time requied to a. move to a new premises and b. to be shut down for a while. If you need 9 months then take 9 months. It has always been my experience that any temporary shut down for a geneaolgy site is always estimated to be longer than it will actually be. Look how long the folks in the Republic took to load up the 1901 Census and even at that with the huge logistical support from National Archives of Canada in order to make it free and to get the job done. In this case due to delays in Dublin it took almost another full year to get the job done. As a patient Canadian for whom the UHF has been a great help, I have no complaints. Do what you think needs to be done on your own schedule. Drop us a line when you are up and running again. Eric Macklin As in all genealogical endeavours, The further back you look, The further back you see.

BRAVO Robert!! I do hope that everyone on this list (over 600 people I believe), will take the time to send an e-mail to both the address Robert listed. I, too, think this closure is an outrageous amount of time! from Robert's e-mail The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail addresses. Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk May we be succesful in shortening this un-neccessary length of time. Good Luck to us! Teena, in Kelowna BC Canada

Isn't it best to support the decision to improve the system? But to encourage them to restrategize the process/timing to case less disruption in service? It will be a major issues to some people's livelihoods. Those planning research trips will reconsider if a major resource won't be available and for the rest of us it will be a major pain. I have no idea what I'll do. I may have to venture to Salt Lake City, not the trip I had planned. Definitely won't be dragging my sisters along. J

Thanks everyone for your emails from both sides of the fence! Quote from original post "We in Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed...." Quote from my response; "PRONI should be congratulated and supported for moving forward. A campaign to shorten the closure time is a different matter.." Quote from reply to my post "Perhaps they may shorten the closure time if they have enough polite enquiries." Certainly polite objections/enquiries would be far more beneficial to all concerned rather than demanding the stopping or curtailing of services! It's a mammoth task and will provide an even better service and easier access. Details here; http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-dcal/news-dcal-030909-public-record-office.htm Question; "We in Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed...." WHY?

Hi .. I do not think there is any dispute with Proni about the decision to move the records or the decision to close local access for a time to make the move.. I think the dispute is about the LENGTH of time for the closure.. why so long? when other offices have done so with minimum closure times... perhaps we should all just enquire why the closure needs to be so long and how detrimental this will be to local researchers. Perhaps they may shorten the closure time if they have enough polite enquiries. Janet of oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Hall" <hallmark1@utvinternet.com> To: <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] PRONI Who do you think you are? The announcement was made a while ago. There are those who support the move, there are those that don't. Stopping the closure is a non starter as contracts have been drawn up. Curtailing the closure means delaying the inevitable. The new premises will be much easier to get to for those who do not live in Belfast, be more user friendly, have greater access to records. Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the work involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned. One has also to consider the end product of this move. "This means in effect that no physical genealogical research of any kind can take place in Northern Ireland for 9 months!" but in meantime they are trying to counteract this by making more on line records available for the 9 months closure. For Joe Public it may be an inconvenience but it is during the off peak season. For those making money out of research it is a different matter! When one takes out Xmas/New Year holidays etc it is only a little over 6 months! PRONI should be congratulated and supported for moving forward. A campaign to shorten the closure time is a different matter. Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > > The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just announced > that it will close all public access to the archives for a period of 9 > months from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate a move across Belfast > to new headquarters presently being built. > This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind can take > place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year. > This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally disappropriate to > the work involved. Other Archives in London and Dublin has moved with only > minimal disruption to services. We in Northern Ireland are launching a > campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed. > With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to send a > letter of protest to both > The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and > the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail addresses. > > Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk > > Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk > > If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but Worldwide > support. > > Many thanks > Robert Williams > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get the best of MSN on your mobile > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/ > > ------------- > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 21/09/2009 > Tested on: 22/09/2009 14:52:51 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > ------------- Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The announcement was made a while ago. There are those who support the move, there are those that don't. Stopping the closure is a non starter as contracts have been drawn up. Curtailing the closure means delaying the inevitable. The new premises will be much easier to get to for those who do not live in Belfast, be more user friendly, have greater access to records. Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the work involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned. One has also to consider the end product of this move. "This means in effect that no physical genealogical research of any kind can take place in Northern Ireland for 9 months!" but in meantime they are trying to counteract this by making more on line records available for the 9 months closure. For Joe Public it may be an inconvenience but it is during the off peak season. For those making money out of research it is a different matter! When one takes out Xmas/New Year holidays etc it is only a little over 6 months! PRONI should be congratulated and supported for moving forward. A campaign to shorten the closure time is a different matter. Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > > The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just announced that it will close all public access to the archives for a period of 9 months from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate a move across Belfast to new headquarters presently being built. > This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind can take place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year. > This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally disappropriate to the work involved. Other Archives in London and Dublin has moved with only minimal disruption to services. We in Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed. > With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to send a letter of protest to both > The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and > the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail addresses. > > Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk > > Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk > > If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but Worldwide support. > > Many thanks > Robert Williams > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get the best of MSN on your mobile > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/ > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 21/09/2009 > Tested on: 22/09/2009 14:52:51 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > >

