I don't often write here, but I am always looking here for new info on my Tyrone McGees. I have just taken the giant leap into genetic genealogy. In order to facilitate this method of finding living relatives to compare and share family trees with, many more autosomal DNA donors are needed. Out of 660 matches, I don't have one match with surname McGee, possibly because my McGees have been in North America since 1798 appx but in Canada we have pretty much fizzled out (not enough sons to keep the surname going.) I would have thought I would have some American McGee matches, but there aren't any at present. I would like to urge everyone to take these autosomal tests and post your results on GEDMatch so that no matter which lab you use, our matches can get in touch with us. Equally important to those of you with living relatives still in Ireland, encourage them to test so we can find each other. Only men can test for yDNA, but autosomal is for both sexes. Pat McGee

Thanks for your response Robert. I don’t think that the three Arbuckle sisters were in Strabane workhouse for very long (unfortunately the minutes of the Strabane Board of Guardians have not survived for the Famine years) and may have only entered when it was being cleared of young girls. Their mother (died 1833) was a Stevenson and so were possibly closely related to William Stevenson, one of the Poor Law Guardians. The girls’ cousin James Arbuckle was appointed as workhouse schoolmaster in 1843, an uncle (John Arbuckle) was secretary to William Stevenson who was also a Burgess and the Treasurer of the Corporation of Strabane. John Arbuckle was also Commissioner for Taking Affidavits for Co. Donegal, indicating a family of quite some local influence. The Female Orphan Scheme was designed to provide house servants, dairy maids, prospective wives and the like for colonial Australians who would attend the immigrants’ barracks upon arrival of each commissioned boat to assess the worthiness and physical attributes of the young girls (rather like a Hiring Fair). As this was a government scheme the hiring and employment records of girls disembarking in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are mostly very good. Surviving records of the Immigrants’ Barracks in Melbourne reveal that the Arbuckles did not participate in the scheme and speedily fled the depot. The register records simply for each of them; “Gone. Taken home by their brother-in-law, George Hunter”. Two older married sisters had departed Strabane and emigrated, arriving in Melbourne, nine years earlier, in 1841. Twelve girls in total from Strabane arrived on the “Derwent” in February 1850. The likelihood is that the Arbuckles took advantage of free passages to participate in a family reunion; not a too difficult task when taking advantage of family connections. I’m quite your work on the old Strabane hospital in the 70s contributed to quite a deal more comfort than was the norm in the old days of penury and the workhouse. Regards, Len Swindley > To: cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:49:54 +0000 > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] FERMANAGH-GOLD The Penny Lean > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Hello Len > I was involved in carrying out some renovation and reconstruction work in Strabane Workhouse over a six month period in the late 1970s > At that time it was Strabane Hospital. The old dormitaries, male and female, had been converted into hospital wards in the 1930s, so I was in rooms that your g g grandmother would have known as a young girl. > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > > > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:55:34 +1000 > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] FERMANAGH-GOLD The Penny Lean > > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Robert > > and Listers, > > > > Thank you > > for your posting re. Strabane Workhouse during the Famine. Listers may not be > > aware that a complete transcription of this tragic incident published in the > > Londonderry Journal, December 11 1847 is on our CTI website: > > > > http://www.cotyroneireland.com/traumatic/gilroy.html > > > > The origins > > of the Gilroy family is actually reported as Manorhamilton in Co. Leitrim (not Manorcunningham, > > Co. Donegal as quoted by Willie John Carlin) where a Thomas Gilroy (a close > > relation?) was recorded at Drummans, Manorhamilton in Griffiths Valuation c1860. > > > > Yes, the > > late Willie John Carlin of Strabane had a special interest in the Strabane > > workhouse and I fondly recall meeting with him; he generously gave me copies of > > extracts of the Strabane Board of Guardians’ minutes 1850-55. > > > > Listers may > > find the following interesting: > > > > Workhouses > > were indeed grim places, but during the Famine 1845-49, the starving and the desperate > > were clamouring at the gates seeking admission. Weekly reports were published > > in the local press, i.e. > > > > Londonderry > > Standard > > > > January 9, > > 1849 > > > > Strabane > > Union - Remaining in the house on Saturday 6th January, 781; admitted during > > the week 71; born 2; died 3; discharged 14; remaining 837. Number in > > corresponding week last year, 876 > > > > A small > > section of the workhouse survives as the local Council offices and there is a > > memorial in the grounds at the rear commemorating the paupers’ graveyard (sadly, > > no record of burials has survived and all graves are unmarked). > > > > My interest > > in Strabane workhouse is that my 16 years old g-g grandmother and two sisters > > were sent from there to Melbourne in 1849 as part of a group of girls from > > Strabane taking part in the Westminster-devised Irish Female Orphan Scheme. > > Some 5,000 girls from workhouses across Ireland were sent to Australia 1848-50 > > in an attempt to reduce the number of orphan girls housed in workhouses during > > the Famine years. They were described as a “Permanent Deadweight” upon the > > local ratepayers who were taxed to support their union workhouse. > > > > Strabane > > Union covered parishes in both Tyrone and Donegal. > > > > The Famine paupers > > generally, were starving, dressed in rags and had no homes – whole families > > were reduced to wandering the roads begging and sleeping rough. Certainly they > > sought shelter against the workhouse walls during harsh weather, but not one of > > them would have possessed a penny to pay the porter, not even a farthing. It is > > difficult to relay the desperation of these folks. > > > > Girls > > selected for emigration to Australia were transported to the nearest port where > > they embarked for Plymouth where they boarded emigrant ships and undertook the > > three-month journey to Australia, disembarking in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney > > and Brisbane. They were universally maligned by the colonists and the scheme > > was abandoned in 1850. > > > > Trust this > > contributes to listers knowledge of the Famine times and regards, > > > > Len > > Swindley, > > > > Melbourne, > > Australia > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fermanagh-gold-bounces@rootsweb.com > > mailto:fermanagh-gold-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ulster Ancestry > > via > > Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2015 9:12 PM > > To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com; cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD The Penny Lean > > > > > > Willie Carlin writing in the book Workhouses of the North West tells of unearthing this sad story > > from the files of a local newspaper the Tyrone Constitution. > > > > The title for the report "A sad Christmas" is I think somewhat understated and in our World of plenty it is hard to imagine or comprehend such hardshipand suffering. Thomas Gilroy, a native of Manorcunningham County Donegal, left his home > > with his young wife and six children in search of employment in the City of Glasgow. > > > > He arrived there early in August 1847 but by the time November came there was little work to be had and no food or shelter. His wife was taken ill with fever,followed by Thomas and three of the children, two of whom died. > > > > Weak and straving,unable to care for his wife and four remaining children,Thomas was given the sum of two shillings and sixpence and he and his family were put on a boat to Derry Quay. When they arrived at the Londonderry Workhouse they were refused admission because they had no transfer documentation. They were told to go on to Strabane 14 miles away. > > > > > > After sheltering overnight from the cold and miserable weather, the sad bedragled little group set out > > the next day to walk the 14 miles to Strabane. > > > > The only food to be had was raw turnips which they found growing in fields along the way. They were barely able to > > stand when they got to Strabane Workhouse on the 10th of December. When they asked to be admitted they were again turned away because they had no official identification. > > > > Eventually they found shelter at Melmount with an old woman who had little food to spare herself. Starved and exhausted Thomas Gilroy lay down on the damp earth alongside his family. Early on the morning of the 17th of December Thomas and his youngest child, died. > > > > The inquiry that followed found they had died from starvation. The gate keeper at the workhouse was reprimanded for ignoring the plight of the Gilroy family,and Mrs Gilroy and her three surviving children were taken into workhouse care. > > > > The old lady whose cabin they had shared at Melmount was given a subscription for laying out the bodies of Thomas and his child,before they were carried to the paupers graveyard for burial > > > > > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > 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

