Hi Robert A church baptism was also my original thinking and assumed my Hazeltons were COI. They where Anglican in Digby, Nova Scotia. I visited the records office of the Ardstraw Church of Ireland in Newtownstewart. The secretary impressed me when she pointed out that she had a rolodex index of all records and especially impressed when I told her I was looking for the baptism of William Hazleton in 1841 and with a smug look on her face, she immediately said he is not in there. She then handed me a letter on her desk from a relative, I had not heard of before, requesting the same information. I also tracked down the Presbyterian records in a private home but struck out again. I did not locate the Wesleyan Methodist records in Newtownstewart. Since Digby did not have a Methodist church until later and some descendents joined the church, it is a possibility. Some Killyman Hazeltons were Wesleyan Methodist ministers and even traveled the circuit serving the area, this is a possibility. Any idea where the Wesleyan Methodist records may be found? You are probably correct that Newtownstewart did not have an official archive. However, a local resident that I have lost contact with indicated that all the town records were being stored in the nearby town of Grange. Where? Someone's garage? :) Thanks Robert, I always appreciate your contributions. Bill -----Original Message----- Message: 3 Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:36:20 +0000 From: Ulster Ancestry <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Newtownstwart Town Archives - Existance? Location? To: <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BAY109-W4369F49552EE63174E2DB0C3ED0@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Bill, Newtownstewart is a "town" of about 4 streets. It may have a small local library but it does not have an archive . George Hazelton has to be refering to a Church register of baptism. That would have been the most likely {and possibly only} source of his record of "birth" best regards and good hunting. Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > > > After researching for years and having yet to link my Hazelton line with the > likely Killyman Hazeltons, I am retracing my research. > > According to the book "A GENEALOGY OF Hazelton and Stygles Families", > Gateway Press,Inc. Baltimore,MD,USA by George F. Hazelton, he refers to my > Great-Grandfather's birth as follows: > > " ...discovery in the archives of the town of Newtownstewart, County Tyrone > of the record of the 1841 birth of William, son of James and Elizabeth." > > He later gives his birth as 22 July 1841. > > While the family may have been transient on their way to Londonderry for > eventual emigration to Nova Scotia (mid 1840's), he claims their daughter > Margaret was also born there in 1844. > > My questions are: > > 1. Why would a birth be recorded in a town archive in the 1840's? > 2. Was this common? > 3. Did/Does a Newtownstewart town archive exist? > 4. If so, where might it be? > 5 How would I access it? > > Thanks for any suggestions or comments. > > Bill Hazelton > Memphis > >

"the town records were being stored in the nearby town of Grange. Where? Someone's garage?" ANSWER; Quite possibly!! Bill Hazelton wrote: > Hi Robert > > A church baptism was also my original thinking and assumed my Hazeltons were > COI. They where Anglican in Digby, Nova Scotia. > > I visited the records office of the Ardstraw Church of Ireland in > Newtownstewart. The secretary impressed me when she pointed out that she had > a rolodex index of all records and especially impressed when I told her I > was looking for the baptism of William Hazleton in 1841 and with a smug look > on her face, she immediately said he is not in there. She then handed me a > letter on her desk from a relative, I had not heard of before, requesting > the same information. > > I also tracked down the Presbyterian records in a private home but struck > out again. > > I did not locate the Wesleyan Methodist records in Newtownstewart. Since > Digby did not have a Methodist church until later and some descendents > joined the church, it is a possibility. Some Killyman Hazeltons were > Wesleyan Methodist ministers and even traveled the circuit serving the area, > this is a possibility. > > Any idea where the Wesleyan Methodist records may be found? > > You are probably correct that Newtownstewart did not have an official > archive. However, a local resident that I have lost contact with indicated > that all the town records were being stored in the nearby town of Grange. > Where? Someone's garage? :) > > Thanks Robert, I always appreciate your contributions. > > Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:36:20 +0000 > From: Ulster Ancestry <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Newtownstwart Town Archives - Existance? > Location? > To: <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BAY109-W4369F49552EE63174E2DB0C3ED0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hello Bill, > > > > Newtownstewart is a "town" of about 4 streets. It may have a small local > library but it does not have an archive . > > > > George Hazelton has to be refering to a Church register of baptism. That > would have been the most likely {and possibly only} source of his record of > "birth" > > > > best regards and good hunting. > > Robert > > www.ulsterancestry.com > > > > > >> After researching for years and having yet to link my Hazelton line with >> > the > >> likely Killyman Hazeltons, I am retracing my research. >> >> According to the book "A GENEALOGY OF Hazelton and Stygles Families", >> Gateway Press,Inc. Baltimore,MD,USA by George F. Hazelton, he refers to my >> Great-Grandfather's birth as follows: >> >> " ...discovery in the archives of the town of Newtownstewart, County >> > Tyrone > >> of the record of the 1841 birth of William, son of James and Elizabeth." >> >> He later gives his birth as 22 July 1841. >> >> While the family may have been transient on their way to Londonderry for >> eventual emigration to Nova Scotia (mid 1840's), he claims their daughter >> Margaret was also born there in 1844. >> >> My questions are: >> >> 1. Why would a birth be recorded in a town archive in the 1840's? >> 2. Was this common? >> 3. Did/Does a Newtownstewart town archive exist? >> 4. If so, where might it be? >> 5 How would I access it? >> >> Thanks for any suggestions or comments. >> >> Bill Hazelton >> Memphis >> >> >> > > > > ------------- > 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): 090905-0, 05/09/2009 > Tested on: 06/09/2009 16:13:49 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > >

This is an interesting thread that Dave Hal is dealing with, so I'd like to ask him and the list if there is any way I could contact this "secretary at the office of the Church of Ireland" about another Anglican. There would appear to so few that she is aware of most of the surnames without even looking at the microfiche ... how cool is that for once. Eric Macklin Toronto Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 11:17 AM Subject: C of I Records - Ardstraw I visited the records office of the Ardstraw Church of Ireland in Newtownstewart. The secretary impressed me when she pointed out that she had a rolodex index of all records.

Hello John. I just received your 2nd personal reply to me; and in writing back to acknowledge it, I was again blocked by comcast. grrrr... Here is the message on the blocked notification: " The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -- jfpolk@comcast.net> (reason: 554 IMTA25.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net comcast 211.29.132.251 Comcast block f) " So PERHAPS after all, this is indeed why you are not hearing back from some of your Irish correspondents. Apologies again to the list. I try to NOT make a habit of this. All the best: ray in oz.