Hi Ray, I'm not the person you originally replied to however I am also interested in reading the booklet about research in County Donegal. So thanks for posting the link. I am having trouble downloading the file. I don't know if it's just me. I get to about 2.86 of the total 3.42 MB of the file when the download stops. I have tried about 4 times and never get beyond that spot. Can you give it a go and let me know if it works for you? I left your message at the bottom of this post for your reference. How about other listers, anyone else have a problem? Thanks!! Joan Researching BOND, MEAGHER and PELLERIN in Port Felix, Nova Scotia. Researching LAFORET in Williamsburg NY and E. Boston MA Researching CONNOLLY and McLAUGHLIN in Cty Tryone Ireland and Ontario Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:12:06 +1000 From: "Ray" <ray15@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 4, Issue 243 To: <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4B4190E1756F43FB944BD13E3381D6BD@linda> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hello. I assume from your e-mail address that your name is Candace, as you have not signed off with any name. In reality, what you are asking is How Does One Do Tyrone Genealogy? A huge question, with many and lengthy answers. Instead of even attempting such a project, I will instead guide you to this very helpful little booklet, which was written particularly for genealogy research in the adjoining County Donegal; however most of the resources which the author: Boyd GRAY mentions, are equally applicable for County Tyrone -- one of the major differences being that you may need to go to PRONI (The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) for a lot of your information. Boyd is or was a member of this list, so my apologies Boyd if I am pre-empting any reply from you. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/genbooklet.pdf I had attempted to find the same booklet listed on Boyd's own West Ulster Genealogy web-site, but was not able to do so. Probably due to my own poor internet research skills. Candace, just remember that google will give you a LOT of helpful results, so I'd suggest that you google every time that you meet a terminology which you do not understand -- like "townland" perhaps; also for every place-name which you encounter and want to know more about; and also for the surnames which you are researching. Finally, I'd also recommend that you look through the past postings on this list for several years past, as members constantly post hints and suggestions for relevant research. By reading every posting to the list, even if it is not for surnames which interest us, many of us are forever learning interesting new tid-bits of research options, interpretations of old ones, etc. For example they might mention US or Canadian (or British, New Zealand or Australian -- or other countries' ) resources which might help you. Good Luck with your hunting. Ray in oz ----- Original Message ----- From: <candacelr@aol.com> ... I have a question, if you know that your Great, Great Grandparents are from County Tyrone, Ireland, what does one do to find more information? ... ------------------------------ 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 4, Issue 246 ***********************************************

Hi Ray and Joan, The booklet is not actually intended to download, merely open! I am not sure why it does this on some computers, but I know it does. However, last time I witnessed it downloading, Joan, it DID download all the way. I am copying this email to Lindel Buckley the owner of the Donegal website to see if she has any ideas. I too would like to know if others are having trouble as I spent quite a while recently updating the booklet to take account of the new genealogy websites which have come online in the last year - the Griffiths Valuation, the 1911 Census and the Mormons Pilot site of Births, Marriages and Deaths. And yes, every source and technique that is mentioned in the booklet is equally applicable to Tyrone. I am also interested that you managed to find my new website, Ray, as I have had trouble getting the tags to work on it so that, although it is there on the net, and Google knows it is there, you will not find it by simply looking for the usual search words if you do not know it exists. I would also like to take this opportunity to recommend Faye Logue's book, The Strabane Morning Post 1812-37, as my colleague used it recently to find the death notice of the treble great grandfather of a lady we are helping in Australia and he died in 1826! Not many Irish records that far back but Faye's book is a goldmine of both history and genealogy. Merry Christmas to one and all, Boyd Gray http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joan Sent: 18 December 2009 13:49 To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com; ray15@optusnet.com.au Subject: [CoTyIre] Link to booklet about research in Cty Donegal Hi Ray, I'm not the person you originally replied to however I am also interested in reading the booklet about research in County Donegal. So thanks for posting the link. I am having trouble downloading the file. I don't know if it's just me. I get to about 2.86 of the total 3.42 MB of the file when the download stops. I have tried about 4 times and never get beyond that spot. SNIP

Hi Boyd, Ray and all I downloaded and printed the booklet last night (in Australia!!!!!) without a hitch. Great work as usual Ray. Thank you so much again for your generous contributions. Best wishes to all for the Christmas season Sue in Aus -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of boydgray26@utvinternet.com Sent: Saturday, 19 December 2009 5:58 AM To: 'Joan'; cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com; ray15@optusnet.com.au Cc: 'Barbara' Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Link to booklet about research in Cty Donegal Hi Ray and Joan, The booklet is not actually intended to download, merely open! I am not sure why it does this on some computers, but I know it does. However, last time I witnessed it downloading, Joan, it DID download all the way. I am copying this email to Lindel Buckley the owner of the Donegal website to see if she has any ideas. I too would like to know if others are having trouble as I spent quite a while recently updating the booklet to take account of the new genealogy websites which have come online in the last year - the Griffiths Valuation, the 1911 Census and the Mormons Pilot site of Births, Marriages and Deaths. And yes, every source and technique that is mentioned in the booklet is equally applicable to Tyrone. I am also interested that you managed to find my new website, Ray, as I have had trouble getting the tags to work on it so that, although it is there on the net, and Google knows it is there, you will not find it by simply looking for the usual search words if you do not know it exists. I would also like to take this opportunity to recommend Faye Logue's book, The Strabane Morning Post 1812-37, as my colleague used it recently to find the death notice of the treble great grandfather of a lady we are helping in Australia and he died in 1826! Not many Irish records that far back but Faye's book is a goldmine of both history and genealogy. Merry Christmas to one and all, Boyd Gray http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joan Sent: 18 December 2009 13:49 To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com; ray15@optusnet.com.au Subject: [CoTyIre] Link to booklet about research in Cty Donegal Hi Ray, I'm not the person you originally replied to however I am also interested in reading the booklet about research in County Donegal. So thanks for posting the link. I am having trouble downloading the file. I don't know if it's just me. I get to about 2.86 of the total 3.42 MB of the file when the download stops. I have tried about 4 times and never get beyond that spot. SNIP ------------- 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

Hi Joan and all Like Sue in Aust I had no trouble in downloading the booklet. What a great resource. Thanks for the tip. Ian Scott Perth Western Australia At 09:49 PM 18/12/2009, Joan wrote: >Hi Ray, > >I'm not the person you originally replied to however I am also >interested in reading the booklet about research in County Donegal. >So thanks for posting the link. > >I am having trouble downloading the file. I don't know if it's just >me. I get to about 2.86 of the total 3.42 MB of the file when the >download stops. I have tried about 4 times and never get beyond that spot. > >Can you give it a go and let me know if it works for you? I left >your message at the bottom of this post for your reference. > >How about other listers, anyone else have a problem? > >Thanks!! > >Joan <snip>