John *Dorman*, An Old Soldier of Strabane, born 1709 <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/dorman.html> 1st* Strabane* Presbyterian Church, Camus Parish: Marriages 1866 <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/strabane1866.html> *Donagheady* Parish Church: Marriages 1866 <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/donagheady1866.html> *Strabane* Registrar's Office: Marriages 1866 <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/strabane_ro1866.html>

Hi I have found a report in the Derry Journal of 24 February 1875 stating that Thomas Craig of Kilstroll (Kilstrule) had his house maliciously burnt in a fire and was awarded compensation to be levied off the parish of Ardstraw of £173.3s for loss and damages. I have tried to find out if there was much unrest in Tyrone at that time and I guess the answer is yes there was. Would it be possible that Ribbonmen were responsible for the burning of the house or would it have been more likely that perhaps evicted tenants were responsible? I’ve read that Irish agriculture suffered a recession in the late 1870s and tenants were evicted but the fire would seem to be too early for that. Thomas farmed 133 acres leased from the Duke of Abercorn, quite a substantial farm with 4 cottages plus the main house. He also held property in Glenglush, Ardstraw. Any thoughts on who may have been responsible for the fire would be welcome. I can’t seem to find any other references it to online. Many thanks Kerrie

Hi Jim, I recently received this photo of my 3 X Great Grandmother Martha Wright from my cousin. Martha was born in 1790 in County Tyrone (somewhere near Ballynafeagh) and passed 13 Oct 1884 In Ballynafeagh, Ballyclog, Tyrone, Ireland. Dennis

Keerie, you might find references to the event in the Abercorn papers which are held at PRONI. It is a very large collection and is well-indexed. You might even have luck in searches of the place-names and people in the PRONI e-catalogue ~Clare L. Ass't List Admin. > On Jun 27, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Kerrie Alexander via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have found a report in the Derry Journal of 24 February 1875 stating that > Thomas Craig of Kilstroll (Kilstrule) had his house maliciously burnt in a > fire and was awarded compensation to be levied off the parish of Ardstraw of > £173.3s for loss and damages. > > > > I have tried to find out if there was much unrest in Tyrone at that time and > I guess the answer is yes there was. Would it be possible that Ribbonmen > were responsible for the burning of the house or would it have been more > likely that perhaps evicted tenants were responsible? I’ve read that Irish > agriculture suffered a recession in the late 1870s and tenants were evicted > but the fire would seem to be too early for that. Thomas farmed 133 acres > leased from the Duke of Abercorn, quite a substantial farm with 4 cottages > plus the main house. He also held property in Glenglush, Ardstraw. > > > > Any thoughts on who may have been responsible for the fire would be welcome. >