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just announced that it will close all public access to the archives for a period of 9 months from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate a move across Belfast to new headquarters presently being built. This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind can take place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year. This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally disappropriate to the work involved. Other Archives in London and Dublin has moved with only minimal disruption to services. We in Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed. With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to send a letter of protest to both The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail addresses. Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but Worldwide support. Many thanks Robert Williams _________________________________________________________________ Get the best of MSN on your mobile http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/

Hello Karen. You mention County Derry in your posting. Here is a link to the IGP Archives for County Derry. I have not searched within it myself, but hopefully you might find something helpful in there: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/derry/index.htm Also, have a look at the Free Pages on the Ulster Ancestry site, as you might well find some leads there too. Good Luck. ray in oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Carpenter" <karenc5@shaw.ca> ... My Name is Karen Carpenter. I am trying to find information on my family members: > John Anderson - Son of Thomas Anderson and Rachel Donaldson( Born 10 > April 1857 in Ireland. Left the Family and possibly died ant 1900- 1903 > in Scotland. ) > John Anderson Married Mary McIlroy - Daughter of John McIlroy and > Margaret Anderson. ( Born 25 December 1860 in Ballindrum, Londonderry, > Ireland and Died 30 December 1938 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. ) > John Anderson and Mary McIlroy had 7 Children : ...

Hello Eddie. Have you searched in this list's own web-site yet? If not: the URL is shown below at the foot of your posting. A search there for McCoy and Camus gives TWO hits. One is from Jim Crabtree's wonderful transcriptions of Tithe and Griffiths indexes. This shows 2 McCoys in Griffiths, and NONE in the Tithe. However there is a McCay in the tithe, which MIGHT be the same lot. I noted that there are also McKay and McKee shown there too, which might also be the same family -- distantly perhaps. If you search on that site just for McCoy, you should find 12 hits, not necessarily limited to Camus parish. HTH: Ray (across the ditch) in oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "McCoy Eddie" <mccoys@clear.net.nz> I have Just discovered that my McCoys came from the Parish of Camus in Tyrone, ... > Eddie McCoy mccoys @clear.net.nz > > ------------- > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland

I have Just discovered that my McCoys came from the Parish of Camus in Tyrone, I found my fathers Uncle in the 1901 Census of Old Monkland. he married Catherine Meeney in St. Marys Wifflet near Coatbridge Lanark,, they had7 children, I am trying to find Patricks siblings Eddie McCoy mccoys @clear.net.nz

Hello Friends It has been awhile since I have posted anything to the list, please forgive me. I had a bereavement in my family. I lost my mother, the daughter of my Gramps, Joseph Mariott Love, whom I research from the Parish of Donagheady Co. Tyrone. I have some news regarding a few surnames that have been very generously up-loaded to our community web-site by Jim McKane. Tammy has been busy with life, which does indeed, get in the way of genealogy at times. We hope to see her back soon.:-) Here are the surnames from the 1901 census Dunn, Agnes - Dunne, Joseph Fullerton - Fulton - Funston Leitch, James - Lendrum, Ellen Loughrey, Maryanne - Love - Lowe, Rosie Mines, Mathew - Mitchel - Mitchell with Annejane Watkins- to Allen Watson to come. You can find the links on the main census index page here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/census/index.html Allow me to please Thank our transcribers Eddie Kelso, Marilyn Jones, Ian Scott and Rob Doragh!! terrific work and dedicated volunteers! and of course, always, Tammy our web-hostess and Jim McKane- our 2nd in command. If you have submitted data for the web-site please do not be discouraged if you haven't seen it up-loaded as yet. All work will eventually be added, and the donations you give are always appreciated. If anyone has anything they would like to contribut, be it stories, copies of wills, parish transcriptions, pictures etc, please send them along to me at 4theloveoftyrone@gmail.com. Wishing you All, Good Hunting~ Teena