Tom, Here's a start. Judging from this map of Kilskeery Parish: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tyrone/parishes/tl/kilskeery_tl.html Derrylea should be about 2 miles ESE of Trillick, which you can find at multimap.com [search for Trillick, United Kingdom]. After zooming in once, you'll find Moneygar and Rosnareen Roads [also from Kilskeery townlands], which must be just east of where Derrylea used to lie. David On Jan 4, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Tom Walden wrote: > I have been trying for a long time to get more information about the > Hanna family in Derrylea, Tyrone. My Great Grandmother Sarah and her > Father Thomas Hanna came from there to New York. > I finally got in touch today with an American family member who had > actually been there a few years ago. > They told me a tale about their Ancestry search. They drove off at an > interchange near where the town was supposed to be located and > eventually found a small store and were told to check with the > postmaster who turned out to be located in a part of the store. > They asked about the family farm and were told to go back to the > ChippyVan by the interchange. At first they did not understand what > the postmaster was talking about, but finally got the message that > there was a french fry vending van parked out there. > It turned out that the ChippyVan driver was a relative and he gave > directions. They found the house and while they were there the > ChippyVan person showed up and said the closest relations were next > door. No one was home. The Van owner asked for their email address > and promised to get in touch. > Unfortunately they did not get his address. They've never heard from > him. > The description of the village explains why I can never find the > exact location on the map services online. They say there is nothing > there but the little store and it's post office inside. > Their visit was not a serious search for genealogy purposes; more of > a hopeful side trip on a tour of the old sod. > I wish they'd got some names and addresses. > I suppose it is too much to hope that anyone on this list knows the > ChippyVan vendor at the interchange near Derrylea not too far from > Dungannon in County Tyrone? :^) > This was a great opportunity missed! > Tom Walden > jwalden@intergate.com > Stites, Idaho, USA > > ------------- > 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