Hi Jim, Bought, paid for and winging its way to me. Sounds right up my street. I am fascinated by these early emigrants as so many of them would have been my people. No Grays on your list of passengers, but there are Boyds and other family names. Thank you for the recommendation. (Bet this does not appear on the List as per usual but it is also going to you.) Boyd http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim McKane via Sent: 27 June 2015 13:42 To: Co Tyrone Ireland Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New E-Book *No Fighting Chance, Ireland's Lady of the Lake Disaster of 1833* <http://goo.gl/pU11AD> retells the notable maritime disaster that befell Irish emigrants by drawing from period correspondence, newspaper reports and advertisements, as well as other reference materials. The shipwreck is known as the "little Titanic" because of its similar encounter with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and where both ships rest today. The book attempts to describe the circumstances that forced these individuals to pull up roots from their humble villages and towns, a decade before the Great Famine and retell for their individual and collective perspectives. Their hopes, fears, aspirations and challenges are presented in many of the chapters. Aside from the factual information related to the disaster, the book provides an analysis of its causes including the probable intoxication of the ship's Scottish captain at the time of the collision. It appears the captain's treatment of the survivors only worsened in the several days following the sinking of the Lady of the Lake. For over 180 years the names of the victims have been lost to time. However, through my research I was able to discover the names of all of the passengers and to merge this information with other accounts. In doing so, I believe I have created what likely may be the only accurate listing of the Irish families who were aboard the ship, information which would be invaluable to the larger Irish genealogical community. Each chapter leads off with a one page excerpt from the namesake narrative poem, Lady of the Lake, which was written by Sir Walter Scott twenty years prior to the disaster. These passages from the namesake poem before each chapter appear to foreshadow the tragedy at sea in 1833. However, this book is not simply a maritime disaster but a story that is intertwined with another Irish tragedy that occurred in the same month in 1833. That other tragedy resulted from the longest recorded professional prizefight in boxing history, lasting 99 rounds and stretching over 3 hours. In many ways this championship bare-fisted contest echoed the tragedy that was unfolding at sea thousands of miles away. The hopes of thousands of Irish would be dashed at the hands of a Scot and mar the collective Irish soul for decades later. This bare-fisted contest matched the Irish champion against his Scottish counterpart battling for the championship of England. What makes this story most tragic is that not only did the Irish champion lose in the brutal fight but that he died from "mortification" two days later. Although the book is primarily focused on the shipwreck, each chapter contains a brief description of the parallel struggle that was taking place in the ring at that time. My hope is that this book will provide the impetus for learning about the individuals and families that were lost in the tragedy. I invite readers to share the stories of the heroes, villains, and the innocent passengers of the Lady of the Lake. My wish is that this work will inspire others to complete the genealogical and biographical backgrounds of the individuals mentioned and share this information in an interactive website that has been created for this purpose. I believe it is important that those lost in 1833 be remembered and honored today. (Pages 209) *Surname List* Armstrong, Atchison, Atkin, Bailey, Bailie, Bailliff, Baird, Barnett, Beard, Boyd, Brady, Brooks, Burris, Cane, Carrigan, Conrie, Cooper, Cord, Cot, Cox, Cringle, Crone, Crossin, Cunningham, Davison, Davidson, Dining, Dirring, Douglas(s), Doyle, Duff, Eagleson, Fegart, Ferguson, Filson, Fitzsimmons. Flood, Forbes, Foster, Frizel, Garagan, Gardin, Gillinder, Graham, Grant, Greer, Griddith, Griffin, Jones, Kelly, Kennedy, Kingsborough, Leaster, Least, M'Afee, M'Auley, Mc Cauliff, M'Cart, McCartney, M'Carty, M'Caughen, M'Comb, McCord, M'Cowan, M'Donnell, McKentyre, McEntyre, McGaragan, McGlaughlin, M'Intear, M'Kay, M,Keen, McKenna, M'Master, McMullan, McMillan, M'Namee, M'Nickle, M'Quilkin, McReilly, M'Sudiga(a), Magee, McAfee, Measlin, Monaghan, Mulholland, Parke, Quinn, Reilly, Rice, Ritchie, Robinson, Robson, Riddell, Scott, Shaw, Siddy, Sillers, Simons, Sitt, Spence, Stevenson, Tierney, Tome, Trodden, Turner, Vallily, Wallace, Wilson, Winters, Whitlaw, Wright ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- 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

*No Fighting Chance, Ireland’s Lady of the Lake Disaster of 1833* <http://goo.gl/pU11AD> retells the notable maritime disaster that befell Irish emigrants by drawing from period correspondence, newspaper reports and advertisements, as well as other reference materials. The shipwreck is known as the “little Titanic” because of its similar encounter with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and where both ships rest today. The book attempts to describe the circumstances that forced these individuals to pull up roots from their humble villages and towns, a decade before the Great Famine and retell for their individual and collective perspectives. Their hopes, fears, aspirations and challenges are presented in many of the chapters. Aside from the factual information related to the disaster, the book provides an analysis of its causes including the probable intoxication of the ship’s Scottish captain at the time of the collision. It appears the captain’s treatment of the survivors only worsened in the several days following the sinking of the Lady of the Lake. For over 180 years the names of the victims have been lost to time. However, through my research I was able to discover the names of all of the passengers and to merge this information with other accounts. In doing so, I believe I have created what likely may be the only accurate listing of the Irish families who were aboard the ship, information which would be invaluable to the larger Irish genealogical community. Each chapter leads off with a one page excerpt from the namesake narrative poem, Lady of the Lake, which was written by Sir Walter Scott twenty years prior to the disaster. These passages from the namesake poem before each chapter appear to foreshadow the tragedy at sea in 1833. However, this book is not simply a maritime disaster but a story that is intertwined with another Irish tragedy that occurred in the same month in 1833. That other tragedy resulted from the longest recorded professional prizefight in boxing history, lasting 99 rounds and stretching over 3 hours. In many ways this championship bare-fisted contest echoed the tragedy that was unfolding at sea thousands of miles away. The hopes of thousands of Irish would be dashed at the hands of a Scot and mar the collective Irish soul for decades later. This bare-fisted contest matched the Irish champion against his Scottish counterpart battling for the championship of England. What makes this story most tragic is that not only did the Irish champion lose in the brutal fight but that he died from “mortification” two days later. Although the book is primarily focused on the shipwreck, each chapter contains a brief description of the parallel struggle that was taking place in the ring at that time. My hope is that this book will provide the impetus for learning about the individuals and families that were lost in the tragedy. I invite readers to share the stories of the heroes, villains, and the innocent passengers of the Lady of the Lake. My wish is that this work will inspire others to complete the genealogical and biographical backgrounds of the individuals mentioned and share this information in an interactive website that has been created for this purpose. I believe it is important that those lost in 1833 be remembered and honored today. (Pages 209) *Surname List* Armstrong, Atchison, Atkin, Bailey, Bailie, Bailliff, Baird, Barnett, Beard, Boyd, Brady, Brooks, Burris, Cane, Carrigan, Conrie, Cooper, Cord, Cot, Cox, Cringle, Crone, Crossin, Cunningham, Davison, Davidson, Dining, Dirring, Douglas(s), Doyle, Duff, Eagleson, Fegart, Ferguson, Filson, Fitzsimmons. Flood, Forbes, Foster, Frizel, Garagan, Gardin, Gillinder, Graham, Grant, Greer, Griddith, Griffin, Jones, Kelly, Kennedy, Kingsborough, Leaster, Least, M’Afee, M’Auley, Mc Cauliff, M’Cart, McCartney, M’Carty, M’Caughen, M’Comb, McCord, M’Cowan, M’Donnell, McKentyre, McEntyre, McGaragan, McGlaughlin, M’Intear, M’Kay, M,Keen, McKenna, M’Master, McMullan, McMillan, M’Namee, M’Nickle, M’Quilkin, McReilly, M’Sudiga(a), Magee, McAfee, Measlin, Monaghan, Mulholland, Parke, Quinn, Reilly, Rice, Ritchie, Robinson, Robson, Riddell, Scott, Shaw, Siddy, Sillers, Simons, Sitt, Spence, Stevenson, Tierney, Tome, Trodden, Turner, Vallily, Wallace, Wilson, Winters, Whitlaw, Wright

*Old Family Photos * <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/menus/family.html>- added pic of Jane Priest (nee Fleming) as well as two new photos of Alexander Griffith and Margaret Fleming

Hello Craig, Sadly, my list of Practical Farmers in Dromore parish recorded in the 1820s is all that there is. Such a list recorded in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs is rather rare and worthy of inclusion on CTI. Generally it is only gentry, large landowners and proprietors of townlands (usually non-resident) who are recorded. The OS Memoirs documented the landscape, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and population, employment and livelihood of the parishes. Mills, social life, education, trades and occupations are also included. Sorry to be of such little use on this occasion, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:17:12 +0200 > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > > Len, > > While taking this opportunity to thank you once again for your dedication, > and the time you spend transcribing records for use by others, can I ask if > you have any more background on the "Practical Farmers" list you posed last > week? It was a fairly short list, and I'm wondering if these practical > farmers were the only ones among a larger number doing something specific to > merit the title, or whether they were perhaps the only landowners (as > opposed to tenant farmers) with an interest in farming their own land? If > you've been able to glean any background, it would be good to know. We had > Buchanans farming in Dernaseer a generation later, which is what sparked my > interest. > > Kind regards, > Craig > > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 8:19 PM > From: "Jim McKane via" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > To: "Co Tyrone Ireland" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > *Mann* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1835-1872 > <[1]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html> > *Adams* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1822-1869 > <[2]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html> > *Practical Farmers* in Dromore Parish c1820 > <[3]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html> > ------------- > Our community web-site: [4]http://cotyroneireland.com/ > ------------------------------- > 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 > > References > > 1. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html > 2. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html > 3. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html > 4. http://cotyroneireland.com/ > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > 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

I'm sure I speak for 100% of the list members as I express our gratitude for the years of work by a few volunteers - thank you a million times over! Words aren't enough. I personally went from only knowing my paternal grandmother's first name a few years ago to now having thousands of people on my family tree from all over the world. If I didn't personally know the strength of N.Ireland people (having grown up there), I would find it hard to believe the strength of what was possible. There are so many people with roots back to Tyrone and other Irish communities out here changing the world. Thank you to all the CTI folks so committed to letting us all find our roots. Sent from my iPad > On 25 Jun 2015, at 4:20 pm, ray15 via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hello Bob. > > I expect that by now you will have been told privately by someone — and NO, I do not mean that in a rude way. haha. > > BUT as others might have the same question, here is a reply to the entire list: > > It is the website allied to THIS rootsweb list. > > This mailing list is called — and I will BREAK IT UP to show this — the County Tyrone Ireland (= C T I = CTI ) list. > > The CTI website was formed quite a few years back, by some wonderful public-spirited list-members, who have ever since worked like trojans — 100% purely voluntarily — to make the site’s wonderful genealogy resources freely available to the world. > > Apart from the stalwarts who were, and mostly still are, working behind the scenes to keep the website online, up, and alive; there were LOTS of wonderful list-members who volunteered to transcribe records which they had access to; sent those transcriptions to the CTI web-team; and had them posted on the site. > > These days we seem to have only ONE stalwart transcriber remaining, and that is the wonderful Len SWINDLEY, who you will see has done almost all of the recent transcriptions which Jim McKANE advises the list about every time that they are posted onto the website. > > And occasionally we will have a contribution from someone else who has decided to share their work with the world. > > I hope that this answers your question completely enough; and at the same time I hope that it might inspire some others to send the web-team some of their own transcriptions to post on the web-site. > > STRENGTH to the arms and bodies of all who continue to assist the CTI website, as well as to those who have laboured on it over the years. > > Oh, and BTW: the list has been set up these days, so that at the foot of EVERY posting to this CTI list, there is a direct hyperlink to the CTI website itself, with all of the wonderful treasures which it contains. > > > Kind regards. > ray in oz > > On 25 Jun 2015, at 4:45 am, TrekBob via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > What is the CTI website? > > In a message dated 6/20/2015 12:06:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > CTI website?? > > Bob McClean > _trekbob@aol.com_ (mailto:trekbob@aol.com) > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hello Bob. I expect that by now you will have been told privately by someone — and NO, I do not mean that in a rude way. haha. BUT as others might have the same question, here is a reply to the entire list: It is the website allied to THIS rootsweb list. This mailing list is called — and I will BREAK IT UP to show this — the County Tyrone Ireland (= C T I = CTI ) list. The CTI website was formed quite a few years back, by some wonderful public-spirited list-members, who have ever since worked like trojans — 100% purely voluntarily — to make the site’s wonderful genealogy resources freely available to the world. Apart from the stalwarts who were, and mostly still are, working behind the scenes to keep the website online, up, and alive; there were LOTS of wonderful list-members who volunteered to transcribe records which they had access to; sent those transcriptions to the CTI web-team; and had them posted on the site. These days we seem to have only ONE stalwart transcriber remaining, and that is the wonderful Len SWINDLEY, who you will see has done almost all of the recent transcriptions which Jim McKANE advises the list about every time that they are posted onto the website. And occasionally we will have a contribution from someone else who has decided to share their work with the world. I hope that this answers your question completely enough; and at the same time I hope that it might inspire some others to send the web-team some of their own transcriptions to post on the web-site. STRENGTH to the arms and bodies of all who continue to assist the CTI website, as well as to those who have laboured on it over the years. Oh, and BTW: the list has been set up these days, so that at the foot of EVERY posting to this CTI list, there is a direct hyperlink to the CTI website itself, with all of the wonderful treasures which it contains. Kind regards. ray in oz On 25 Jun 2015, at 4:45 am, TrekBob via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: What is the CTI website? In a message dated 6/20/2015 12:06:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com writes: CTI website?? Bob McClean _trekbob@aol.com_ (mailto:trekbob@aol.com) ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ -------------------------------

On the contrary Len, you've confirmed one of my initial thoughts, namely that this was a list of, for the most part, gentlemen farmers. My people were one, but would rarely have been considered the other. ;-) Keep up the good work. Craig Sent using the free mail.com iPhone App On 25/06/2015 at 7:45 pm, Len Swindley via wrote: > Hello Craig, > > > > > > Sadly, my list of > > Practical Farmers in Dromore parish recorded in the 1820s is all that there is. > > Such a list recorded in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs is rather rare and worthy > > of inclusion on CTI. Generally it is only gentry, large landowners and > > proprietors of townlands (usually non-resident) who are recorded. > > > > > > The OS Memoirs > > documented the landscape, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and > > population, employment and livelihood of the parishes. Mills, social life, > > education, trades and occupations are also included. > > > > > > Sorry to be of such > > little use on this occasion, > > > > > > Len Swindley, > > > > > > Melbourne, Australia > > > > > > > > > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:17:12 +0200 > > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > > > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > Len, > > > > > > While taking this opportunity to thank you once again for your dedication, > > > and the time you spend transcribing records for use by others, can I ask if > > > you have any more background on the "Practical Farmers" list you posed last > > > week? It was a fairly short list, and I'm wondering if these practical > > > farmers were the only ones among a larger number doing something specific to > > > merit the title, or whether they were perhaps the only landowners (as > > > opposed to tenant farmers) with an interest in farming their own land? If > > > you've been able to glean any background, it would be good to know. We had > > > Buchanans farming in Dernaseer a generation later, which is what sparked my > > > interest. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Craig > > > > > > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 8:19 PM > > > From: "Jim McKane via" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > > > To: "Co Tyrone Ireland" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > > > Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > > > *Mann* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1835-1872 > > > <[1]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html> > > > *Adams* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1822-1869 > > > <[2]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html> > > > *Practical Farmers* in Dromore Parish c1820 > > > <[3]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html> > > > ------------- > > > Our community web-site: [4]http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > References > > > > > > 1. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html > > > 2. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html > > > 3. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html > > > 4. http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > ------------- > > > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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

*Robinson* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1831-69 <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/robinson.html>

The CTI website is CoTyroneIreland.com the sister website to this forum/mailing list - CoTyroneIreland.com Jim McKane webmaster ====================== Message: 2 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:45:00 -0400 From: TrekBob@aol.com Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 10, Issue 128 To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <129ae0.1babbb66.42bc54ab@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" What is the CTI website? In a message dated 6/20/2015 12:06:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com writes: CTI website?? Bob McClean _trekbob@aol.com_ (mailto:trekbob@aol.com)

Catherine - Not sure this will help but there was a Keys family at Lifford Parish, Donegal, in mid-17th century. They were connected by marriage with my Polk/Pollock family - you can read about them in "Polk Family and Kinsmen," accessible on-line at https://archive.org/details/polkfamilykinsme00polk See pp.9-13. See also the 1654 Civil survey http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-CivilSurvey1654.html which mentions John and Richard Keyes in Parish of Lifford. >From Burke's Peerage, under Peerage and Baronetage for the Keyes Family, we have the following: "Thomas Keyes, served in the war in Ireland from 1578, first as Assist. To the "Trenchmaster," Sir Richard Hansard. Hansard was sent back to England to raise a Company, which he took to Ireland in 1601, and was joined by Thomas Keyes and his son John. Hansard was eventually appointed Gov. of Lifford, and consolidated his hold on the fords across the Foyle River by building a fort at Lifford. Thomas Keyes, who was by then Hansard's Capt., was granted a plot of land ("one sesiagh") in the vicinity on which to build a house. His son, John, and Roger Tasker, who were Hansard's Lieuts., were given similar plots to build fortified houses to guard another ford at Ballindrait. Hansard's officers did not participate in the distribution of escheated lands on the "Plantation" of Ulster; but Thomas Keyes and Roger Tasker took up and developed land included in Clonleigh, originally granted to the Bishop of Derry. Thomas Keyes's property was Clonfade (afterwards Glenfade) and Roger Tasker's was Cavanacor. " Cavanacor still stands at Ballendrait. The tradition there is that the house was spared by King James II on his retreat from Derry because he had dined at it on his way to the Siege. John Polk Maryland USA -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Catherine Bird via Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:48 PM To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Subject: [CoTyIre] Josiah Keys Biography on Co Tyrone site. Has anyone, particularly in NZ, researched the Keys' family of the Parish of Donaheady? According to the above Biography Josiah Keys had a son William who may have had a family in NZ. I would like to confirm one way of the other whether his father, Joseph, was related to William of Tykernaghan. Joseph is likely to be related to John Keys, 1775 dissenter. Joseph was the Founder and later Elder of the Presbyterian Church at Donamana. Josiah's claim that one of his ancestors fought in the Siege of Derry is interesting. I believe this is likely to be Thomas Keys. Any information on the Keys of Donaheady would be welcome. Catherine Bird Sent from my iPad > On 23 Jun 2015, at 08:05, cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com 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 wish to search or browse the archives or 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. After 183 years Catherine Burns to be returned to Clonoe for > burial (Ulster Ancestry) > 2. these are the names I am interested in Tyrone (Larry McIntosh) > 3. B Specials (Robert Alexander) > 4. Re: CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content (Craig Buchanan) > 5. Re: these are the names I am interested in Tyrone > (Cora-ann@iinet.net.au) > 6. Fw: Hamilton's (DONALD HAMILTON) > 7. Re: B Specials (Ulster Ancestry) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:04:34 +0000 > From: Ulster Ancestry <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] After 183 years Catherine Burns to be returned to > Clonoe for burial > To: "cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <DUB114-W75ADE9001EA607DBD594DC3A10@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Just shy of one hundred and eighty three years after she was murdered > at the Duffy?s Cut work site in Pennsylvania, the remains of Catherine > Burns will be returned to her native Co. Tyrone for commemoration and > burial. > > > In 1832, Catherine Burns, a widow at the age of 29, immigrated to > America with her father-in-law, labourer John Burns, on board the ship > John Stamp. After two trying months at sea, they arrived in > Philadelphia on June 23, 1832. > > > Catherine was one of 70 residents of Tyrone among the 160 passengers > to leave for a new life in the new world. Within eight weeks of their > arrival, Catherine and John disappeared from the historic record. > > > They were among the 57 Irish labourers hired by Irish-born railroad > contractor Philip Duffy to build mile 59 of the Philadelphia and > Columbia Railroad, a work site that would become known as Duffy's Cut > and, over a century later, famous for its tragic and mysterious past. > > > By the end of August 1832, all 57 workers, Catherine included, were > dead. Some perished due to a cholera outbreak that swept the work > site, but most were murdered by locals presumably afraid they to would succumb to the disease. > > > They were forgotten, buried in a mass grave, for over 100 years. The > site and its story have been brought to light over the past > 12 years by brothers Frank and William Watson, a Lutheran minister and > a historian at Immaculata University. The Watson brothers, along with > their colleague Earl Schandelmeier, founded the Duffy?s Cut Project in > 2002. Since then the Duffy?s Cut Project team has worked to excavate > the site, identify any remains, determine the causes of death, and > secure funding for the project?s continued work. > > > As Frank Watson explained, ?All of those recovered to this date were > murdered by blunt force trauma, and one was both axed and shot in the > head. None of the murdered show defensive wounds, indicating that they > may have been tied up prior to being murdered. > > > ?Among the six recovered at Duffy's Cut was the first man found, > 18-year-old John Ruddy from Donegal, who was reinterred at Holy Family > Cemetery in Ardara, County Donegal on March 2, 2013. > > > The other five men were buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala > Cynwyd on March 9, 2012. > > ?The last person recovered at Duffy's Cut in the summer of 2010 was a > woman aged to around 30 years of age by our physical anthropologist, > Dr. Janet Monge of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. This woman's > remains showed that she was used to heavy labour, similar to the men > buried alongside of her in the 1832 railroad fill. She suffered > perimortem (at the time of death) blunt force trauma to her head, as > did the men (they were beaten to death).? > > > IrishCentral last reported on the intentions to return Catherine home > to Co. Tyrone in March, and just this week Watson was delighted to > confirm that the plans are now in place, thanks to funds raised by the > project coordinators and the Philadelphia Irish community. > > > Her remains will be buried with a full funeral mass on Sunday, July > 19, 2015, at 12:30 pm, at the Clonoe parish, near Coalisland, Tyrone, > with a burial immediately after in the church cemetery. > Father Benny Fee will preside. > > > ?We feel > that there will be an historic bookend placed onto this part of the > project, with Duffy's Cut graves in both Donegal and Tyrone,? Watson > said. ?As part of the journey to bury Catherine Burns, we plan on > returning to Ardara to place a stone over the grave of John Ruddy, as > well as over the grave of Catherine Burns after she is buried in Clonoe.? > > > And what of the other victims? > > > Watson said that he and the rest of the Duffy?s Cut Project team hope > to continue the dig at Duffy's Cut, pending ongoing negotiations with > Amtrak, who own the land. > > It is their mission, he said, ?to make the recovery of the rest of the > Irish labourers buried there possible, and thus to tell the full story > of those who lost their lives helping to build America.? > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:05:40 -0400 > From: Larry McIntosh <larrymcintosh@hotmail.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] these are the names I am interested in Tyrone > To: "CoTyroneIreland-L@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU174-W19A86629A79B91B40EC1C0B2A10@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Henry Allen born 1810 married Mary Jane Hicks in Ireland & moved to > Ontario,Canada Robert Allen born 1805 married Bridget Broderick & > moved to Ontario,Canada Mary Ann Allen born abt 1805 married Robert > Monteith & moved to Ontario, Canada another sister Matilda Allen born > 1808, not sure whether she remained in Ireland or went to Canada > > Came to Canada approx. 1838-1840 > > Parents were possibly John Allen & Anne Marshall > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:08:15 -0400 > From: Robert Alexander <ralexander1930@gmail.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] B Specials > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > > <CAF0RCQM6LwcfAWooT-3R6xH1A7cokR0+WigWqNoMV-8=STuDAw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Folks, > Does anyone know if enlistment and service records are available for > those in the B Specials in County Tyrone from the date of their formation. > > Robert Alexander > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:17:12 +0200 > From: "Craig Buchanan" <craig.buchanan@mail.com> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > > <trinity-969f4002-8985-4f3f-a137-36239ad9ecf2-1435022231601@3capp-mail > com-lxa14> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > Len, > > While taking this opportunity to thank you once again for your dedication, > and the time you spend transcribing records for use by others, can I ask if > you have any more background on the "Practical Farmers" list you posed last > week? It was a fairly short list, and I'm wondering if these practical > farmers were the only ones among a larger number doing something specific to > merit the title, or whether they were perhaps the only landowners (as > opposed to tenant farmers) with an interest in farming their own land? If > you've been able to glean any background, it would be good to know. We had > Buchanans farming in Dernaseer a generation later, which is what sparked my > interest. > > Kind regards, > Craig > > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 8:19 PM > From: "Jim McKane via" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > To: "Co Tyrone Ireland" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > *Mann* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1835-1872 > <[1]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html> > *Adams* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1822-1869 > <[2]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html> > *Practical Farmers* in Dromore Parish c1820 > <[3]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html> > ------------- > Our community web-site: [4]http://cotyroneireland.com/ > ------------------------------- > 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 > > References > > 1. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html > 2. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html > 3. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html > 4. http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:07:13 +0800 > From: "Cora-ann@iinet.net.au" <cora-ann@iinet.net.au> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] these are the names I am interested in Tyrone > To: Larry McIntosh <larrymcintosh@hotmail.com> > Cc: "CoTyroneIreland-L@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <C66E045F-B86A-4C04-92E1-7225736AB9D7@iinet.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Mary Ann Allan (1896-1856) was the wife of my great grand uncle Robert Monteith (1808-1885). As you say they moved to Ontario and died there. Robert is the brother of my 2 x great grandfather, Archibald. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 23 Jun 2015, at 4:05 am, Larry McIntosh via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> Henry Allen born 1810 married Mary Jane Hicks in Ireland & moved to >> Ontario,Canada Robert Allen born 1805 married Bridget Broderick & >> moved to Ontario,Canada Mary Ann Allen born abt 1805 married Robert >> Monteith & moved to Ontario, Canada another sister Matilda Allen born >> 1808, not sure whether she remained in Ireland or went to Canada >> >> Came to Canada approx. 1838-1840 >> >> Parents were possibly John Allen & Anne Marshall >> >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:47:06 -0600 > From: "DONALD HAMILTON" <dth43@msn.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] Fw: Hamilton's > To: <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU171-DS1541EDCA682222059D721BAA00@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DONALD HAMILTON<mailto:dth43@msn.com> > > To: Ireland Web Site<mailto:cotyronireland@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 6:51 PM > > Subject: Hamilton's > > > > > Would love to have help with these people: William & Sarah ( Stewart) Hamilton. William B-1800 --d - August of 1847, Claudy, Urney Parrish, Tyrone County. Sarah, B - 1806 -- D-10/20/1875, 1 st Ward Allegheny City. PA, buried in Union Dale Cemetery. Had 8 Children: Martha (Mary) - 1827, Jane - 1831, Sarah Anne - 1834, Elizabeth - 1838, Henry - 1839, John - 1840, Margaret - 1847, and Stewart - 1847. > > > > Have no proof that William died in August of 1847. Sarah came to the > States 26 of June, 1848 from Liverpool England on ship Ashburton, New York Port. > > > > My brick wall is with William. Wanting information on his parents as well as Sarah's. Even a middle name or initial for William would help in searching. Possibly Sarah may carry the middle name of Jane or Ann. > > > > Anything would be much appreciated. > > > > Teresa > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:25:37 +0000 > From: Ulster Ancestry <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] B Specials > To: "cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <DUB114-W480459234F25FF74413EB7C3A00@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > These are Police service records and exist, but they are closed to the public until 2022 under the 100 year rule. > If you have a specific full name, and other detail such as age at enlistment, home address , whether the person was in the A, B or C Specials etc, then you could make a freedom of information application directly to PRONI, however if there are several men of the same name, then they might not be able to identify your particular one. > In that case they would not release information , but there is no harm in asking. > Either write to them > Access DepartmentPublic Record Office of Northern Ireland > 2 Titanic Boulevard > Titanic Quarter > Belfast > BT3 9HQ or use the on line form > http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/about_proni/freedom_of_information/proni > _enquiry_form.htm > Best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > >> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:08:15 -0400 >> To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [CoTyIre] B Specials >> From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >> >> Hi Folks, >> Does anyone know if enlistment and service records are available for >> those in the B Specials in County Tyrone from the date of their formation. >> >> Robert Alexander >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COTYRONEIRELAND list administrator, send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the COTYRONEIRELAND mailing list, send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 email with no additional text. > > > End of COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 10, Issue 132 > ************************************************ ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- 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

Hello Catherine, I am the contributor of the biography of Josiah Keys born Donemana, Donagheady parish and died New Zealand (my name and email address are on the banner of the file). To my knowledge there has been no research undertaken of this family in NZ, although a trawl of Paperspast could locate helpful information http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand Perhaps you should be aware of the emigration of George Keys of Tirkernaghan and wife Margaret (nee Jeffrey) and eight children to Melbourne, Australia 1840-41. George died near Melbourne aged 81 years in 1873; parents Thomas Keys and Ellen Monteith. Margaret died near Melbourne 1865 aged 70 years; parents Robert Jeffrey and Mary Brooks. Their children were: William; Mary Jane; Robert; Isaac; Elizabeth; Margaret; Thomas; John. Brother-in-law Samuel and Eliza Jane Jeffrey of Tirkernaghan and family also emigrated to Melbourne in 1840. Samuel’s parents were Robert Jeffrey and Mary Brooks and Eliza Jane’s are recorded as Mal [Malcolm?] Smith and Ann Hason. I am unable to locate evidence to connect the Keys family of remote Tirkernaghan to John Keys of Strabane. You will be aware that there were influential Keys families just across the Foyle about Lifford, Clonleigh parish, Co. Donegal. Trust you find this interesting and useful to your research. Regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:48:24 +0100 > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CoTyIre] Josiah Keys Biography on Co Tyrone site. > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Has anyone, particularly in NZ, researched the Keys' family of the Parish of Donaheady? According to the above Biography Josiah Keys had a son William who may have had a family in NZ. I would like to confirm one way of the other whether his father, Joseph, was related to William of Tykernaghan. Joseph is likely to be related to John Keys, 1775 dissenter. Joseph was the Founder and later Elder of the Presbyterian Church at Donamana. Josiah's claim that one of his ancestors fought in the Siege of Derry is interesting. I believe this is likely to be Thomas Keys. > > Any information on the Keys of Donaheady would be welcome. > > Catherine Bird > >

What is the CTI website? In a message dated 6/20/2015 12:06:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com writes: CTI website?? Bob McClean _trekbob@aol.com_ (mailto:trekbob@aol.com)

Thank you so much Clare Judith From: TyroneIre [mailto:TyroneIre@aol.com] Sent: June-23-15 11:11 PM To: Judith Hayman Cc: <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Looking for Elizabeth Judith, i know Elizabeth and I will forward your note. ~Clare CTI Ass't Admin. On Jun 23, 2015, at 10:00 PM, Judith Hayman via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: Hi, Some time ago I made contact with Elizabeth Marshall of Dunmullan, on this list, and was delighted to find a distant relative. Since then my e-mail has changed (twice!) and a computer crash wiped her information. If someone knows her, or of her, would you kindly forward this e-mail? Thanks, Judith Judith A. Hayman, UE Hamilton, ON, Canada www.ogs.on.ca/hamilton/ www.hotelhayman.ca www.interfilk.org www.filkontario.ca --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Judith, i know Elizabeth and I will forward your note. ~Clare CTI Ass't Admin. > On Jun 23, 2015, at 10:00 PM, Judith Hayman via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Some time ago I made contact with Elizabeth Marshall of Dunmullan, on this > list, and was delighted to find a distant relative. Since then my e-mail has > changed (twice!) and a computer crash wiped her information. If someone > knows her, or of her, would you kindly forward this e-mail? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Judith > > > > Judith A. Hayman, UE > > Hamilton, ON, Canada > > www.ogs.on.ca/hamilton/ > > www.hotelhayman.ca > > www.interfilk.org > > www.filkontario.ca > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > 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